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Seven members of the NYPD, including at least one detective and one sergeant, were arrested Wednesday as part of a sweeping Internal Affairs probe into gambling and prostitution, The Post has learned.
More than 40 civilians were also arrested — including a retired vice detective who is married to a prostitute, sources said.
The couple opened multiple brothels on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens and in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, the sources said.
The five-year probe included multiple wiretaps and centered on the retired officer, the sources said.
As part of Wednesday’s busts, Internal Affairs officers stormed the 72nd Precinct stationhouse in Sunset Park, ordering the desk supervisor to accompany them downstairs to the locker room, where they clipped the lock on a detective’s locker, confiscating its contents, sources said.
They also went to the detective’s home, detaining him and placing him on modified duty, sources said.
The detective had only been assigned to the 72 since about five months ago, working previously in IAB, sources said.
“Today, those who swore an oath and then betrayed it have felt the consequences of that infidelity,” NYPD Police Commissioner James O’Neill said of the busts.
“The people of this Department are rightly held to the highest standard, and should they fail to meet it, the penalty will be swift and severe.
“I thank Deputy Commissioner Joseph Reznick for the thorough investigation performed by the Internal Affairs Bureau, in partnership with the Queens District Attorney’s Office, in rooting out this illicit activity. His unit initiated this probe and in doing so, has sent a clear message: there is no place in the NYPD for criminal or unethical behavior.”