Just when you thought NYPD wasn't completely ignorant, this happens:

A former Staten Island NYPD sergeant who pleaded guilty last year to using a fake license plate to avoid toll fares pleaded guilty to a second, unrelated crime: beating a man detained inside a holding cell last year, according to court records.

Adrian Dejesus, 38, pleaded guilty to official misconduct, second-degree falsifying business records and third-degree attempted assault in Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday. He's only been mandated to take anger management classes and resign

Dejesus, who joined the department in 2007, was previously charged in Richmond County with possession of a forged instrument and falsifying business records for allegedly making a false report to the state Department of Motor Vehicles that his license plate had been stolen and then putting a fake paper plate on his car.

Andrew Crawford, a spokesperson for the Richmond County DA's office, said Dejesus pleaded guilty to a Class E felony that would later be bumped down to a Class A misdemeanor in that case if he completed 100 hours of community service and left the department. Crawford said he has completed both requirements.

Gothamist previously reported that Dejesus was suspended 25 days without pay for violating NYPD policy when he used sick days to go on vacation in Puerto Rico and then skipped a department interview related to the case. He was also disciplined several times for missing court appearances, according to a 2020 disclosure letter from the Richmond County DA’s office posted on the Legal Aid Society’s Law Enforcement Lookup database. In 2012, Dejesus pleaded guilty to filling out an inaccurate property clerk invoice, according to the letter.

https://gothamist.com/news/former-nypd-sergeant-admits-to-beating-man-in-manhattan-holding-cell