‘Liar’ cop lands

Ex-NYPDer gets prober gig

A retired NYPD officer who allegedly lied under oath has landed a sweet gig at the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office.

The office sought a special state waiver to hire Matthew Wohl as a confidential investigator, which pays $94,000 a year on top of his police pension. The waivers are required for government workers who want to collect both their pensions and a salary of more than $35,000 from government agencies.

Wohl, who retired from the NYPD in 2021, testified in the 2005 trial of a protester arrested during the 2004 Republican Convention. He said he helped carry the kicking and screaming protester down the steps of the New York Public Library.

But video contradicted Wohl’s account, reportedly showing the protester walking down the stairs on his own and the officer nowhere in sight. This led prosecutors to drop the case and the FBI to investigate. It does not appear Wohl was charged and it’s unclear if he was disciplined.

Wohl did land on a list maintained by the Bronx DA of officers with potential credibility problems.

The Post reported this week that at least 16 police officers arrested between 2017 and 2021 were allowed to keep their jobs although an NYPD administrative trial judge found them guilty.

State law requires agencies that want waivers to prove they have “undertaken extensive recruitment efforts to fill such vacancy” and that “there are no available nonretired persons qualified to perform the duties of such position.”

Neither Rockland DA Tom Walsh nor the press contact for his office returned requests for comment. A man who answered a phone number listed for Wohl said he wasn’t the retired officer.