"His security business has become extremely large for the simple reasons that he can easily provide his clients with extras," like barriers, parking signage, city permits and special treatment, Trent wrote. Trent said Giaco came into the office one day and described having been confronted by Internal Affairs about the letter. He said he tried to play it cool, but suspected Giaco knew he'd written it. Eventually, Trent said, Giaco took to calling him "rat boy." "I was blackballed," Trent told Insider. At one point, someone put a small rubber rat on his desk. Even though it was typical for crime-prevention detectives to be offered the chance to move to a community-affairs role, Trent added, "I was passed over seven times because I was the rat." Midtown North is an enviable place to work. It doesn't have much violent crime, and it's home to some of America's top businesses and tourist attractions like Rockefeller Center. Some cops call it Fort Hook, because officers with a "hook" -- a friend in the mayor's office or NYPD headquarters -- have an easier time getting assigned there. As a detective in the community affairs unit, Giaco was essentially an ambassador for the police department. The connections he made on the job helped him find jobs for D. Sterling and land free tickets to events like a 2019 old-school hip-hop show featuring Vanilla Ice that he doled out to a chief, said Trent, who kept detailed notes on the activities he overheard and observed that he shared with Insider. Insider found that dozens of events in Trent's notes took place when and where he noted them. Trent also identified D. Sterling personnel, and provided reference photos, in the background of events like the 2019 premiere of Jordan Peele's "Us" at the Museum of Modern Art and Nik and Lijana Wallenda's 2019 tightrope walk across Times Square. D. Sterling continued to use the Midtown North precinct to store its supplies even after Giaco retired in 2017 with support from his old pals at the precinct, Trent said. In photos from 2018 seen by Insider, Detective Mike Dugan can be seen packing up equipment for a D. Sterling employee standing nearby. In a statement for this article, the NYPD said only, "Det. Stephen Giaco retired in July of 2017" and referred Insider to its patrol guide. Trent said numerous senior officers were aware of the operation, but turned a blind eye. Mark Iocco, a former NYPD inspector assigned to the precinct who retired last year, once said that "there are three units in Midtown North: community affairs, crime prevention and D. Sterling," Trent recalled. Iocco didn't respond to calls or emails. At a 2016 Alicia Keys concert in Times Square, Trent wrote, "Sterling had 39 guys." Four men in D. Sterling shirts are visible when an ABC cameraman followed Nik Wallenda down a short corridor after his high-wire act. Despite efforts to combat corruption, policing in New York has been rife with misconduct. The current deputy mayor for public safety, Phil Banks, was named in FBI affidavits after failing to pay taxes on over $500,000 in rent and suspicious cash deposits, according to The City. (The mayor's office has defended Banks; Banks' lawyer told the New York Post in 2018 the money came from rent, an inheritance, and "poker games.") Private security is a common second job for cops, two former NYPD officers told Insider, and Giaco probably wasn't the only one to do it under-the-radar. "In all the precincts in Midtown...there were people that had security companies," one said. "I don't know what they net, but I'd say the big guys, their gross receipts were definitely seven figures." Trent said his negative experience with Internal Affairs in 2002 made him hesitant to reach out again, even though D. Sterling's activities continued until Trent's 2021 retirement. Everett Stern, a whistleblower-turned-security consultant who has worked with Trent, said he urged local and state authorities to investigate his claims and provided an intelligence report that summarized them to several agencies, including the New York Attorney General's office and the current commander of the Midtown North precinct. They either didn't respond or passed the buck, Stern said. The New York AG's office didn't respond to a request for comment. read more

#1 Public space for Hells Kitchen taxpayers is the porch at the Midtown North Police Precinct, that is really a clubhouse for bored Officers, vulgar language used there too. Most of the porch is taken up by a large desk where the least experienced Police Officer sits. If it is Winter, too bad for you! Heat at Midtown North Police Precinct only for Officers who do the least amount of service for Hells Kitchen. #2 NYPD DOES NOT INVESTIGATE UNLESS YOU'RE POLITICALLY IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN THE SHAM FOR THE NYPD'S ANNUAL BUDGETS THAT ARE THE SIZE SOVEREIGN NATIONS MILITARY BUDGETS. #3 NYPD "INVESTIGATIONS" FRAUD WARNING! Once you figure out where information actually is for your aggravated assault case, then you will find out (when no NYPD detective has contacted you), you have to enroll in a program with a NYPD NGO consisting of two Italian ladies (any Italian Police Chief nepotism here?) who will give you the NGO treatment and waste considerable time of what is left of your life - after the aggravated assault. #4 Midtown North Police Precinct has the dumbest Police Officers East of Chicago, at least that's what I could gleaned from the overheard Officers conversations as I waited for the Drag Queen's (who beat me to the Precinct's porch!) Assault Incident Report Story Hour to end. The least experienced Police Officer was pretty taken with Ms. Drag Queen. I guess it only takes a good story and black eyeliner to mesmerize the least experienced Officer assigned to mishandle the public. #5 The Police Officer I dealt with (since there were no others on the porch) hadn't a clue as to the actual process and frankly, didn't care. At the end of questioning, he hand wrote my aggravated assault incident report. Then the least experienced Officer walked me 3 inches over to the Public's NYPD Bulletin Board filled with information that hasn't been updated in years. I was told to take a picture (using my camera!) for the nonexisting NYPD website address to find my incident report for aggravated assault I made and the resulting no investigation to be done. I KINDA FEEL AGGRAVATED ASSAULTED AGAIN. THIS TIME BY MIDTOWN NORTH POLICE PRECINCT! read more

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Your job is to PROTECT and SERVE! Why did I see you today at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade pushing people around? Why are you bullying people? Why are you shouting at people on the holiday? Why are you segregating people as elitist versus insignificant? (City officials can cross the street to go to the bakery, but laypeople trying to return to their families had to walk 30 blocks around. Walkways are for the elite only, not the public). People aren't trash. What I saw at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade 2019 was horrible. It is sad that family fun events are crowded with hostile police men. I know I'm from California so What I'm used to seeing may be different, but my opinion of NYPD isn't very high right now read more

I am from Arizona, 20 years old, and I have never left the state before coming to the Big Apple. I left my Hotel for 10 minutes to find a place that sells bottled water (because my hotel was out). A New York Police officer just put their hands on me, shoved me, and then threw a metal barricade gate at me. Meanwhile another officer stood there and just watched her do it... I then got up and walked away in tears. I tried to tell about 3 "Head officers" what had happened and all I was told was that there was nothing that they could do about it. Protect and Serve? WHAT A JOKE P.S. You deserve no stars for your incredibly ignorant lack of compassion for the human body. BADGE NUMBER OF OFFICER: 15525 read more

Fu** the NYPD they don't care about anyone. They like to throw barricades at girls when asking for directions. NYC is an amazing place to visit once but not on New Years. People that visit NYC are nice but the majority of all the people that work here are a$$ holes. Badge# of the disrespectful officer that threw the barricade at my Girlfriend #15525 NYPD... very disappointed with how we were treated. Will never come back here for anything. #westcostcaresmore P.S. I tried to give a 0 star rating but 1 is the lowest it goes. read more

Retail Businesses are getting away with Wage Theft and not supporting there American Family due to a defunct employee who not paying proper taxes for there business or there workers. Nor the DOL or Police doing nothing about it. They have denied my right to make a police report to these facts. Business was also using spouse identity to create fraud base on our knowledge. read more

I went in on Valentine's Day and was helped by an Officer Teeg. He was so helpful I felt bad bc he said he was upset that he wasnt off that night bc he's a helpless romantic and wanted to be with his wife at White Castle that night. Poor PO It was hard to understand him tho bc he had a thick Hungarian accent. read more

plays favortism and denied police reports for a Women who has first hand knowledge including Obstruction of Justice, false reporting. Plus Business Owner who stolen money from a worker and mad the son's owner a officer after that. as well as hate crime report against americans refuse to report. read more

I just would like to congratulate this officer on his retirement and give recognition to the splendid job he has done as Midtown North telephone switchboard operator despite only having one good hand. He enjoy baby carrots, Diet Coke, and a good o'l "Good Job" to get him through the day. read more

all cops are bastards they are following a law that fucks us over and people can say "not all cops are bad" but they're following the same law that other officers follow and those same officers killed hundreds of innocent/unarmed black men and women read more

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They need to clean up the vendor issue on West 53 and 6th Ave. Fights over space daily; oversized stands with excessive storage; no Dept of Consumer Affairs veterans at the merchandise stands and illegal parking. read more

MTN needs to clean up the vendor issues on 6th Ave and West 53. Daily fights; often no veterans; stand after stand of oversized copyright merchandise and illegal parking read more

There are a lot of aggressive police who don't want to help with anything and they always delay and work very slowly.

Not a business, otherwise great people to respect as the city protectors. Long live the NYPD. read more

They never answer the phone. They never answer the phone.

NYPD are the best police I have encountered thus far.