Salatel v. New York State Police

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent Superintendent of the State Police terminating petitioner’s employment as a State Trooper.

Following a disciplinary hearing, a Hearing Board recommended that petitioner, a State Trooper, be found guilty of 10 charges of misconduct stemming from his interaction with four women during traffic stops between May 2008 and November 2009 and that he be terminated from his position. The charges included criminal misconduct and receiving…