NYPD narcotics detectives, supervisors transferred amid Electric Zoo boozing scandal

A dozen upper Manhattan NYPD narcotics detectives and their supervisors were transferred to other boroughs Friday as department heads continue to investigate allegations that cops from Manhattan North Narcotics were drinking on duty during Labor Day’s Electric Zoo concert, the Daily News has learned.

The massive shake up at the Manhattan North Detective Bureau included the reassignment of commanding officers Deputy Chief Brian McGee and Inspector Peter Fiorillo, according to department orders shared with the News.

The unprecedented transfers come about a week after news spread that three Manhattan North Narcotics detectives were stripped of their guns and shields for allegedly drinking in the VIP section of the Electric Zoo concert on Randall’s Island this past Labor Day weekend.

The NYPD did not immediately respond to an email about the order.

A lieutenant and two sergeants who were in charge of the three detectives were also placed on modified assignment, as the investigation continues, police sources with knowledge of the case said.

The 2019 Electric Zoo Festival at Randall's Island on September 1, 2019 in New York City.

A concert security guard caught the detectives swilling hooch from the VIP section, the sources said.

When confronted, the detectives were up front about who they were, but concert staffers thought they were pretending to be cops and called the police on them.

When officers summoned to the VIP section verified that the boozing crew were in fact on-duty police officers, an internal investigation began.

The officers were accused of drinking on duty as well as swiping a bottle of alcohol.

Internal Affairs investigators were still trying to determine what charges, if any, the detectives caught drinking will face, although the third-grade detectives will most likely be booted back down to police officer, sources said.

It’s not believed that the sergeants and lieutenant were drinking, but they may be charged with failure to supervise, sources with knowledge of the case said.

Headliners for the massive three-day concert included performers “Deadcrow,” “Lucati,” and “Space Wizard.”

The Manhattan District Attorney is determining if the officers will face any criminal charges, an NYPD spokesman said.

“These are troubling allegations,” the spokesman said in a statement Tuesday. “Our work in this case is not done, and we will continue to go where the facts take us.”

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