A recent report into prolific ‘speeders’ across New York City has revealed that one such speeder, who has racked up 547 speeding violations in Staten Island alone since 2022, is an NYPD officer. The report from StreetsBlog NYC reveals just how hundreds of these infractions have occurred in school zones.
Under normal circumstances, any driver who was caught repeatedly speeding through school zones would lose their driver’s license but this Staten Island-based NYPD officer is not facing consequences, according to the report, because these speeding tickets are “not related to his job or his duties in the department” according to an NYPD spokesman.
The 2nd Most Prolific Speeder In NYC Is An NYPD Officer In Staten Island (Report)
In the state of New York, speeding can result in anywhere from 3 to 11 points being added to a driver’s license. If 11 or more points are accrued within a period of 18 months this leads to the suspension of a driver’s license. Not in this instance, however.
The illuminating StreetsBlog NYC report tracked down a history of the speeding violations. Here they have a list of all the NYPD officer’s school zone speeding violations dating back to January 20, 2022 and up until February of this year…