ALBANY — A 28-year-old former state trooper who pleaded guilty in May to falsely claiming he had been shot in the leg by a motorist has been flagged by law enforcement agencies as potentially dangerous after he recently attempted suicide and fought with officers at a Long Island hospital where he was taken for evaluation and treatment, according to law enforcement sources.
An internal police bulletin was issued last week in Nassau County after Thomas J. Mascia allegedly sliced his arms with an object and injured an officer during a scuffle at Nassau University Medical Center. The bulletin noted there was no cause to arrest Mascia, but cautioned that he has a history of “being uncooperative with officers” and has “law enforcement experience.”
The notification was issued a year after the leaders of labor unions representing thousands of New York state troopers and investigators raised concerns about the agency’s hiring standards. Those concerns followed an incident in July 2024 when a recruit allegedly attacked a trooper and tried to grab his handgun at a new training academy at the former Cazenovia College in Madison County…