NYPD cops staked out GPS tracking devices on vehicles in disgraced chief Jeffrey Maddrey's office: sources

NYPD officers in disgraced former department chief Jeffrey Maddrey's office dismantled the GPS tracking devices on their unmarked department vehicles — and used the cars as their personal rides, The Post has learned.

Three sources told the Post that dozens of cars did not have “automatic vehicle tracking devices” that the department uses to track its fleet, making them untraceable.

Maddrey resigned from his post last month after The Post uncovered allegations of sexual misconduct. AP

Sources said officers removed the GPS device from NYPD vehicles. Michael Nagle

The NYPD officers “used [the cars] for personal purposes” while working for Maddrey, who became department head in 2023, a source said.

The revelation came in the wake of Maddrey's resignation last month after the Post uncovered allegations of a sex-for-overtime scandal in his office.

“It has been confirmed that there were no AVLs,” a second source said. “A lot of people didn’t swipe in or out. It was very difficult to track their movements.”

The vehicles have since been returned to the department's pool, a third police source told The Post on Saturday.

The NYPD has “zero tolerance for the misuse of agency resources,” a department spokesman said.

“Last week, the police commissioner ordered a comprehensive inspection of official vehicles to ensure strict compliance with the department’s guidelines. All allegations of misconduct will be investigated by the Internal Affairs Bureau.”

The officers reportedly used the cars for personal purposes. istartek.com

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch sent out a memo Thursday announcing that the NYPD is “conducting a review of all unmarked vehicle use.”

The department's vehicles must have AVLs “unless otherwise approved by Tisch itself” – and “transmit vehicle information,” the memo said.

And the department's technology office will begin “submitting a monthly AVL exception report to document who is not being properly tracked,” the memo continued.

Quathisha Epps told The Post that Maddrey demanded sex for overtime between June 2023 and Dec. 16, 2024. NYPD

The GPS devices consist of a small box and an antenna — and are typically placed in vehicles, a retired detective told The Post. “If you look for them, you can separate them,” he said. “Sometimes people disconnect because they don’t want to be followed.”

Staff moves in Maddrey's office became a problem after the department's highest-paid employee, Administrative Lt. Quathisha Epps, was questioned for pocketing a shocking $403,515 in fiscal year 2024, including $204,453.48 in overtime pay.

Epps then told the Post in painful detail that Maddrey demanded sex for overtime between June 2023 and December 16, 2024, including some of the same allegations in a federal equal employment opportunity discrimination lawsuit against the city.

Maddrey described the sex as “consensual” and denied any sexual abuse. Epps officially retired Tuesday, police sources said.

The Southern District of the U.S. Attorney's Office and the NYPD launched an investigation following the Post reports.

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