New York Adult Entertainment: Domestic Abuse Shadows Another Paterson Aide
The Executive Services Detail, formerly called the Protective Services Unit, is a detail within the State Police that is responsible for providing protection to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, dignitaries visiting New York State, and any other public official, at the direction of the Superintendent.
Many say that the best way to depoliticize the unit is to remove it from the State Police and employ private security forces.
The Governor’s security detail came under scrutiny in early 2008 after it was revealed that former Gov. Eliot Spitzer had been patronizing a prostitute at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, on Feb. 13, 2008, the eve of Valentine’s Day. He had been in Washington to testify before a Congressional committee.
Questions were raised about how former Spitzer was able to patronize prostitutes supposedly without the knowledge of those state troopers who were supposed to be guarding him.