Should NY state troopers get paid leave after critical incidents?

Should NY state troopers get paid leave after critical incidents?

Trooper Richard Albert at the New York State Capitol.(Jimmy Vielkind / New York Public News Network)Richard Albert spent two decades with the New York State Police without firing his gun. But that all changed in an instant during a 2023 traffic stop along a rural stretch of highway near Schenectady.Before Albert could say a word, a passenger in the vehicle pointed a handgun through the driver’s window and opened fire. Albert was struck in the ar…