Highest-paid NYPD cop embroiled in sex-for-overtime scandal retires without department charges

The NYPD lieutenant who accused disgraced ex-Chief Jeffrey Maddrey of a sex-for-overtime statement skirted departmental charges and volition retire, the Daily News has learned.

Lieutenant Quathisha Epps filed her status papers past month, but was placed connected a 30-day suspension portion the section launched an probe into her whopping $204,000 successful overtime pay, which was earned done an further 1,626 hours she claimed to person worked. A national probe into her overtime wage was ongoing Sunday.

Her suspension ended this week, and portion nary departmental charges person been filed against her, she leaves the unit nether suspension without wage – meaning she volition forgo respective cardinal benefits typically granted to retiring officers, similar a retired NYPD authoritative ID, which would assistance casual entree to authorities buildings, constabulary sources with cognition of the lawsuit told the Daily News.

Epps whitethorn besides miss retired connected a certificate of bully standing, complicating her quality to unafraid a weapon permit, and whitethorn not person a “Good Guy” letter, which could hinder her chances of securing aboriginal employment successful instrumentality enforcement.

Almost instantly pursuing her suspension,  Epps filed a assertion with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging Maddrey repeatedly demanded enactment from her “in speech for overtime opportunities successful the workplace,” which the erstwhile highest-ranking uniformed constabulary serviceman vehemently denies. His lawyer admitted, however, helium and Epps had a “consensual” intersexual relationship.

Police sources confirmed to The News she volition not beryllium charged departmentally, but an NYPD spokesperson said an probe is ongoing.

“The NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau continues to enactment with the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York connected matters related to the bureau of the erstwhile Chief of Department,” the spokesperson said.

Maddrey abruptly resigned from the section connected Dec. 20 pursuing the allegations.

The contentious status comes conscionable weeks aft an lawyer for Epps sent a missive to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, demanding his client’s reinstatement to the constabulary section with afloat backmost pay, benefits, and the accidental to discontinue with her pension, citing the alleged maltreatment she suffered astatine the hands of Maddrey.

“As usual, the section undermines the unfortunate adjacent nether Tisch,” said Eric Sanders, a lawyer for Epps. “It’s important to enactment that Epps retired without charges due to the fact that she violated nary section rules.”

Epps was 1 of the highest-paid subordinate of the NYPD successful fiscal twelvemonth 2024, erstwhile she raked successful a wage of  $406,515 — implicit $100,000 much than erstwhile Commissioner Edward Caban made during the aforesaid clip period.

Her status was granted conscionable months abbreviated of her 20th twelvemonth astatine the department, erstwhile she would person earned afloat status benefits.

Sanders told The News helium and his lawsuit “look guardant to” a combat with the constabulary department.

“We’ll woody with the department’s attraction of Epps and different enforcement unit misdeeds implicit the years done the litigation process,” helium said.