Criminals hired as cops in major Democrat city 'after rogue officer lets them through the net'
Criminals wound up working as officers for the New York City Police Department after the commander overseeing recruitment ignored their checkered past, according to court filings.
Up to 31 unfit officers were allowed to serve as cops due to 'unauthorized unilateral actions' by former commanding officer NYPD Inspector Terrell Anderson, the complaint states.
The recruits were allowed in despite failing psychological tests and background checks and in multiple cases, criminal records, according to the document.
One aspiring officer was even found to have three arrests to their name, but was recruited anyway, the filing states.
Offenses included everything from drug use to prostitution, and a number of driving violations, per the New York Post.
However they were allowed to serve after being granted admission by Anderson, according to the filings, which state he did not have the authority to keep them on the force.
And in a stunning twist, many of the officers remain employed and cannot be sacked after the NYPD Police Benevolent Association filed a restraining order to temporarily halt the city’s actions, keeping them on the payroll.
'His actions, therefore, were a nullity,' the city said.
Anderson was reassigned following the scandal and is now facing departmental charges, law enforcement sources told the Post.
The court filing singled out one rookie cop who was permitted into the NYPD academy, despite having never been employed in any capacity before.
That cop, who was not named, was found to have an 'extensive history of poor decision-making and recklessness', but was allowed to serve anyway by Anderson, the filings said.
That history with the law included multiple driving convictions for speeding at upwards of 50mph over the speed limit, and an arrest for driving with eight suspensions on his license.
The officer was also found to have struck a pedestrian with his car on another occasion.
A different officer also reported a number of serious driving offenses including involvement in eight car crashes and driving with a suspended license, alongside multiple arrests for marijuana.
That officer slipped through the net because he 'exploited his father’s status as an NYPD detective in order to circumvent personal responsibility', according to his reported disqualification notice.
Another officer who was allowed into the NYPD had 'reported using LSD and marijuana to cope with stress', the filing said.
One of the cops was also found to have allegedly paid a stripper for sexual intercourse in 2017, and then the next year paid a female masseuse to masturbate him, the filings said.
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