Mayor de Blasio used his NYPD security detail inappropriately to move his daughter's belongings from her apartment to Gracie Mansion, chauffeur his son Dante to and from Yale University while also driving him within the five boroughs, and has failed to reimburse the city for nearly $320,000 in expenses connected to utilizing the detail during his presidential campaign trips, according to a scathing Department of Investigation report.
It also found that the commanding officer of the security detail, Inspector Howard Redmond, "actively obstructed and sought to thwart this investigation, frustrating DOI's efforts to learn the full facts regarding these investigations. Inspector Redmond had deliberately sought to destroy official communications that he knew were sought in a DOI investigation and then misled the NYPD's own attorneys about his compliance with the demand for records."
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