NEW YORK, NY – A former New York City Police Department supervisor has pleaded guilty to a federal bribery conspiracy after admitting that she sold the personal information of car accident victims to a call center operator in exchange for cash and other benefits.
Pamela Dillard, 48, of Brooklyn, entered her plea before U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl in Manhattan federal court and is scheduled to be sentenced on July 1, 2026. Dillard, who served as a Principal Police Communication Technician with the NYPD, admitted that she accepted at least 21 payments totaling about $17,300 while illegally providing non-public data from NYPD databases to a co-conspirator.
According to court documents, from January 2021 through September 2023, Dillard accessed confidential information about automobile accident victims—records intended only for law enforcement purposes—and passed those details to a call center owner who used them to solicit clients for lawyers and medical providers. In exchange, prosecutors said, Dillard received regular bribe payments while continuing to supervise other police communication technicians in her NYPD role.
Federal agents: “Betrayal of public trust”
“The NYPD is the gold standard of police departments,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “There is no place in the NYPD for those who compromise the Department’s integrity for personal profit.”
HSI Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael Alfonso said Dillard “shamelessly exploited her law enforcement position to profit from the personal information of vulnerable accident victims,” calling the scheme a calculated betrayal of duty. FBI Assistant Director in Charge James C. Barnacle, Jr. added that the case underscores the Bureau’s zero-tolerance stance toward corruption in public service.
Data-for-cash scheme ran more than two years
Investigators determined that Dillard leveraged her supervisory access to NYPD systems, which contained private information from 911 calls, to funnel data to her co-conspirator. That individual, identified in court filings as “CC-1,” operated a business that referred accident victims to attorneys and medical professionals for profit.
The bribery conspiracy charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison, though the final penalty will be determined by the court under federal sentencing guidelines.
Key takeaways
• Former NYPD supervisor Pamela Dillard pleaded guilty to selling confidential crash victim data.
• Dillard accepted 21 bribe payments totaling $17,300 between 2021 and 2023.
• She faces up to five years in prison when sentenced in July 2026.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, with assistance from the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau.
