Need Garner grand jury notes: CCRB

The probe of the 2014 police chokehold death of Eric Garner has dragged on so long that witnesses, including the city medical examiner, don’t remember their grand jury testimony in the case, according to a court filing.

The Civilian Complaint Review Board — the watchdog agency that will prosecute Officer Daniel Pantaleo at his NYPD disciplinary trial — argued Wednesday it needs access to the sealed grand jury minutes in the Garner case to refresh witness memories, including that of the medical examiner.

“The M.E. stated that she wanted to make sure that her testimony at the … trial was consistent with her testimony that she had given to the grand jury and to the (Department of Justice.) However, that would be difficult because of the amount of time that elapsed since those testimonies,” wrote Kerry Jamieson, the CCRB’s assistant general counsel.

The medical examiner’s office didn’t respond to a request for comment.

A Staten Island grand jury refused to indict Pantaleo after he placed Garner in a fatal chokehold on July 17, 2014.

The NYPD initially agreed to wait until the Department of Justice completed its civil rights probe into Garner’s death, but hit Pantaleo with disciplinary charges in July after the federal probe dragged on for four years.

Pantaleo has been on desk duty since Garner’s death. The case could result in anything from loss of vacation days to his job.