{"id":2384405,"date":"2024-12-29T07:59:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T12:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-desk-jockey-cop-used-questionable-overtime-to-get-paid-same-amount-as-joe-biden-last-year\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T08:00:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T13:00:17","slug":"nyc-desk-jockey-cop-used-questionable-overtime-to-get-paid-same-amount-as-joe-biden-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-desk-jockey-cop-used-questionable-overtime-to-get-paid-same-amount-as-joe-biden-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Desk-Jockey Cop Used Questionable Overtime to Get Paid Same Amount as Joe Biden Last Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-desk-jockey-cop-used-questionable-overtime-to-get-paid-same-amount-as-joe-biden-last-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2384405&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Lt. quathisha Epps, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baltimore-city-schools-a-failing-grade-wont-stop-students-from-moving-up\/\" title=\"Baltimore City Schools: A Failing Grade Won\u2019t Stop Students From Moving Up\">highest-paid employee<\/a> of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), is under investigation \u2062by internal affairs for allegedly\u200b manipulating her overtime hours while preparing to retire. Epps made over $400,000\u2062 in the last \u2063fiscal year, combining her base salary of nearly $165,000 with\u200c roughly $204,000 in overtime. Reports indicate\u2063 that she \u2064worked an extraordinary amount of overtime,about 1,627 hours,averaging 74 hours a week. However,\u200d there are\u2064 claims from colleagues that she often arrived late, left early, or failed to show up altogether.<\/p>\n<p>As \u200ca 19-year veteran who worked \u200ddirectly under NYPD chief\u2063 of Department\u200c Jeffrey\u200b Maddrey, she out-earned her boss, \u2063whose salary was about $292,000. Following her retirement filing at the age of 51,epps&#8217; pension will be affected as she has not completed 20 years of service,potentially resulting in a loss \u200dof $12,000 yearly. Nonetheless, she is expected to\u2062 receive \u200c$16,000 a \u200cmonth in retirement benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Epps had \u200bher overtime\u200c limited before her retirement, with\u200d indications that she would \u2064have to return to active police \u2064duties, a notable change from her lucrative administrative role. Public sentiment among her peers is critical, with frustrations surrounding the disparity between the high salaries of administrative roles and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-sens-if-police-reform-is-going-to-happen-must-be-before-july\/\" title=\"GOP Sens.: If police reform is going to happen, must be before July\">front-line officers<\/a> who deal with daily crime.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The highest-paid employee of the New York City Police Department is facing an internal affairs probe after making over $400,000 last year then trying to file for retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Quathisha Epps, who worked as an administrator, is under investigation over allegations that she fudged her overtime hours and endorsed her own time slips, per an exclusive report from the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/18\/us-news\/nypds-400k-a-year-top-earner-is-retiring-early-as-astronomical-overtime-pay-is-investigated-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The staffer supposedly worked 1,627 hours of overtime beyond her usual shifts, putting her average at 74 hours per week. However, unnamed sources told the Post there were &ldquo;complaints over her coming into work late, leaving early, or not showing up at all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Epps raked in $204,000 in overtime on top of her nearly $165,000 base salary, placing her salary near $400,000 and making her the highest-paid employee across the entire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-break-picket-line-allow-christmas-deliveries-stream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYPD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The police force has 36,000 officers and 19,000 civilian staffers, per official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/about\/about-nypd\/about-nypd-landing.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statistics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>And she made more than all of them.<\/p>\n<p>She therefore made more than NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, in whose office she worked. Her boss made a comparatively dismal $292,000.<\/p>\n<p>Epps was suspended after she filed for retirement at 51 years old, a move that will affect her pension and lose her about $12,000 per year since she is leaving just short of 20 years into her time on the force.<\/p>\n<p>But she will still pull in $16,000 per month.<\/p>\n<p>Epps had her overtime capped before her sudden retirement and was told she would return to patrols, which would be a much less comfortable arrangement than her lucrative desk job.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is no way she was going to go out on patrol,&rdquo; one source told the Post.<\/p>\n<p>Her colleagues are indeed annoyed by the scandal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What administrative work requires you to stay there 115 to 120 hours every f***ing month to apply that type of money?&rdquo; a cop stationed in the Bronx complained to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>Epps made more than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-rips-lebron-demagoguery-against-police-officers-ends-up-hurting-minorities-in-long-run\/\" title=\"Police Officer Rips LeBron: \u2018Demagoguery Against Police Officers\u2019 Ends Up Hurting Minorities In Long Run\">average police officer<\/a> on the streets of the Big Apple, who actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyc-bad-even-nypd-traffic-enforcers-robbed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deal firsthand<\/a> with the crime and mayhem gripping the city.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The highest-paid NYPD employee last year<br \/> &#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;&#8215;<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Quathisha Epps, a 19-year veteran in NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey&rsquo;s office, pocketed an eye-watering $403,515 in fiscal year 2024, having pulled in $204,453 in overtime pay on top of&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d5F32l57lg\">pic.twitter.com\/d5F32l57lg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Crime In NYC (@CrimeInNYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrimeInNYC\/status\/1857744722942456310?\">November 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She also made around as much as President Joe Biden, who <a href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?req=(title:3%20section:102%20edition:prelim)#:~:text=The%20President%20shall%20receive%20in,from%20the%20discharge%20of%20his\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earns<\/a> $400,000 per year &mdash; notwithstanding any underhanded deals or special side projects from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-joe-biden-pardons-son-hunter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter<\/a>, of course.<\/p>\n<p>But behold the soul-crushing nature of bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<p>While the average beat cop is chasing down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/two-nypd-officers-shot-suspect-illegal-immigrant-teen-living-marriot-hotel-taxpayers-dime-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal immigrants<\/a>, homeless vagrants, and violent thugs, in the freezing cold at this time of year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">middle-management paper-pushers<\/a> are sitting in cushy offices, making several times their salary, and retiring early.<\/p>\n<p>In a just world, those cops would be living like kings, and Epps would be out in the cold.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Lt. Quathisha Epps, an administrator, is accused of manipulating her overtime hours and approving her own time sheets, according to a report from the New York Post. She reportedly logged 1,627 hours of overtime in addition to her regular shifts, averaging 74 hours per week. However, sources indicated there were complaints about her tardiness and absenteeism. Epps earned $204,000 in overtime on top of her nearly $165,000 base salary, making her the highest-paid individual in the NYPD&#8217;s workforce of 36,000 officers and 19,000 civilian employees. Her earnings surpassed those of NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey who made around $292,000.<\/p>\n<p>Epps was suspended after filing for retirement at age 51\u2014a decision that will impact her pension by reducing it by approximately $12,000 annually since she is leaving just shy of two decades with the department but will still receive about $16,000 monthly. Prior to retiring suddenly she had been informed that she would be returning to patrol duties instead of continuing in a more comfortable administrative role.<\/p>\n<p>Colleagues expressed frustration over the situation; one officer questioned what kind of administrative work could justify such extensive hours for such high pay while they face real dangers on the streets daily. In fact Epps&#8217; earnings were comparable to President Joe Biden&#8217;s annual salary despite their vastly different roles within society\u2014highlighting disparities between front-line officers dealing with crime and those in bureaucratic positions enjoying significant financial benefits without facing similar risks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2384406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Epps.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7892,47550,32320,7332,7765],"class_list":["post-2384405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cop","tag-desk-jockey","tag-joe-biden","tag-nyc","tag-overtime"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Epps.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2384405"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384409,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384405\/revisions\/2384409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2384406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2384405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2384405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}