New York– The FBI and NYPD conducted searches at various locations in the city on Wednesday morning as part of an ongoing investigation into corruption in the country’s largest police department.
Sources familiar with the development told ABC News that current and former police officers are being targeted in the investigation.
FBI agents and the NYPD were seen outside the Queens home of former department chief Jeffrey Maddrey, the highest-ranking uniformed officer.
The investigation is also targeting James McCarthy, the current chief of Manhattan South, who has been placed on modified duty, according to the NYPD.
Sources said the second target is the department’s former chief spokesperson Tariq Shepard.
No arrests are expected on Wednesday.
Sources said the investigation is also examining, among other things, promotions and assignments and how they were accomplished.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement:
“This morning, members of the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau and the FBI executed a search warrant as part of a criminal investigation being conducted by the NYPD, the FBI, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. The investigation is ongoing and concerns the conduct of former and current members of the NYPD.
“When I became Police Commissioner, I promised New Yorkers that under my leadership the NYPD would conduct itself with integrity and that any claims that service members failed to meet that standard would be thoroughly investigated. This investigation and our actions this morning are part of an ongoing effort to fulfill that commitment and hold the department to its highest ideals.”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Tisch is showing her commitment to cracking down on corruption.
“Commissioner Tisch has already shown a real commitment to cracking down on corruption and ensuring that public servants in the NYPD are held to the highest standards,” Mamdani said. “I am confident she will lead us through this process.”
This was not the first search of Maddrey’s Queens home. It was also discovered in January 2025 during an investigation into overtime abuse.
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