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Topic Started: Apr 4 2013, 09:46 PM (465 Views)
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NYPD officer charged with using badge, cruiser to help rob drug dealers

A 17-year veteran of the New York City Police Department pled not guilty Thursday to charges that he supplied police paraphernalia and weapons to a stickup crew, which then used the equipment to rob drug dealers.

Officer Jose Tejada is accused of involvement in a string of 2006 and 2007 robberies in which he is alleged to have provided NYPD badges, uniforms and even police vehicles to a group of thieves. Tejada, 45, who had been assigned to police Harlem, was in uniform and on duty at the time of at least one of his alleged crimes.

He’s been connected to three of the more than one hundred robberies the crew is supposedly behind, with some dating back to 2001. Tejada is charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to distribute drugs including heroin, cocaine, MDMA, and marijuana, as well as an unlawful use of a firearm charge, according to local NY1 news.

Prosecutors say Tejada was caught in an “ongoing Internal Affairs Bureau investigation” and has been suspended from the department after holding a family of three at gunpoint while his colleagues searched their home.

He also is accused of checking the legal status of other robbers in the gang and letting them know when it was safe to flee then reenter the United States.

“Obviously it is sad and disappointing anytime a police officer is arrested,” said NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly.

Tejada is the second officer to be charged as part of the robbery crew, which began in 2001 and has “netted more than 250 kilograms of cocaine and $1 million in narcotics proceeds,” prosecutors told the Times.

Emmanuel Tavarez, an eight-year veteran of the force, was sentenced to 25 years in prison in May 2012 after being convicted of similar crimes. Twenty other members have been implicated in the years-long investigation.

http://rt.com/usa/cop-robbed-dealers-nypd-360/
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LadyBug1
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I hear a lot of people complaining that police officers don't get paid a lot. That's probably a reason some find themselves on the wrong side of the law.
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I wish there was a way we could stop the high crime rate of blacks so we could get police out of our communities. As long as we have high crime rates, the more crooked and bad cops we will get.
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levonjaw
Apr 4 2013, 09:51 PM
I hear a lot of people complaining that police officers don't get paid a lot. That's probably a reason some find themselves on the wrong side of the law.
NYPD officers pay would make most envious.
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In ATL, a lot of them moonlight as armed security guards.
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Benefits & Salary Overview

Salary

Statistically, after the first five years a New York City police officer's works out to be above average compared with officers elsewhere. According to the New York City Police Department, after an officer has worked five and a half years in the profession, she will earn a total yearly income of $90,829, much more than the Bureau of Statistics' national average of $52,810 annually.

Of course, it's important to take into account that an NYC officer's starting salary in his first year is only $46,288. Wages increase incrementally as officer approach her five-year mark and then begin to slow after that.

Additional Benefits
•10 Paid vacation days during first & second year
•13 Paid vacation days during third, fourth & fifth year
•27 Paid vacation days after 5 years of service
•Unlimited sick leave with full pay
•A choice of paid medical programs
•Prescription, dental, and eyeglass coverage
•Annuity fund
•Deferred Compensation Plan, 401K and I.R.A.
•Optional retirement at one half salary after 22 years of service*
•Annual $12,000 Variable Supplement Fund (upon retirement)
•Annual banking of $12,000 Variable Supplement Fund after 22 years of service (if not retiring)
•Excellent promotional opportunities
•Educational opportunities
•Additional benefits are available to military personnel.

This contract expired on July 31, 2010 and future contracts will need to be negotiated between NYC and the PBA.

*Newly hired NYPD officers can expect to receive nearly $2.2 million in pension payments and City paid health benefits over 32 years of retirement, based on the current average salary including overtime pay and other compensation; the average age of 26 for newly hired Police Officers; retirement at age 48 after 22 years of service, and assuming the average life expectancy of 80 years. Persons retiring above the rank of Police Officer will earn higher retirement payments based on their respective ranks.
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LadyBug1
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.....almost double the national average?
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levonjaw
Apr 4 2013, 10:15 PM
.....almost double the national average?
Pretty good pay, and unlike McDonalds, no degree required. :D
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Being a police officer in New York has got to be tough though. Plus, the cost of living is high. That may help justify the pay. However, it doesn't explain the need to be crooked. Greed, maybe.

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levonjaw
Apr 4 2013, 10:42 PM
Being a police officer in New York has got to be tough though. ..

It's only tough, if you LIKE Blacks & HISP...but if you hate them, then being in the NYPD is pretty fun.
Edited by The SOLE Controller, Apr 5 2013, 12:31 AM.
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