Democracy In Albany

An Albany city attorney quietly removed files from police headquarters last week related to a scandal in which dozens of officers had used the department to secretly purchase federally regulated machine guns.

On Wednesday afternoon, the attorney, Jeffrey Jamison, an assistant corporation counsel who worked closely with former police Chief James W. Tuffey, initially denied removing any files from police headquarters.

''I can't say either way,'' Jamison said. ''I can't recall specifically any file. ... I don't specifically remember any file or grabbing anything. There was no one thing. There wasn't like a file or something like that.''