NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell is attempting to dock vacation days from NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, the highest-ranking uniformed NYPD officer, for a 2021 incident in which he intervened in the arrest of a former officer who allegedly pointed a gun at children.
The incident was corroborated by a Civilian Complaint Review Board investigation last month. Sewell opted to follow the CCRB’s recommendation in line with the NYPD’s Disciplinary Matrix, and dock Maddrey six to 10 vacation days for abuse of authority, the New York Daily News reported citing anonymous sources.
Maddrey reportedly vowed to fight Sewell’s decision by opting into an NYPD disciplinary trial in which the CCRB will act as prosecutors.
The CCRB’s investigation centered around a Nov. 24, 2021, incident in which retired NYPD officer Kruythoff Forrester allegedly chased two 15-year-old boys and a 13-year-old boy after one of them hit his storefront security camera with a basketball.
The boys claimed he brandished a gun while chasing them and pointed it at one of them.
Body-worn camera footage obtained by investigative news outlet The City showed Forrester dropping Maddrey’s name after he was arrested and asking police at the 73rd precinct house in Brownsville to contact the high-ranking officer.
At the time, Maddrey was the NYPD chief of community affairs.
Video shows Maddrey shaking hands and chatting with precinct officials. Within 90 minutes of his arrival, the police released Forrester and voided his arrest.
A probe by the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau found no misconduct by Maddrey, but the CCRB’s findings contradict that conclusion.
Maddrey has faced 19 prior allegations of misconduct across seven incidents. The CCRB substantiated three of those complaints, exonerated him of eight, found three did not constitute violations of department policy and could not determine the veracity of the other five.
In 2017, he was penalized 45 vacation days for getting in a physical fight with a subordinate and for impeding the NYPD’s investigation into the incident.
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