Cops helping Cops returned from New Orleans a week ago and was shocked to learn just how much NOPD Officers are being taken advantage of. On our last few trips the members of CHC have been hearing stories of Police Officers losing money to contractors who were charging 4 – 10 times the going rate for a similar job elsewhere. However, on this last trip, we were astounded to hear of something far worse plaguing the NOPD. Contractors taking off with the Officers money and doing NOTHING!!!
Officers that have lost everything taking out a loan or taking their entire savings and trying to rebuild their lives from scratch and giving money to contractors only to have the contractor up and take off with the last of what the had to start again. We had one Officer have a contractor take off with $92,000. Another Officer over $60,000. It was very heartbreaking to hear this has been going on.
Cops Helping Cops sat down with Assistant Superintendent Marlon Defillo at a dinner given by the NYC PBA. During that dinner we discussed with Assistant Superintendent DeFillo what had been going on with some of his officers. Defillo vowed to follow up with the officers and was planning a meeting between himself, the officers, and the District Attorney to address the situation and have charges brought up on the contractors.