Opinion
1667
September 30, 2003.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (William Wetzel, J.), entered on or about February 10, 2003, which denied the petition brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 to annul respondent's determination, dated June 24, 2002, dismissing petitioner from his employment as a probationary New York City police officer, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Harry Kresky, for petitioner-appellant.
Alan Beckoff, for respondent-respondent.
Before: Nardelli, J.P., Mazzarelli, Andrias, Ellerin, Marlow, JJ.
The petition was properly denied since petitioner, who was on probation at the time of his summary termination, failed to demonstrate that his dismissal was in bad faith or in contravention of statutory or decisional law (see Matter of Garcia v. Bratton, 90 N.Y.2d 991, 994; Matter of Talamo v. Murphy, 38 N.Y.2d 637, 639). Moreover, even if petitioner had had any right to an administrative hearing and/or reinstatement, any such right was waived when, following an incident in which he ran a red light and refused to obey the lawful commands of the police officer who witnessed the infraction, he knowingly and voluntarily signed the negotiated plea agreement, which contained a comprehensive waiver of procedural rights, placing him on dismissal probation (see Montiel v. Kiley, 147 A.D.2d 402, 404).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.