Case Name: In the Matter of Gerard O'Connor, Petitioner, v. Raymond Kelly, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-05-09
Citations: 215 A.D.2d 173
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Gerard O’Connor, Petitioner, v Raymond Kelly, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 215
Pages: 173–174

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Gerard O’Connor, Petitioner, v Raymond Kelly, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
[627 NYS2d 1]

Opinion:
Determination of respon dent Police Commissioner dated August 5, 1993, imposing a penalty of forfeiture of 25 vacation days, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied, and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by an order of the Supreme Court, New York County [Herman Cahn, J.], entered on or about February 16, 1994), dismissed, without costs.
Respondent's determination is supported by substantial evidence. Petitioner violated departmental guidelines by failing to perceive the substantial risk of injury to his partner when he leaned over his partner and discharged his weapon while sitting in the patrol car (see, 300 Gramatan Ave. Assocs. v State Div. of Human Rights, 45 NY2d 176, 181). Considering the substantial risk of injury created by petitioner's actions, the penalty imposed does not shock one's sense of fairness (see, Matter of Pell v Board of Educ., 34 NY2d 222, 233). Concur— Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Ross, Asch and Williams, JJ.