US EditionFormer NYPD Official Charged with Taking Bribes From Company Selling ‘Panic Button’ to City Schools
Kevin Taylor allegedly accepted $70,000 in bribes and luxury perks to secure an $11 million contract for SaferWatch panic-button software in NYC public schools, prosecutors said.
- On Thursday, federal prosecutors indicted Kevin Taylor, former commanding officer of the NYPD School Safety Division, and Geno Roefaro, CEO of SaferWatch, charging them with bribery and wire fraud for steering an $11 million panic-button contract.
- Taylor arranged a no-bid $19,000 t purchase order for a five-school pilot, later testifying about a four-high-school trial tied to a $19,860 purchase order.
- Prosecutors detail $70,000 in cash plus paid vacations and entertainment, including Bahamas and Las Vegas trips, helicopter tours, Broadway tickets, and a medieval-themed dinner theater.
- Both men face up to 20 years; Taylor pleaded not guilty Thursday, and Roefaro has not entered a plea.
- Records and the indictment tie the campaign to meetings with Philip Banks III, David Banks, Terence Banks, and Terence Banks' consulting firm, prompting resignations and federal device seizures amid Adams administration probes.
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Former NYPD official charged with taking bribes from company selling 'panic button' to city schools
A former NYPD school safety commander has been charged with taking bribes to push a panic alert system into city schools.
Former NYPD School Safety commander indicted in bribery scheme
The former head of the NYPD School Safety division attempted to steer lucrative city contracts to a Florida businessman in exchange for bribes that included cash payments, luxury hotel stays and Broadway tickets, federal officials said Thursday. In exchange, the commanding officer, Kevin Taylor, pressured NYPD officials and City Council members to award the contracts to procure goods and services from the company, which sells panic buttons to sc…
Ex-NYPD Official Indicted for Accepting Bribes From Tech Exec in Scheme First Reported by THE CITY
The former head of the NYPD’s School Safety Division solicited and accepted bribes from the CEO of a Florida-based tech company in a bid to snag a multi-million deal to put his panic button software in New York City’s public schools, federal prosecutors charged Thursday. The former NYPD chief, Kevin Taylor, and the executive, Geno Roefaro of Saferwatch, were both arrested and charged with bribery. Starting in July 2023, Roefaro plied Taylor wit…
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