{"id":516731,"date":"2022-11-27T00:05:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T21:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ex-nyc-cop-who-allegedly-lied-gets-rockland-county-da-job\/"},"modified":"2022-11-27T00:05:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T21:05:26","slug":"ex-nyc-cop-who-allegedly-lied-gets-rockland-county-da-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-nyc-cop-who-allegedly-lied-gets-rockland-county-da-job\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ex-NYC cop who allegedly lied gets Rockland County DA job"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c809990e4a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c809990e4a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-nyc-cop-who-allegedly-lied-gets-rockland-county-da-job\/#%E2%80%9CEx-NYC_cop_who_allegedly_lied_gets_Rockland_County_DA_job%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ex-NYC cop who allegedly lied gets Rockland County DA job&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEx-NYC_cop_who_allegedly_lied_gets_Rockland_County_DA_job%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Ex-NYC cop who allegedly lied gets Rockland County DA job&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>A retired NYPD officer who allegedly lied under oath has landed a sweet gig at the Rockland County District Attorney\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>The office sought a special state waiver to hire Matthew Wohl for a job as a confidential investigator, which pays $94,000 a year on top of his police pension. The waivers are required for government workers who want to collect both their pensions and an annual salary of more than $35,000 from government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The former cop, who retired from the NYPD in July 2021, testified in the 2005 trial of a protester arrested during the 2004 Republican National Convention in Manhattan. He said he helped carry the kicking and screaming protester down the steps of the New York Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>But video contradicted Wohl\u2019s account, reportedly showing the protester walking down the stairs on his own and the officer nowhere in sight. This led prosecutors to drop the case and the FBI to investigate. He does not <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear Wohl was charged and it\u2019s unclear if he was disciplined. <\/p>\n<p>Wohl <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1P_iB5sMVJ-WPcfc_MGaBRblvPtWFy00m\/view\">landed on a list<\/a> maintained by the Bronx District Attorney\u2019s office of officers with potential credibility problems.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/matthew-wohl-18.jpg?w=679\" alt=\"Matthew Wohl, DA Tom Walsh\" class=\"wp-image-24799479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/matthew-wohl-18.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1358 1358w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/matthew-wohl-18.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1019 1018w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/matthew-wohl-18.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=679 679w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/matthew-wohl-18.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=340 339w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/matthew-wohl-18.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\"\/><figcaption>Matthew Wohl is one of six \u201cdouble dippers\u201d in DA Tom Walsh\u2019s (right) office, according to a source.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">RocklandCountyDA\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"591\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/peter-walker.jpg?w=591\" alt=\"Peter Walker\" class=\"wp-image-24799495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/peter-walker.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1182 1182w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/peter-walker.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=886 886w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/peter-walker.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=591 591w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/peter-walker.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=295 295w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/peter-walker.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\"\/><figcaption>Peter Walker \u2014 another employee with a waiver \u2014 is a former detective and the public information officer who earns a $191,000 salary.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">clarkstownpd\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Post reported this week that at least 16 police officers arrested between 2017 and 2021 were allowed to keep their jobs although an NYPD administrative trial judge found them guilty of the acts they were accused of.<\/p>\n<p>The DA\u2019s office contended it needed to hire Wohl because two other applicants did not meet the minimum qualifications for the job, according to a state document analyzing the waiver application obtained by The Post. But the document strangely went on to list the minimum qualifications as \u201cN\/A.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State law requires agencies that want waivers to prove they have \u201cundertaken extensive recruitment efforts to fill such vacancy\u201d and that \u201cthere are no available non-retired persons qualified to perform the duties of such position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wohl is one of six double dippers in DA Tom Walsh\u2019s office, according to a source.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"788\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/matthew-wohl-15.jpg?w=788\" alt=\"Matthew Wohl\" class=\"wp-image-24799504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/matthew-wohl-15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1576 1576w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/matthew-wohl-15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1182 1182w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/matthew-wohl-15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=788 788w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/matthew-wohl-15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=394 394w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/matthew-wohl-15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\"\/><figcaption>Matthew Wohl, who allegedly lied under oath, has landed a sweet gig at the Rockland County District Attorney\u2019s office.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">matthew.wohl.5\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1012\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/matthew-wohl-17.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Matthew Wohl\" class=\"wp-image-24799515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/matthew-wohl-17.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/matthew-wohl-17.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/matthew-wohl-17.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The office sought a special state waiver to hire Matthew Wohl for a job as a confidential investigator.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">matthew.wohl.5\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among the others with waivers are Peter Walker, a former detective and the public information officer for the Clarkstown Police Department in Rockland. He is now pulling down a $191,000 salary as the DA\u2019s chief criminal investigator \u2014 a significant jump in rank \u2014 plus $144,000 pension, records show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely astonishing,\u201d said a source familiar with the DA\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Walsh nor Walker, listed as a press contact for the office, returned requests for comment. A man who answered a phone number listed for Wohl said he wasn\u2019t the retired officer.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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