Seven police officers involved with the Sean Bell shooting were slapped with internal NYPD disciplinary charges, The Post has learned.
The charges, which could lead to loss-of-pay, suspension or dismissal, come nearly a month after a Queens judge acquitted three officers of manslaughter charges stemming from the November 2006 shooting that killed Bell on his wedding day and injured his two friends, sources said.
Lt. Gary Napoli, who never faced any criminal charges, was cited for three counts of failure of supervision for his oversight of the prostitution sting at Club Kalua that ended in the tragedy.
Detectives Michael Oliver, Gescard Isnora and Marc Cooper, all of whom were acquitted on April 25, were hit with citations as well.
Oliver and Cooper were charged with discharging their firearms outside the department’s guidelines.
It is the first time that the police department termed any part of the shooting to be against the rules.
Isnora was charged with abandoning his undercover role to take enforcement action when there were other cops available to do that.
The three were previously served with charges that mirrored their indictments i½i½” manslaughter, assault, and reckless endangerment.
Also cited today was Police Officers Michael Carey, who shot three times, but was not indicted. He also was charged with firing his weapon outside the department’s guidelines.
Detective Paul Headley, who fired once, was not indicted and not charged by the police department today. A spokesman said the NYPD had no reason to charge Headley.
Two crime scene detectives, Sgt. Hugh McNeill and Detective Robin Knapp, were also hit with charges. Knapp faces discipline for failing to perform a through crime scene investigation while McNeill failed to insure that Knapp did his job properly.
NYPD guidelines require that internal charges be filed within 18 months of an incident.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has said the department will wait until the Department of Justice completes its probe of the shooting before moving forward with any internal action.