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   NEW YORK (AP) — The top uniformed police officer in the New York Police   
   Department has resigned amid allegations he demanded sex from a   
   subordinate in exchange for opportunities to earn extra pay.   
      
   Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch accepted the resignation of Chief of   
   Department Jeffrey Maddrey Friday night, effective immediately, according   
   to an emailed statement from the department Saturday.   
      
   John Chell, the department’s chief of patrol, will take over as interim   
   chief of department and Philip Rivera will assume Chell’s duties as the   
   head of the patrol division, the department said.   
      
   The department declined to comment on the allegations against Maddrey   
   other than to say it “takes all allegations of sexual misconduct seriously   
   and will thoroughly investigate this matter.”   
      
   A lawyer for his accuser, Lt. Quathisha Epps, said the move was overdue.   
      
   “This should have been done a long time ago,” attorney Eric Sanders said   
   by phone Saturday. “This has been years in the making, this kind of   
   behavior. This is not shock for anyone who understands how things work in   
   this department.”   
      
   On Saturday, Epps filed a complaint against the city with the federal   
   Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming that Maddrey engaged in   
   “quid pro quo sexual harassment” by coercing her to “perform unwanted   
   sexual favors in exchange for overtime opportunities in the workplace.”   
      
   Epps, who holds an administrative post in Maddrey’s office, said that when   
   she finally pushed back at Maddrey’s demands, he retaliated by claiming   
   she was abusing overtime, prompting the department to launch a review.   
      
   Sanders said his client was then suspended without pay despite putting in   
   her retirement notice earlier this week.   
      
   Epps was the department’s top earner in fiscal year 2024, earning more   
   than $400,000, according to local media reports — more than half of it in   
   overtime pay.   
      
   “Ms. Epps has endured profound harm at the hands of individuals who   
   exploited their positions of power for personal gain,” Sanders said in a   
   statement. “The retaliation she faced for standing up to this abuse   
   underscores the need for immediate reforms to address systemic failures   
   within the NYPD.”   
      
   Spokespersons for the department declined to comment on the complaint, but   
   Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said it is investigating.   
      
   “These are extremely serious and disturbing claims that allegedly occurred   
   at N.Y.P.D. headquarters in Manhattan,” the office said in a statement.   
      
   Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain, said at an unrelated event   
   Saturday that the allegations against Maddrey were “extremely concerning   
   and alarming” and that the department was conducting a full review, the   
   New York Post reported.   
      
   Maddrey’s attorney, Lambros Lambrou, didn’t respond to a request for   
   comment on the various allegations. However, in a statement to the New   
   York Post, he dismissed Epps’ claims as “completely meritless.”   
      
   “What a convenient time to accuse somebody of misconduct after she’s   
   caught stealing time,” Lambrou told the paper. “She’s obviously drowning   
   and in the deep end of the pool without a lifesaver. She wants to take   
   down as many people as she can.”   
      
   Sanders responded that any overtime his client worked was at the request   
   of Maddrey and approved by him and other department officials.   
      
   Meanwhile, Maddrey has been the subject of other misconduct allegations,   
   including one from a police captain who says she rebuffed with his   
   unwanted advances for years.   
      
   John Scola, a lawyer for Gabrielle Walls, said in a statement that   
   Maddrey’s departure “vindicates” the police captain, who this week amended   
   her sexual harassment lawsuit against another top officer to include   
   Maddrey.   
      
   Walls said in the filing that she dreaded interacting with Maddrey because   
   he frequently tried to kiss her, prompting her to hide from him with the   
   door locked and lights turned off.   
      
   “We hope this high-profile resignation marks the beginning of a cultural   
   shift to eliminate the pervasive environment of harassment and retaliation   
   within the NYPD,” Scola said.   
      
   A former officer has also claimed Maddrey coerced her into a yearslong   
   affair while he was her supervisor, though that case was dismissed by a   
   state judge last month, the New York Post and others reported.   
      
   Earlier this year, an administrative trial judge in the department   
   recommended dropping a disciplinary case against Maddrey regarding a   
   November 2021 incident in which he ordered officers to void the arrest of   
   a retired officer who previously worked for him.   
      
   Maddrey joined the police force in 1991 at the age of 20 and rose through   
   the ranks to become chief of patrol in 2021, before being promoted to   
   chief of department last December, according to his department biography.   
      
   The chief of department is charged with overseeing the department’s   
   “crime-fighting strategies, quality of life initiatives, and operational   
   plans,” according Tisch’s Saturday announcement. The chief of patrol   
   manages the department’s largest bureau, which consists of 15,000   
   uniformed patrol officers and 3,000 civilians.   
      
   “The NYPD works tirelessly to protect New Yorkers, and these roles are   
   critical to keeping our communities safe,” Tisch said in her statement.   
   “The interim Chiefs of Department and Patrol will continue to lead the   
   efforts to reduce crime and disorder and build public trust.”   
      
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   resigns-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations/   
      
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