More of Schenectady Officer Pommer’s file released under Freedom of Information Law | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS PHOTOGRAPHER: Erica Miller and Peter R. Barber Yugeshwar Gaindarpersaud is pictured in left photo; Officer Brian Pommer is pictured in 2018 in right photo. Shares0 SCHENECTADY — The Schenectady police officer involved in a controversial arrest last year that led to discipline had a separate disciplinary proceeding and also a counseling memo issued to him within the seven months before that. Newly released Schenectady Police Department internal records show that Officer Brian Pommer, an eight-year veteran of the force, was given a counseling memo for discourtesy and using profanity following his response to a domestic call on Nov. 11, 2019.