An NYPD integrity officer lost a month's pay after his mother was caught using a copy of his police parking placard, the Daily News has learned.

The trouble began for Sgt. Edward Taveras this month when a cop spotted an NYPD-issued parking placard in his mother's windshield in Queens.

Police asked questions, and Mama started singing like a canary.

"She had a copy of the placard," a source said. "She said she got it from her son."

It wasn't clear what action, if any, was taken against Taveras' mother.

Taveras, an integrity control officer assigned to the Bronx narcotics unit, was suspended on May 10. Reached by phone last night, the 13-year veteran declined to comment. His lawyer didn't return calls.

The NYPD confirmed that Taveras had made a copy of his city-issued placard but provided no other details.

As an integrity control officer, Taveras is responsible for making sure the cops in his command don't abuse overtime or sick time. He also makes sure they're filing proper paperwork, among other things.

Transportation Alternatives, an advocacy group, reported last month that a quarter of the official placards used in the city were forged or expired. The city in 2008 cut by 40% the number of placards issued to various agencies.

Since then, the NYPD's vehicle placard unit, which is run by the Internal Affairs Bureau, recalled its estimated 65,000 placards. Then, according to a police source, it reissued about 43,000 of them.

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