Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo
has embarked on an unprecedented campaign to put the stamp of the State
Police on New York City, rerouting troopers to city airports and toll
plazas from upstate areas that rely on them and bewildering some of the
officials charged with carrying out his orders.
The deployment of close to 200 troopers has frustrated some police leaders and helped drive out a superintendent,
who quit last year as he resisted the governor’s efforts to direct more
troopers into the city and to influence some promotions, according to
four current or former law enforcement officials with intimate knowledge
of State Police operations.
The
plan by Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, is seen by some within the State Police
as having more to do with expanding his political footprint than with
addressing the needs of law enforcement. Chief among them is the
agency’s responsibility to patrol and investigate crime across tens of
thousands of square miles, from the shores of Lake Erie to the borders
with Vermont and Canada.
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Source: The New York Times (via The Empire Report)
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