Lying to investigators
2014 NY Slip Op 03623, Appellate Division, First Department
2014 NY Slip Op 03623, Appellate Division, First Department
A New York Police Officer challenged her dismissal from her position as a police officer. The Appellate Division unanimously denied her petition, noting that “The penalty of dismissal does not shock the conscience in that petitioner was found to have engaged in serious misconduct, and admitted other less serious charges committed during her short career as a police officer”.
The court found that there was substantial evidence to support finding her guilty of certain disciplinary charges, including her admissions that she lied to federal agents conducting a drug trafficking investigation.
In Bryson v. United States, 396 U.S. 64 (1969), the United States Supreme Court said: "Our legal system provides methods for challenging the Government's right to ask questions - lying is not one of them. A citizen may decline to answer the question, or answer it honestly, but he cannot with impunity knowingly and willfully answer with a falsehood."