New NYPD Assistant Commissioner Kaz Daughtry is pushing back against a published report accusing him of pulling strings behind the scenes at the NYPD as a shadow police commissioner.
Daughtry was promoted to the new civilian role on July 17, serving as an Assistant Commissioner and Chief of Staff to the Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey. However, his more than 15-year police career was overshadowed last month when he was accused of acting as a defacto top cop while Keechant Sewell held the official title.
The New York Post reported that Daughtry, then a detective, had been “secretly running the department behind the scenes” and even having the power to approve transfers and promotions. Daughtry rebuked the accusations, going as far as to call the allegations completely false while denouncing reports that he had tensions with Sewell, who resigned in June.
