NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton sacks detective who accidentally shot partner amid night of drinking

[hrmjustin]

ROCCO PARASCANDOLA

The veteran NYPD detective who accidentally shot his partner in the wrist during a night of heavy drinking has been fired, the Daily News has learned.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton terminated Det. Jay Poggi, a 31-year veteran, last Friday.

Poggi, who had been assigned to the 75th Precinct in East New York, forced Bratton’s hand earlier this month by filing for retirement, a move that gave the NYPD 30 days to file administrative charges against him and take the case to a departmental trial.

Poggi refused to testify at that trial; an assistant trials commissioner then recommended to Bratton that Poggi be canned.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/bratton-sacks-detective-accidentally-shot-partner-article-1.1808689#ixzz337WW3GXu