What is the requirement of a police officer's general credibility review?

"New York", United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Irizarry, 2017 NY Slip Op 32769 (U) (N.Y. Crim. Ct. 2017):

review ". This requirement is designed to eliminate fishing expeditions into police personnel records for the purpose of obtaining collateral information in order to impeach the officer's "general credibility" (see Zarn v. City of New York, 198 AD2d 220).

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