STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Staten Island police inspector who violated department guidelines when he used pepper spray on Occupy Wall Street protesters last month has been transferred to Staten Island Borough Command from his Manhattan South assignment, a police source told the Advance.
Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna, a Westerleigh resident was docked 10 vacation days last week after an internal New York Police Department review. He will work as a special projects coordinator at borough command headquarters in New Dorp.
Video from the Sept. 24 protests shows a small group of women corralled by orange netting used by officers to control crowds. Bologna approaches and, seemingly without warning, blasts the women with pepper spray.
Teacher's aide Kaylee Dedrick, 24, has said she plans to press assault charges against Bologna. She intends to file a lawsuit against both him and NYPD.
Pepper spray is relatively low on the spectrum of force available to officers. The patrol guide lists several situations where an officer may use it, including for protection. The guide prohibits the use of pepper spray against subjects who don't actively resist.
-Associated Press material was used in this report
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