MATTER OF HAYS v. WARD


179 A.D.2d 427 (1992)

In the Matter of Rudolph Hays, Respondent, v. Benjamin Ward, as Commissioner of The Police Department of the City of New York, et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

January 14, 1992


In December 1984, petitioner, a police officer since 1951 and a sergeant for fifteen years, was involved in a minor traffic accident in Queens. Petitioner became involved in a fight with the driver and a bystander who came to her assistance. When the bystander and driver ran away, petitioner drew his off-duty revolver and fired several shots at them, killing the driver. He was immediately suspended from his duties as a police officer, served with notice of departmental charges...

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