Schoolcraft v. The City Of New York et al

Filing 410

DECLARATION of Ryan Shaffer in Support re: 297 MOTION for Summary Judgment .. Document filed by Christopher Broschart(Tax Id. 915354 Individually), Timothy Caughey(Tax Id. 885374 Individually), Kurt Duncan(Shield No. 2483, Individually), Joseph Goff(Tax Id. 894025 Individually), William Gough(Tax Id. 919124, Individually), Elise Hanlon(in her official capacity as a lieutenant with the New York City Fire Department), Theodore Lauterborn(Tax Id. 897840 in his official capacity), Michael Marino, Gerald Nelson(Assistant Chief Patrol Borough Brooklyn North, Tax Id. 912370 in his official capacity), New York City Police Department, Frederick Sawyer(Shield No. 2576 in his official capacity), The City Of New York, Timothy Trainer(Tax Id. 899922, in his Official Capacity). (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit, # 2 Exhibit, # 3 Exhibit, # 4 Exhibit, # 5 Exhibit, # 6 Exhibit, # 7 Exhibit, # 8 Exhibit, # 9 Exhibit)(Scheiner, Alan)

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Dear Deputy InsPector MaurieJ'Io:
who
are the attorrreys for PoIice officer Adrian schoolcraft
advised that offlcer
is assigned to your. cårrunand... we have þeen
schoolcraft recently received an annual perfo¡îmançe evaluatíon with
"a.5,,which ¡.s beiow the desÍrable standard'
an overal.L ratíng
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been asked by our cllent to assisL him wj'th his pending
We have
appeal pu.reuant E,o Pa¡rol Gulde Procedure No' 205-58'
you, and
IÀ]e axe aware 'that officer schoolcraft appeared before
25,h at '.¡hích 'Ei¡ne his annual
other superlor of ficers/ 0n February
evaluatibn was discussed. It j.s our understanding thât a final'
decfsion fron Com¡nand has not yet been rendered'
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PleaseknowthatareviewofoffícerSchoo].craft'sannua}
evaluat.ion reveals rat,Ings which do not supporL hIs overaj'I 2'5
"perfQtrmance areas" and
rating. llhiIe wo recognÍie that varfousdi.fferently, the overalL
be weighted
',behaviora:. aimensfons',, may
cllent's
rating was mistakenly calcuiated. For example, or.r¡rno ratlng average
of 'less
aieäs" equal.s 3.75 (and contains
for "porformançe
j.ent' s ave.rage equals
li,ãn '¡ I . For ,'behav j.or dimenslons',, ou.r cJ
3,25 (and containÅ only tto ratings of, ress than 3) ' In addition'
ii,ã Uutun"e of the evaiuation includes the following p::aise:
- Schoolc¡:aft shows good communit'y
Ínteraction by eliciting information. f)îom
witnesses and victims ' He also ¡nediaLes
problems betwêen disputlng individuals . and
þrovldes counseling when farnil'ies have
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P-O. Schoolcraf! is able to complete arrest
forms accurately and completely is. able to
iingutpri"t¡ photograph and process all arrest
related PaPerwork'
to
Clearly, officelt Schoolcraft'' e overaJ'l êvaluatíon falls hie
to his evl.dent accomplishments as reflected 1n
iãrresÉonO
strong ratings and the above pralse'
evaluation is
I,tle are concerned that our client's negatj-ve
in patroJ. Guide 205-48, but
based, not on tne ïacto¡:s sêt forth
of
rather on his "rr"guã-iáãx'of "activity/' related !:-hl: number no
Yet, Patrol Guj'de 205-48 makesany
arrests ând "um*oi* issued'
of
reference to "actlvity" ÌeveIs. Fu¡lthermore/ we aJîe unaware
ls
pro,risi.o,, which deffnes how much "activlty" no
PatroI GuÍde
evaluâtion, In other words,
,ãq"ir"o Lô u"i.,iuuu a satisfactory
any rate'
s'Lated numerlc goals should be rnþosed on any rat'ee-'..At
Scftoolcraft/ s l-øve] of "activiLy" is
we are confident tftut ôffi"er
(anct you will- note he
comparable to mosü ãtt.i poLice o.ff,rcers
oÌ ine specified performan.e areas Ielabed
achieved a.'4,, in n'"rt
to arrests and the issuance of suÍìmons) '
lssuing
hJe urge you to woigh the above considerations before
we ask
¡íelated to oui client,s evaLuation. speclfic.ally' ratings
a decision
officer schoolcraft,/s individual reco¡d'
you to again "onrid",
together wj.th his CPI record/ DePartment recognltíon' sick
expressly
com¡nendatÍon Iettelîs, CCRB recðrds and other llactors
j.n Patrol Guide 205-48. It ¡:emains offícer Schoolc¡laft,s
referenced
preference not to ftt,roXe any appoal rights to the Borough Command'
Fleaseknowthatany'opportunityforor.r¡c]"ien.tt-oadvancehj-s
career wÍthin ttre Oeparirnent, or in sorne other Jurisdic'l;ion, 1s
annual evaluation' We hope
,iõniif""ntly hinderda fy this Iatest based on a fresh revj.ew of
be adjusted,
maite,
and trus¡. this

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thismatlergothattheappealproc"ssmaynowbeconc}udod.
We look forwa¡d to bearing frorn you or your deslgnee'
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