Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiffs are not foreclosed from bringing the instant action in light of the recent case of Santangelo v State of New York ( 71 N.Y.2d 393). It is now well established that a police officer cannot recover damages for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence that created the occasion for his services (Santangelo v State of New York, supra; Dawes v Ballard, 163 A.D.2d 508; Wynne v Tullman, 151 A.D.2d 476). In this case, the injured plaintiff, a police officer, alleged that as he chased a robber he sustained injuries when he fell on a defective sidewalk. Therefore, an issue of negligence was raised, separate and apart from the act which occasioned the officer's services (see, Starkey v Trancamp Contr. Corp., 152 A.D.2d 358; see also, Burnside v City of New York, 144 Misc.2d 183). Bracken, J.P., Lawrence, Eiber, Harwood and Rosenblatt, JJ., concur.