Video shows ex-Port Authority official berating cops during traffic stop
The Port Authority official who stepped down Monday after allegedly flashing her badge at a traffic stop can be seen in dashcam video berating the officers who had pulled over a car with her daughter riding in the back seat.
Caren Turner, a former commissioner on the board of the Port Authority, repeatedly belittles the officers and tells one to “shut the f–k up” during the March 31 incident in Tenafly, N.J., according to video obtained by Politico on Tuesday.
Turner flashes her credentials and demands to be called by her professional title during the conversation.
“No, don’t call me miss, I’m Commissioner, thank you,” Turner told one officer.
Turner also badgers the officers over details of the traffic stop and at one point threatens to take retribution.
“This is impacting me on Easter Sunday,” she said.
“Trust me I will be in with the commissioner of the police… and I am under no legal obligation to tell you what I will do.”
It was reported on Monday that Turner stepped down after the allegations became public.
A Port Authority spokesman told Politico on Tuesday that the video “speaks for itself” and that her “conduct was indefensible.”