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Confrontations with a superior

By Harvey Randall, Esq.

Confrontations with a superior
Muniz v Giuliani, App. Div., First Dept., April 10, 2001

The Appellate Division, First Department, sustained the penalty of a suspension without pay for twenty days imposed on New York City police officer Clifford Muniz after Muniz was found guilty of continuing to argue with his desk sergeant after the sergeant had instructed him to leave the precinct house following the morning roll call and the assignment of duties.

Noting that Muniz's testimony supported a finding of guilty, the court said that the penalty imposed "does not shock our sense of fairness."

Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on January 22, 2008 (boomark / email).