The NYPD’s program allowing private businesses to hire off-duty cops for security work has come under scrutiny by a city watchdog, with investigators flagging problems in officer safety, unpaid wages and poor regulations.
NYPD police officers completed nearly 300,000 paid detail assignments between 2023 and 2025 under the Paid Detail Program and generated about $5.4 million in revenue for the NYPD in 2025, according to a new investigative report from the Department of Investigation’s Office of the Inspector General for the NYPD.
The review was prompted in part by the 2025 fatal shooting of Didarul Islam, an NYPD officer who was working a private security assignment through the program in Midtown when he was shot. The killing raised questions about the training and guidance officers receive, particularly as they take on security responsibilities for private companies…