STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- NYPD Officer Stacey Staniland of Staten Island, who previously was accused of burglary, has been arrested on drug charges, police said.

An Internal Affairs Bureau investigation is underway for Ms. Staniland, 29, who was on-duty when she was cuffed in Brooklyn at about 7:45 p.m., according to a spokesman for the NYPD's Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.

Ms. Staniland, who public records indicates lives in New Brighton, faces charges of possession of a hypodermic instrument and criminal possession of a controlled substance, police said.

Public records indicate that Ms. Staniland, who played basketball and softball at Curtis High School, is due back in Stapleton Criminal Court on June 23 for charges related to her burglary arrest last December after a probe by the Internal Affairs Bureau.

Officer Staniland, then assigned to the 122nd Precinct in New Dorp, was accused of taking jewelry from the West Brighton home of her then boyfriend's mother last Nov. 25 and Dec. 1, according to a criminal complaint and the source.