0 back. it s my way of saying i see you, i appreciate you, and i thank you. i m not comfortable just walking past and ignoring them. of course, usually they are male troopers. in this case, i don t remember doing it at all. i didn t do it consciously with the female trooper. i did not mean any sexual connotation. i did not mean any intimacy by it. i just wasn t thinking. it was totally thoughtless in the literal sense of the word, but it was also insensitive. it was embarrassing to her and it was disrespectful. it was a mistake, plain and simple. i have no other words to explain it. i want to personally apologize to her and her family. i have the greatest respect for her and for the new york state police. now, obviously in a highly political matter like this, there are many agendas and there are many motivations at play. if anyone thought otherwise, they would be naive and new yorkers are not naive. but i want to thank the women who came forward with sincere complaints. it is not easy