While these matters require careful and thorough review, Lieutenant Epps must be treated with fairness, dignity, and respect as the situation is resolved.”

An NYPD lieutenant suspended from the force following a Daily News report detailing the more than $200,000 in overtime pay she accrued last year is demanding she be reinstated, claiming she deserves special consideration in light of the sexual abuse she says she endured at the hands of NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey.

Police have defended their response, beginning when officers patrolling the station smelled and saw smoke coming from the F train.

The woman was sleeping on a train car in Brooklyn on Sunday morning when a man approached her, lit her aflame and ran, police said.