New York State Executive Department Moreland Act Commission Report on the New York State Police Evidence Tampering Investigation

In February 1993, Governor Mario Cuomo authorized the formation of a Moreland Act Commission to investigate the "extent of corruption" in the New York State Police after it was revealed that members of State Police Troop C had fabricated evidence in a number of cases, dating from 1984 to 1992. In addition, a separate investigation found that a member of State Police Troop F had fabricated fingerprint evidence in at least two separate cases in 1991 and 1992.

The commission's final report was submitted to Governor George Pataki by Nelson E. Roth, deputy attorney general (special prosecutor), New York State Department of Law.

This report, released by the New York State Police under the Freedom of Information Law, documents the work of a commission to investigate allegations of evidence tampering by members of State Police Troops C and F, both located in the Hudson Valley. The report indicates that the Commission, headed by Nelson E. Roth, was a Moreland Act Commission, activated by order of Governor Mario Cuomo dated February 9, 1993, pursuant to Executive Law section 6. The report is dated January 20, 1997. Accompanying the report is a signed letter from Mr. Nelson transmitting the report to the Governor.

This report was transferred to the State Archives by the New York State Library at an unknown date and formally accessioned in 2010.

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