NYPD’s top sleuth James Essig shown the door despite 40 years of serviceBy Tina Moore
August 19, 2023
The highest ranking detective at the NYPD is taking aim at his bosses as he heads out the door — blasting the way he says the department pushes out its top chiefs when new commissioners take over.
“When you get up this high, you serve at the pleasure of the commissioner,” Essig, 61, told The Post in an exclusive interview in his 13th-floor office at One Police Plaza.
“Do I wish things were done differently? 100%,” he said. “But it’s happened to people before me.”
Essig, who has been with the department for nearly 41 years, is being pushed out nearly two years before the mandatory retirement age of 63. He will leave Sept. 5.
He joins Chief of Housing Kathleen O’Reilly and Chief of Transit Jason Wilcox, who were both shown the door in December also before they aged out.
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https://nypost.com/2023/08/19/nypds-james-essig-booted-despite-cracking-tough-cases/
