“On paper, I volunteered, but no, I don’t want to go up there, never want to go there again,” Pfeiffer announced of the barracks in Plattsburgh, according to a 32-page report issued Friday by state Inspector General Lucy Lang.
The report – which verified earlier reporting by The Post – adds that Pfeiffer announced he was “voluntold” to seek a transfer from Cuomo’s security detail, ending in a two-hour commute to and from his new workplace.
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State Police Superintendent Kevin Bruen – then working as a first deputy superintendent – explained to investigators Pfeiffer “was in love with the girl. And I cut him a break.”
“You can’t be in this position and have that kind of a relationship with one of the protectees,” Bruen told the inspector general’s investigators. “You might be ... at a particular assignment, and if there’s a fire in the house, you run to your beloved. Right. But that’s not your job.”
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That “break” came in the form of permitting Pfeiffer to request a transfer to a location of his choice instead of Bruen unilaterally dispatching him to Buffalo, roughly 300 miles away.
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Nonetheless, according to the report, the trooper’s initial choice was too close to the Executive Mansion for his higher-ups’ comfort.
On May 24, 2020, Pfeiffer remembered, he took a call from the head of the former governor’s protective services unit, who explained to him he was “expected” to ask for a move outside the Albany region.
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Pfeiffer formally requested the switch to Plattsburgh, yet explained to investigators that he was left “pretty heavily defeated” by the experience.
That experience included a “pat down” from a fellow trooper two days earlier when he arrived to give a “compelled statement” regarding his relationship with the governor’s daughter — despite Pfeiffer being unarmed and wearing shorts.
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“We were dealing with a potential boyfriend/girlfriend dispute that could have been — you have a Trooper who has a gun. You have a Trooper who fears that he could be losing his job. He could . . . have his career ruined over this. What’s going through his head? How is he gonna react?” another trooper later said to IG investigators.
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Pfeiffer explained to internal investigators that he “had not furthered his relationship while on duty” and has maintained that he did nothing wrong because state police do not have a policy explicitly barring members from having sexual relations with the people they protect.
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