An NYPD sergeant who oversaw the Harvey Weinstein probe is the “focus” of an internal investigation into cops suspected of playing hooky and misusing official vehicles, law enforcement sources told The Post on Wednesday.
Sgt. Keri Thompson, who commands the NYPD’s DNA Cold Case Squad, was “ordered to stay in her office” after allegations against her surfaced last year, one source said.
“The focus is on Keri Thompson and everyone around Thompson,” a senior law enforcement official said.
Cops from the Internal Affairs Bureau seized log books dating to January 2018 from three offices of the Special Victims Division, which investigates sex crimes, sources have told The Post.
The DNA Cold Case Squad, headquartered at 1086 Simpson St. in the Bronx, was raided on Friday, and SVD headquarters and the Manhattan Special Victims Squad were also targeted, sources have said.
“The three locations that they came and took time records out of, they’re three locations that she signs in and out of. She’s the common denominator,” a source said of Thompson.
Thompson, 43, joined the NYPD in 1998 and was paid $177,052 during fiscal 2019, records show.
Her base salary was $125,531 and she racked up 414.5 hours of overtime, records show.
The NYPD has confirmed an internal investigation into “allegations of isolated incidents of both the misuse of time and a department vehicle within the Special Victims Division,” but said the probe doesn’t involve “day-to-day investigative work or any particular sex crime cases.”
The president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, Ed Mullins, said, “We’re unaware at this point of any details of [Thompson] being the target of an investigation.”
Thompson was first linked to the IAB investigation by the New York Times.
Last year, Thompson was one of two SVD cops who escorted Weinstein, in handcuffs, from Lower Manhattan’s 1st Precinct to Manhattan Criminal Court following his arrest on rape and sex assault allegations.
The other cop, Detective Nicholas DiGaudio, was later removed as lead investigator in the Weinstein case over allegations he coached a witness to withhold evidence favorable to the disgraced movie mogul, leading to the dismissal of one criminal charge in the case.
The scandal, along with an earlier Department of Investigation report that said SVD was understaffed and poorly trained, led to a shake-up that included the ouster of Deputy Chief Michael Osgood as the division’s commander.