Ready was taking a handcuffed and shackled Tyquan Brown from the emergency room at Mount Vernon Montefiore Hospital early on Nov. 23, 2019, when Brown was slammed to the floor and knocked unconscious.
On Dec. 10, then-police Commissioner Shawn Harris gave Ready the choice of resigning or being fired. Ready submitted a letter of resignation.
He was indicted the next month on felony charges of second-degree assault and first-degree falsifying business records.
He then learned that a city personnel record - his roster card - listed the end of his probation as Dec. 5, which was before Harris gave him the ultimatum. If he was off probation, the formal disciplinary process would kick in including an eventual hearing on any departmental charges.