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NYPD Sergeant Escorted P. Diddy 1 City Block; Probe Launched

Department Says Reports Of Cop Convoy To N.J. Are False

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Justin Combs, Sean "Diddy" Combs and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg attend the 2011 Jackie Robinson Foundation awards gala atThe Waldorf=Astoria on March 7, 2011 in New York City.  (credit: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for The Jackie Robinson Foundation)

Justin Combs, Sean “Diddy” Combs and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg attend the 2011 Jackie Robinson Foundation awards gala atThe Waldorf=Astoria on March 7, 2011 in New York City. (credit: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for The Jackie Robinson Foundation)

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Reporting Stan Brooks

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The NYPD said Tuesday evening a sergeant allowed a police escort for Sean “P. Diddy” Combs for a total of one city block after a concert. The department said the assistance was unauthorized and is under investigation.

Police said the escort was requested by the hip-hop star’s dry cleaner, who asked several officers before the sergeant agreed.

One police van escorted Combs to just near the entrance for the Lincoln Tunnel. The department said claims that several officers escorted Combs to New Jersey are false.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg stressed there is no reason why police should have escorted the hip-hop superstar.

“Police escorts should be provided if there’s a security issue, period. Either for you, for me, for everybody else,” Bloomberg said. “The bottom line is the Police Department should treat everybody exactly the same. If you don’t get a police escort, P. Diddy shouldn’t.”

Published reports stated that Diddy was supposed to fly to Club 4 Sixty 6 in West Orange after his show at Hammerstein Ballroom Friday night. After the FAA failed to clear use of the helipad in time, Diddy’s motorcade was reportedly escorted by three NYPD squad cars.

A representative for Combs had no comment.

Police officials in Washington, D.C., attracted attention when they recently gave actor Charlie Sheen an escort before a performance.

Do you think celebrities should get special treatment from the police? Sound off below …

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  • tiavoty

    a police escort for a thug?? Damn, such a waste of money. If he was the president, the pope, or even british royalty I can understand that..but a THUG? Woudln’t it have been easier to call in jlo as bodyguard? Her butt is bulletproof and I heard it can even deflect North Korea’s best missles. That’s more than enough protection for Diddy.

    • moon10

      So funny. still laughing.

  • Tia Voty

    a police escort for a thug?? Damn, such a waste of money. If he was the president, the pope, or even british royalty I can understand that..but a THUG? Woudln’t it have been easier to call in jlo as bodyguard? Her butt is bulletproof and I heard it can even deflect North Korea’s best missles. That’s more than enough protection for Diddy. It’s better than the NYPD and it won’t cost us taxpayers a dime.

  • kendra

    yup that sounds right about true cause he is a slick mo fo and shyne probably hasn,t spoken to him since…he should have blown the whistle on diddy also …but don,t worry karma is a b_-_-…he,ll get his you,ll cee…

  • JOSEPH FOR MAYOR

    I THOUGHT THERES NO CRIME IN NY MAYOR THEN WHY DO YOU NEED AN ESCORT OF POLICE YOURSELF. TIME FOR AFACELIFT MAYOR. WE HAVE TOO MUCH CRIME AND HAVE 40000 COPS BRING THE SOLDIERS FROM IRAQ WHO NEED JOBS DID THE COPS OFFER DIDDY THEIR DONUTS AND COFFEE? RAY KELLY SHOULD GO TO WASH FOR THE FBI AND LEAVE MIKE TO DO THE JOB HE HAS NO CLUE ABOUT CRIME

  • FRANK

    Black the new white

  • charles bowen

    WGAS!

  • simon goldfarb

    Mayor Bloomberg is a notorius criminal, a communist, and he should be tried for treason and sedition.

  • FRANK

    Black , the new White .

  • http://Aol Jimmy

    Mayor mike and commissioner ray
    Are very soft on tight controls in p d it is going back to the days of the 60s and 70s
    Cops do what they want let brass squash tickets I think a federal investigation is in order

  • FRANK

    This dude is a jive azz punk . Singing songs about life that he never experenced himself . His Mama gave him the best of everything , right down to private schools and living in Westchester County . He is a sucka . Lucky punk who uses young blacks to move up the Madison Ave ladder . P Diddy the apitime of the new WHITE…

  • GREG

    IF HE DID GET AN ESCORT FROM THE NYPD HEADS SHOULD ROLL AT THE DEPARTMENT. WHAT GIVES HIM THE RIGHT TO GET AN ESCORT… THIS TOWN IS DEFFINATELY GOING TO POT AND THE MAYOR IS A BIG REASON FOR IT….

  • Missy A

    Memo to Bloomberg: send him the bill. This is a disgrace and a huge waste of taxpayer money & resources. Memo to Ray Kelly, Police Comissioner: get your star-struck cops off the beat if they are going to cave into “celebrity” treatment like this. What did this has-been rapper do to merit this kind of royal treatment? This looks very bad in the eyes of tax paying New Yorkers. Very bad PR for the good cops and the NYPD as a whole.

    • NotoriousOne~

      Why should P. Diddy get the bill? Did he FORCE them to give him an escort? You think I can just DEMAND that the NYPD escort me across the bridge to my appointment??? Let’s put the blame where it belongs, with the NYPD!

  • Steve

    P-Giddy gets a Police escort?? I remember when NYPD told Bruce Springsteen to take a walk when he was supposed to be escorted from Shea Stadium to the world fair marina after his concert. (half a mile MAYBE 1)

  • kitch

    Who is he to get an escort. In my opinion he is no one important!

  • eeeeeezzeeeee

    use white people are jealous that black man has made it. Ha HA

  • Bell Toller

    Racial profliling needs to stop

  • story

    I am confused, why did he need an escort? did someone fire a shot at him?

  • joe

    whoever authorized this should get his ass kicked off the force,

  • cassie

    His “people” had to have contacted the NYPD to ask for the escort. It is as gen said, …”an outrage…” that anyone, whether allowed to approve this or not approved this & then sent 3 squad cars with him. They probably went into that dump with him to have a drink when they got there!!! (I’m from West Orange) Disgusting, disgraceful, unbelievable, twisted… They (the Mayor) better get him to pay for this! (and Charlie Sheen too when he got his escort in Detroit I think)

  • John

    This was a TOTAL waste of our tax dollars at a time when peoples jobs are being cut.. see how much he was paid by the club.. he should reimburse the city of NY for the cost of the police escort at time and a half…

    Reported earlier on Diddy taking his act to Jersey — for a hefty 75G. After no New York club would meet his extravagant demands to host an after-party for his “Dirty Diddy Money” show Friday, the rapper signed with Club 4 Sixty 6 in West Orange this week, sources said. The deal, made with promoter Vegas Style Entertainment, gets Diddy $75,000 plus a private helicopter ride across the Hudson. He’ll also have use of a new hot off the assembly line Bentley Continental GT in the Garden State. Diddy’s demands had New York club owners up in arms. “After the cost was revealed, we were not in the running,” said one. “We were running away.” Diddy’s rep didn’t get back to us.

  • tom

    A thug…whatever you losers. You have no idea. Although I don’t have all the details for the reason for needing an escort, your comments are a joke. Because he’s a rapper he’s a thug. I guarantee he does more for charities than any of you losers that have nothing better to do than judge him for singing his type of music. btw…he does not promote crime….if you knew him you wouldn’t say that. He’s a good person.

    • huntslayer209

      leave the man alone!!!!! just because hes famous and rich does not make him a as#$hole. Mr combs has donated enough to charities as well as to the city enough where he should get a escort every time he goes out. “look where the tax money goes” one comment said. let me see your ass donate to charity like him! stop be jealous of successful people!!!!!!!!!! Go out and bust your ass or brain and go get yours if your so jealous!!!!

  • jenny b.

    Really? Nice to know where our taxes are going to. To escort a thug…..nice….

    • W.R.

      Completely agree! It is hard to swallow this one.

  • Dan Te

    How did he get the name P. Diddy?

  • gen

    What an outrage, whoever made that decision should pay for the escort!!!! DISGRACEFUL!!! He’s a damn thug!!

  • nyc

    He is everything that is wrong with society today ! Promote crime / support rap music !

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