NYPD’s Tarik Sheppard, who called reporter a ‘scumbag,’ to retire

The former NYPD vice-committee, who is responsible for public information, once called the postreporter “F-King Scumbag” when asked to comment, but called it quits. Tarik Shepherd, New York’s best 21-year veteran, also applied for retirement Friday as he was fighting publicly with his boss during a photo shoot, a law enforcement source said. He is […]

NYPD public information boss Tarik Sheppard has been demoted

The NYPD's hot-tempered deputy chief of public affairs — who once called a New York Post reporter a “shithole” — was demoted this week, police officials said. Tariq Shepard, a 21-year veteran of the NYPD, will become deputy chief and commander of the Interagency Operations Division, effective Dec. 26, according to NYPD paperwork. “This is […]