NYPD’s sex scandal: Letters
The Issue: Ex-NYPD Lt. Quathisha Epps’ charges of sex abuse by Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey.
The stench coming from One Police Plaza (which seems to originate from the office of disgraced ex-Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, who allegedly orchestrated heinous acts with underlings) actually appears to encompass a much larger group (“Sex scandal at 1 Police Plaza,” Dec. 22).
Who is really doing his job here? Why wasn’t anything caught when overtime and paychecks for some were ridiculous? What example is being set for the rank and file?
Liz Muller
Barnegat, NJ
To hear that Maddrey, along with NYPD Lt. Quathisha Epps, is entangled in a corruption scandal is disturbing news.
If these allegations are true, Maddrey is a predator and should be dealt with accordingly.
Epps, who is making these allegations, allowed this disgusting behavior to continue for over one year without reporting it, while allegedly collecting over $250,000 in overtime money.
Sorry to say it, but she appears to be just as guilty.
Newly appointed Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch needs to do a clean sweep from top to bottom and restore the pride of the NYPD.
Gene O’Brien
Whitestone
The latest humiliating scandal involving Maddrey comes as no surprise.
The “friends and family” approach Mayor Adams has adhered to in making key appointments has produced a corrupt, embarrassing and dysfunctional group of people.
New York City has been devoid of competent and honest leadership for almost 12 years and the results are clear to all who live here.
Thomas Urban
Wantagh
If these NYPD allegations are true, the money that was made during that time should be paid back to the city. Technically, that money was made working at the oldest known profession — not police work. Maddrey and Epps should be ashamed.
Rob Johann
Woodhaven
Not since the departure of the late Chief Joseph Esposito have the uniform officers of the NYPD had a respected leader.
We need to get back the best people to lead, not political cronies.
D. Ricciardi
Brooklyn
The Issue: A City Council bill to test officers’ blood-alcohol content after injury-causing weapons use.
The City Council seemingly can’t do enough to degrade police morale (“Forcing a non-issue for NYPD,” Dec. 21). City Councilman Yusef Salaam now proposes cops take a blood-alcohol test if they cause injury or death after using their weapon.
Salaam provided no case in which a supervisor at the scene of a police shooting evaded the guideline.
The council’s anti-police measures serve only to undermine the effectiveness and integrity of the NYPD.
This all comes at a time when New Yorkers fear for their safety on subways and the streets of New York.
Joseph Valente
Staten Island
Picture this: You’re on patrol and interrupt a crime in progress, get involved in a gunfight, get wounded and have the misfortune of wounding the bad guy. In lieu of being hailed a hero, the police department and City Council insist on taking your blood to see if “you’re clean.”
Great incentive to do your job, yeah?
Prior to this mandate (I did 35 years in the police department), any dubious conduct for any reason could trigger a drug test “for cause.” This saved hero officers the humiliation of going through the process of this new policy.
Thomas Mullen
Yonkers
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