The NYPD is probing at least one officer who may have attended the deadly riot at the US Capitol last week, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said Monday.
“I can tell you that there is one investigation that is active on one member. There is no name yet released because we don’t know yet if it’s true or not, but I can tell you that anyone committing crimes certainly would have a very short shelf life with the NYPD,” Shea said on NY1.
A spokesman for the NYPD confirmed the probe but had no additional information.
“We are working with the FBI to see if any allegations that a member of the New York City Police Department may have been involved in the events that marred the Capitol last week,” the spokesman said.
The news comes two days after the FBI contacted the FDNY about a member of the department possibly attending the siege in DC.
The NYPD is expected to send 200 cops to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Jan. 20 after the DC mayor asked for extra help with security in the wake of the mayhem caused by the pro-Trump mob.