Ex-NYPD license boss retires

THE DEPUTY inspector who used to run the NYPD’s scandalscarred gun License Division has retired, police sources said.

Deputy Inspector Mike Endall recently took a job in the private sector. A police official acknowledged the timing.

Three cops who worked under Endall were busted last week, accused of taking bribes — including strippers, pricey meals and lavish vacations — in exchange for approving gun licenses.

But the official said Endall, who ran the division until April 2016, when he was transferred from the unit, was cleared by internal investigators of any wrongdoing. Other sources said the department could have sent a message by making an administrative case against Endall for failure to supervise.

Roy Richter, head of the Captains Endowment Association, the union that also represents deputy inspectors, said Endall’s 27-year career is unblemished.

“Inspector Endall is retiring due to a job opportunity he wishes to pursue in the private sector,” Richter said. “There is absolutely no relationship between his decision to retire and the indictments announced last week.”

Charged last Tuesday were three retired cops — Detective Gaetano Valastro, Lt. Paul Dean and Officer Robert Espinel — and a former Brooklyn prosecutor, John Chambers. The arrests are the latest in a wide-ranging federal bribery scandal.