Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik is displaying worrisome, risky behavior in jail, a federal judge said Friday after speaking with the jail's psychiatric director.
The former Homeland Security nominee's specific actions and symptoms were not revealed, and lawyers and jail officials wouldn't comment on specifics, including whether Kerik was on a suicide watch.
Judge Stephen Robinson said at a pretrial session Friday in U.S. District Court that he received a memo from Dr. Robert Mahler, medical psychiatric director of the Westchester County jail in Valhalla, then spoke with the doctor by phone. The doctor reportedly said Kerik, 54, was "at risk."
