Overview

• Roughly 31 officers who were hired under former Inspector Terrell Anderson between 2023 and 2024 received final disqualification notices on July 10.
• They were given 24 hours to resign or face summary termination because their criminal background and psychological screenings had failed to meet departmental standards.
• NYPD officials maintain that retaining the disqualified officers would breach city law and internal hiring regulations.
• PBA President Patrick Hendry has filed for a temporary restraining order and is preparing additional legal challenges to defend members’ employment rights.
• Internal Affairs Bureau investigators continue probing Anderson, who was reassigned in May after allegedly certifying more than 70 unqualified recruits for the police academy.