NEW YORK CITY, NY - An exclusive report with the New York Post details the facts surrounding how a top New York Police Department (NYPD) official was able to quietly pocket tens of thousands of dollars in overtime pay during 2023 despite department rules barring managers for collecting such compensation.
Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry, who is an NYPD liaison to City Hall, reportedly made $60,000 more than the department's top police officer in 2023. Though departmental policy does not allow for people in Daughtry's position to earn overtime, a payroll loophole allowed him to reap the time and a half. When asked how something like this could happen, one source said, "Welcome to Mayor [Eric] Adams' NYPD."
The source added, "While the lower ranks have their overtime scrutinized down to the minute, Kaz parades and abuses the very system he claimed to be fixing." The NYPD's Administrative Guide bar manager-level employees from being paid beyond their 80-hour workweek. However, after being promoted from first-rank detective to an assistant commissioner role in July 2023, Daughtry continued to put in for the overtime.
His paystub for the final full period of 2023 shows he logged nearly 80 extra hours between December 9th and December 22nd, racking up close to $15,000 in bonus cash. He even reportedly put in for bonus pay working the night shift, an added perk usually reserved for rank-and-file officers, for an additional $1,000.
The Post obtained the paystub via the Freedom of Information Law and upon showing it to one former NYPD chief said, "He made what?!" The former chief added, "No one should be making overtime as an executive." His statement echoed the sentiment of more than a half-dozen police sources who were also appalled by the extra pay.
Some NYPD officers have pointed to Daughtry as epitomizing a troubled culture at the department under the Adams administration where far-out antics and "who you know" connections seem to carry more weight than actual accomplishments. The first source said, "The fact that a man who never supervised anyone in his entire career is now bringing in more money than the police commissioner is laughable irony."
Records show that in 2023, Daughtry pulled in $311,000 compared to the NYPD commissioner, who made $243,000. More than $141,000 of that money came from overtime with another $5,600 from added night-shift pay. It is unclear how much of that was filed between his July 17th promotion to a civilian role not eligible for overtime and the last pay period of the year.
While Daughtry declined to comment to the Post, an NYPD spokesperson confirmed that he had been allowed to continue to collect his detective salary after the promotion, making the overtime completely aboveboard. The spokesperson said, "This designation did not change his civil service title as a first-grade detective and he continued to receive the salary and overtime rate of a first-grade detective."
It is unclear who exactly approved the deal, but according to the department's administration guide and other sources, top officials, such as Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey or then-Police Commissioner Edward Caban, would have had to sign off on it.
The sources familiar with the situation said that the promotion also reportedly came with the added bonus of making Daughtry untouchable by the Civilian Complaint Review Board, which was forced to drop three open cases against him.
Much of Daughtry's 18-year-career involves him following Maddrey. After Adams installed his longtime friend Maddrey in a top spot in the NYPD, Daughtry, then a detective, was moved into One Police Plaza. Sources previously told the Post that he was "literally running" the department from NYPD Headquarters and crossed then-Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell by going around her to City Hall.
Weeks after Sewell abruptly resigned, newly promoted Police Commissioner Caban made Daughtry an assistant commissioner, in which he was tasked with being chief of staff to Maddrey and a liaison to the mayor's office. Since then, Daughtry has become one of the most visible top NYPD officials.
Daughtry was promoted again in February to deputy commissioner of operations and according to the department, has since been ineligible for overtime.
Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry, who is an NYPD liaison to City Hall, reportedly made $60,000 more than the department's top police officer in 2023. Though departmental policy does not allow for people in Daughtry's position to earn overtime, a payroll loophole allowed him to reap the time and a half. When asked how something like this could happen, one source said, "Welcome to Mayor [Eric] Adams' NYPD."
The source added, "While the lower ranks have their overtime scrutinized down to the minute, Kaz parades and abuses the very system he claimed to be fixing." The NYPD's Administrative Guide bar manager-level employees from being paid beyond their 80-hour workweek. However, after being promoted from first-rank detective to an assistant commissioner role in July 2023, Daughtry continued to put in for the overtime.
His paystub for the final full period of 2023 shows he logged nearly 80 extra hours between December 9th and December 22nd, racking up close to $15,000 in bonus cash. He even reportedly put in for bonus pay working the night shift, an added perk usually reserved for rank-and-file officers, for an additional $1,000.
The Post obtained the paystub via the Freedom of Information Law and upon showing it to one former NYPD chief said, "He made what?!" The former chief added, "No one should be making overtime as an executive." His statement echoed the sentiment of more than a half-dozen police sources who were also appalled by the extra pay.
Some NYPD officers have pointed to Daughtry as epitomizing a troubled culture at the department under the Adams administration where far-out antics and "who you know" connections seem to carry more weight than actual accomplishments. The first source said, "The fact that a man who never supervised anyone in his entire career is now bringing in more money than the police commissioner is laughable irony."
Records show that in 2023, Daughtry pulled in $311,000 compared to the NYPD commissioner, who made $243,000. More than $141,000 of that money came from overtime with another $5,600 from added night-shift pay. It is unclear how much of that was filed between his July 17th promotion to a civilian role not eligible for overtime and the last pay period of the year.
While Daughtry declined to comment to the Post, an NYPD spokesperson confirmed that he had been allowed to continue to collect his detective salary after the promotion, making the overtime completely aboveboard. The spokesperson said, "This designation did not change his civil service title as a first-grade detective and he continued to receive the salary and overtime rate of a first-grade detective."
It is unclear who exactly approved the deal, but according to the department's administration guide and other sources, top officials, such as Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey or then-Police Commissioner Edward Caban, would have had to sign off on it.
The sources familiar with the situation said that the promotion also reportedly came with the added bonus of making Daughtry untouchable by the Civilian Complaint Review Board, which was forced to drop three open cases against him.
Much of Daughtry's 18-year-career involves him following Maddrey. After Adams installed his longtime friend Maddrey in a top spot in the NYPD, Daughtry, then a detective, was moved into One Police Plaza. Sources previously told the Post that he was "literally running" the department from NYPD Headquarters and crossed then-Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell by going around her to City Hall.
Weeks after Sewell abruptly resigned, newly promoted Police Commissioner Caban made Daughtry an assistant commissioner, in which he was tasked with being chief of staff to Maddrey and a liaison to the mayor's office. Since then, Daughtry has become one of the most visible top NYPD officials.
Daughtry was promoted again in February to deputy commissioner of operations and according to the department, has since been ineligible for overtime.
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