Marquis Anderson, a member of the New York City Police Academy’s October 2022 class, passed his written and psychological assessments administered by the department’s Candidate Assessment Division. Three weeks after starting his training, he tested positive for COVID-19. Instead of referring Anderson to a physician, the department’s sick desk sent him to a medical psychological evaluation unit where he was seen by Vanja Radoncic. Radoncic identified herself to him and in court papers as “Dr. Radoncic, Department Psychologist for the NYPD in the Psychological Evaluation Section,” he said, and she would go on to recommend his release from the department in June 2023. Anderson filed suit challenging his discharge.

“What I didn’t understand is why they sent me to be seen by someone who w

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