1.   At a departmental trial, Brosnan testified that he was simply breaking up a fight between the minority officers.

2.   After a subsequent departmental trial, Police Commissioner Howard Safir dismissed Livoti from the force for using an illegal choke hold.

3.   Five others were removed from the payroll pending departmental trials, where they face charges of public nudity, tampering with fire alarms and interfering with investigations.

4.   Last week, the Police Department took the first steps toward a departmental trial against Volpe by filing charges against him.

5.   Police officers cannot be dismissed unless they are convicted of felony crimes or are found guilty of breaking administrative rules at a departmental trial.

6.   Perhaps she saw the writing on the wall in the departmental trial, as police bosses distanced themselves from Livoti.

7.   Representing the Board of Education at departmental trials, he prosecuted accused Communists whom the Board sought to dismiss from the schools.

8.   Rivera said he had given up the numbers game since testifying at the departmental trial last month.

9.   So the Police Department agreed not to begin departmental trials of the officers accused of beating Louima until after their criminal trials.

10.   The officer remains on modified duty pending a departmental trial.