"It is the definition of it. That's pathetic. ', Less than a minute into the Tenafly Police dashcam video, the police officer is heard saying, "Alright, so you guys are all set.". Turner was the chairman of the Port Authority's Ethics Committee. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. The bi-state agency received a complaint about Turner's actions on April 11. Chris Christie had engineered a scheme to close lanes at the George Washington Bridge to punish the mayor of Fort Lee, who'd declined to endorse Christie's re-election that year. Because who doesn't hand out their business card during a traffic stop? ", When she asked again why the car was pulled over, the other officer addressed Turner as "miss. I'm 'Commissioner.' Two Tenafly Police Department. It has also threatened to further tarnish the Port Authoritys reputation a threat of which the agency seems acutely aware. "She" is Caren Z. Turner, who abruptly resigned on Monday as the Port Authority said that it was investigating allegations that she'd violated the board's code of ethics. "You may shut the f--- up and not tell me when I may take my kid and her friends, who are Ph.D. students from MIT and Yale. ", The officer reiterates that she can ask the driver of the vehicle herself why the car was pulled over. Thank you. Tenafly Police Chief Robert Chamberlaintold NJ.comhe would let the video speak for itself. Being a mother, hurt me a lot. Find NJ.com on Facebook. In which she was trying to rank over police officers who pull over a car in which her daughter was a passenger. said Turner, in what has to be the understatement of the encounter. "I'm very disappointed in the way you're acting. He has since recused himself on four occasions, which include an item today pertaining to insurance coverage for the World Trade Center.. ", "Guess what? YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. It's notthem.". She asks why they were pulled over, and an officer responds, "The driver has all the information, he'll tell you all you need to know," adding that she wasn't involved in the traffic stop. "You're just here as the ride, right?" While in her statement Turner said, at no point did I violate the Port Authoritys Code of Ethics or ask for special treatment for anyone involved, nor did I suggest, in any way, that I would use my position at the Port Authority to affect the outcome of the violations issued to the driver, the boards resolution declares otherwise. ", Then she turns to the other officer, "And you are just following him. That is why I used some harsh words and tone. A former police commissioner for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Turner was captured bullying. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. ", "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah," Turner says. Former Chairman David Samson, another Christie ally, resigned in 2014 after it was revealed that he'd used his power as chairman to coerce United Airlines to operate a direct flight from Newark Liberty International Airport to his hometown of Columbia, South Carolina, for his convenience. This isn't going to go down like this. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). Caren Turner was born on 4 July, 1957 in American, is a Democratic lobbyist and former commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Turner interrupts him, "No, no, no, don't call me 'Miss.' She also suggested the fault did not rest not entirely on her shoulders. yet before even greeting anyone or identifying herself as a Commissioner at the Port Authority, Turner demands to know what's going on. ", She then accuses Officer Savitsky of enjoying their inconvenience because of "a smug-ass look on your faceand it seems to please you.". "She" is Caren Z. Turner, who abruptly resigned on Monday as the Port Authority said that it was investigating allegations that she'd violated the board's code of ethics. On the afternoon of March 31, Turner, who chaired the boards ethics committee, intervened in a traffic stop involving her daughter. I found it most useful [in] trying to get your grandchildren to go to bed, Cotton said. as she continued stepping in closer and closer to one of them. The woman scolded the officers for inconveniencing her and the four "Ph.D. students" from "Yale and M.I.T." Graduates of Yale University around the world, already having to deal with the fact that everyone thinks they are snobs, let out a collective groan. The man who inadvertently found himself in the midst of a now viral rant against police by a recently resigned Port Authority commissioner late last month tells News 4 he tried his best to stay out of it because "my only job was to tow the car." By Claude Brodesser-Akner | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. ), Turner then rounds out her litany of insults with, "You're an ass.You're not a nice person. I'm very involved. She told about the people pulled out by police from cars and said, one of them is a Ph.D. student while Yale is still a student graduating. Caren Turner, the former chairman of the Port Authority's Governance and Ethics Committee, belittled the Tenafly officers who pulled over the driver of a Toyota Corolla with Nevada plates, which was carrying three passengers, includingTurner's adultdaughter, over Easter weekend. The resolution commends the officers, stating that they "deserve the admiration of the public for their extraordinary professionalism, and for a job well done. Chris Christie. Turner could not be reached for comment Tuesday. "You are not involved here. Unethical and even criminal wrongdoing has badly damaged the reputation of this agency, Mr. OToole said, in explaining the censure. Turner has already worked as the ethics chair of Port Authority before leaving it. So you are also a disappointment. The censure was unanimously approved, across state and party lines. And she is not directly in charge of them in any way, shape or form. The car is owned by the parents of the driver's girlfriend, who was also in the car, and the officer explains to the driver that the car has been unregistered for two years: "We can't have an unregistered car that's operating on the street. ", Moment Twelve: 'You know Louis What's-His-Name?'. ", Turner resigned Monday when she learned she was being investigated by the Port Authority board. 2023 Blaze Media LLC. Turner says. Caren Turner . Port Authority commissioner of New York and New Jersey has caught by camera giving an explosive-laden tirade to the police officers during a traffic stop. Twenty seconds after arriving, Caren Turner has identified herself by name. At one point in the video, she instructed the police officers to address her as commissioner.. Caren Turner's behavior in the video is now officially branded outrageous and indefensible by her former colleagues on the Port Authority board, which unanimously voted to publicly censure her. However, there are only 1,600 officers employed at the Port Authority. Turner's daughter was a passenger in a car that was pulled over for an expired registration March 31. Her posting took place last year by Chris Christies reference. Anyone can read what you share. There is no need for municipal and state officials to carry such badges; it opens the door for officials to abuse their badges and their power. On Thursday, the former commissioner was formally censured by the Port Authority board, in a highly critical condemnation that cited her for a litany of ethics rules violations, in connection with the Easter weekend traffic stop caught on a police dashcam video that has since gone viral. People cross the line and don't know when to stop. Turner, in the statement also encouraged the Tenafly Police Department to review best practices with respect to tone and de-escalation, so that incidents like this do not recur.. Caren Turner, who led the Port Authoritys ethics committee, resigned from the agency in April after its leadership learned of the badge incident. Turner shows them something -- later identified in a police report as a Port Authority gold badge -- and says, "I am the commissioner of the Port Authority, and I am heading up over 4,000 police officers, OK?". This isn't going to go down nicely.'. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. On Thursday, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey wanted to make one thing abundantly clear: Despite the misdeeds of former Commissioner Caren Turner, the agency has come a long way since the days when its chairman pleaded guilty to bribery and its executives were caught red-handed engineering the Bridgegate scandal. Ms. Turner, in a statement, apologized for her tone and off-color language, and then called for the Tenafly Police Department to review its policies with respect to tone and de-escalation, so that incidents like this do not recur., Port Authority Censures Former Commissioner Who Berated Police, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/nyregion/port-authority-censure-turner.html, Full video: Port Authority commissioner confronts police during N.J. traffic stop, a statement about the episode she released publicly. Ted Sherman may be reached at tsherman@njadvancemedia.com. "When I realized who she was and what committee she headed at the Port Authority I was shocked, no wonder why our political system is so screwed up." A Port Authority commissioner has resigned following the release of a video showing her dive into a profanity-laden rant against two police officers in New Jersey. There was not any charge against her for her wrongdoing. Police explain that the stop doesn't concern her since all the passengers are adults, and direct her to inquire of the driver. ", Turner vows to meet with the Tenafly police commissioner over the traffic stop, and then tells the officer, "I hope you have a really nice holiday weekend, because you just ruined it for a lot of people. But one of the passengers was the daughter of Caren Z. Turner, a commissioner at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, where she oversaw its ethics panel (until her firing, that is, on Monday). I don't need it. But even if Gopals bill is signed by New Jersey Gov. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Jon Corzine, NJ.com reports. One officer takes a proffered business card, but lead officer declines, saying, "I don't need that." Schmaradaski?" The officer said in the report that he told her he was under no legal obligation to fill her in on what happened because all the occupants in the car were adults. The Port Authority oversees airports, bridges, tunnels and rail facilities across the region. After mentioning her friendship with the mayor, Turner then begins to name drop officers within the Tenafly police department's traffic division. We use cookies to better understand website visitors, for advertising, and to offer you a better experience. All of that because of the male driver with Nevada plates who was pulled over because part of his license plate was obscured. Turner arrived on the scene demanding answers and flaunting. Turner's tirade against the patrol officers included profanity, insults and the repeated reference of her position as a Port Authority commissioner, all captured in a video. Morgan was the tower. "You know what, Matt? Turner, who works in public relations, flashed her badge and boasted of her position at the agency when she showed up to a March traffic stop in which her daughter was a passenger, then berated and insulted the two police officers involved, telling one of the officers, you may shut the f--- up.. The video has since gone viral as an emblem of white, upper-class privilege. ", Under New Jerseys Official Misconduct statute, "a public servant is guilty of official misconduct when, with purpose to obtain a benefit for himself or another" he (or she) "commits an act relating to his (or her) office but constituting an unauthorized exercise of his official functions, knowing that such act is unauthorized or s/he is committing such act in an unauthorized manner.". Don't miss out on content from Dave Rubin free of big tech censorship. Police dash cam video shows. (They do not.). Turner, who had been the chair of the Port Authority's ethics committee, was forced to resign as commissioner last week after the police reached out to the bi-state agency's inspector general. The Tenafly Police Department released the video Tuesday showing Caren Turner attempting to pull rank on the officers. "And then-commissioner Turner forfeited that trust with her actions on March 31, 2018.". The tense exchange continues for several minutes. She asks why they were pulled over, and an officer responds, "The driver has all the information, he'll tell you all you need to know," adding that she wasn't involved in the traffic stop. The Port Authority was wise to confirm POLITICOs story about Turners resignation, said Stephen Sigmund, the agencys former communications director. The officer said this car doesnt belong to you and your daughter. A spokeswoman for the Attorney General's office said on Tuesday afternoon that it neither confirms nor denies investigations. What happened? Turner digs in, now insisting she be informed of the charges, saying, "I'm involved. Once the video was public, there was no other alternative than to have the commissioner resign, he said. There is an elevated level of authority associated with these badges, Gopal said. Turner told the men they were a "disappointment" and that she would be reporting them. To replace Turner on the board, Daniel Horwitz, a white collar defense attorney, has been elevated from vice chair to chairman of the ethics committee. Turner, in a statement earlier this week, said she had initially gone to the scene of the traffic strop after the officers decided to impound the vehicle her daughter had been riding in with friends. Facebook: @TedSherman.reporter. Mr. OToole described Ms. Turners behavior as bullying and obstructionist and said that if she had not resigned, the board would have demanded that she do so. On Wednesday, Caren Turner added a statement, one day later Tenafly Police Department broke a video taken by Caren Turner (right) issued the statement Wednesday, a day after the Tenafly Police Department released the dash-cam video showing her outburst In her statement, Turner apologizes for letting. And it's fine. Tenafly's longtime mayor, Peter Rustin confirmed on Tuesday that he is a personal friend of Turner. Initially, the cops pulled over the driver for having tinted side windows and a partially covered license plate. The Turner episode was an embarrassment for an agency that's struggled to rebuild its public reputation in the wake of the 2013 Bridgegate scandal. The officer tells her, "I just don't appreciate your demeanor. The board also commended the Tenafly officers, Matthew Savitsky and Tom Casper, for remaining polite, focused and professional while Ms. Turner spoke to them in an insulting and condescending manner and used foul language. Turner has been fired from her post as a Port Authority commissioner, but her troubles may not end there. "Ma'am, take a step back. Turner becomes more agitated, insisting, "I need to know" why the stop occurred. In a new video provided by police, Turner is shown in the lobby of police headquarters following the March 31 incident on busy Route 9W in Tenafly. Mark Zinna, the former Tenafly Borough Council President who served as acting Mayor in 2017 is now calling for official misconduct charges to be brought against Turner. Get the news that matters most delivered directly to your inbox. Told to ask the driver for the reason for the stop, she stammers, "It's not they. When the police officer said Turner to teach the traffic rules and regulations to his daughter, Turner said how dare you to say me anything. But that didn't happen. Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said she did not continue to press her case when she came to headquarters. She didn't seem dangerous. Things now take a turn for the surreal as Turner, frustrated, claims she'd attended the officers' graduation ceremony at the police academy. A former Port Authority commissioner insulted and cursed at New Jersey officers after a traffic stop over Easter weekend. Turner said, she is my daughter and the officer said, she is one of them sitting in the car. "No, no, no, no, I need to know," Turner said. Unfortunately for Turner, and perhaps also the Port Authority, the episode was caught on a police dash cam and released to the press. The matter was also referred to the state Ethics Commission. "She was not confrontational or rude in any way," he said. Caren Turner. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, said the referral was necessary because Ms. Turner, in a statement about the episode she released publicly, denied that she had violated the Port Authoritys code of ethics or had asked for special treatment. "I'm not so nice. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. "You may shut the f--- up and not tell me when I may take my kid, and her friends, who are PhD students at MIT and Yale. But police officials say she only came in to talk about getting the car impounded during the traffic stop released, and said she was not at all disrespectful to officers--in sharp contrast to what was captured in a dashcam video of her earlier interaction with police patrol officers during the now infamous highway stop. You're being very demanding with me," the officer says. UPDATE: Port Authority Chief in Viral Cop Rant Issues Her First Statement on ControversyA recently resigned Port Authority commissioner was captured on police dash cam ranting at two police officers on a New Jersey roadway, yelling at them, "You may shut the f--- up!" (Does she also know Angelina Jolie? Trust me. One of the officers called Turner "miss," and she quickly reprimanded him and instructed him to address her as "commissioner.". I want to take these four people on Easter Sunday to New Haven. O'Toole said he'd be meeting with Savitsky and Casper on Friday. No one answered the door at her listed home address. ", In the first of a number of "Oh, no she didn't oh, yes she did" moments, she then displays her gold Port Authority badge, which appears to be every bit as shiny and useless asCommissioner Gordon's badge in "Batman. Chris Christie appointed Caren Turner to the Port Authority. How are you involved? one officer asks Turner when she introduced herself. We will redouble that work. They soon found that the car's registration was expired, and the driver had no insurance card to present, which prompted them to have the vehicle impounded. She was never charged by police with any wrongdoing. She said, I have noted your name and you would face my enmity. and Yale. 2023 www.northjersey.com. "Your daughter was very nice as well," said the officer. Caren Turner, who is a Port Authority commissioner refused of wrongdoing by crying. As Turner and Officer Savitskywalk off camera to inspect the car as it's loaded onto a tow truck, Turner makes one final threat. It started out as a routine traffic stop for an obscured out-of-state license plate. Call it privilege run amok. This isn't going to go down nicely," warns Turner. It is deeply unfortunate that former Commissioner Turner tested the patience and professionalism of the Tenafly Police Department on March 31, 2018, the resolution read. ", "No, don't call me miss," Turner said. Some New Jersey lawmakers want to eliminate law enforcement-style badges for most politicians after former Port Authority Commissioner Caren Turner used hers to pressure a cop who pulled over a car with her daughter in it. The board also approved a referral of the matter to the New Jersey State Ethics Commission. "The video evidence is, simply, deeply disturbing," the resolution reads. Turner then delivers her first name-drop, saying that she's there not just as their ride, but "as a concerned citizen, and a friend of the mayor.". Finally, she begins to berate the officers. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Both the Port Authority and Tenafly Police Chief Robert Chamberlain say the video shows Turner was right to resign. Caren Z. Turner, a Democratic lobbyist, has been flogged for days on social media for berating police officers in New Jersey in a video that went viral. Read more about it here. Moment Six: 'I am a commissioner of the Port Authority.'. "She asked, and I told her. The officer said, have a pleasant weekend and she said, same to you. If she wasn't happy with what she was being told she should go to court." "I got four people who are coming back to my house, including people who live in New Haven, attending Yale graduate school, a PhD student," says Turner. "You may not tell me when to take my child," Turner said. Call it the ultimate "Do you know who I am" PR disaster. Upon learning of the incident from the Tenafly Police Department, the Port Authoritys inspector general launched an investigation, OToole said. No one answered the door at her listed home address. Turner, a 60-year-old Democratic lobbyist who served as ethics chair of the Port Authority, had been called by her daughter on March 31 to pick up her and several friends on Route 9W after the car in which they were riding was impounded, according to a police report. Police dashcam video of the incident went viral nationally. OToole and Rick Cotton, the Port Authoritys executive director, described their badges on Thursday as almost entirely useless. [3] [21] Traffic stop incident [ edit] It's notthem.'. Her profile has been deleted from the official website of Port During the conflict with police officers, Turner threatened them to use the favor of the Chief of Port Authority of Tenafly. ", "No, no, no, I'm involved," Turner said. At this, she begins to verbally berate the officers as "pathetic" and unleashes a torrent of profanity. Trust me. On Thursday, he had to recuse himself from a vote related to insurance for the World Trade Center site because his wife handles Westfield World Trade Centers retail operations there. ', As the officer examines the gold shield, Turner, wearing a plum colored, hooded vest, lowers her voice somewhat and answers, "I am a commissioner of the Port Authorityand I'm heading up over 4,000 police officers.". ", BACK IN COURT:Bridgegate defendants to have their appeals heard following 2016 conviction, ROUTINE STOP:Tenafly police report reveals traffic stop was routine until PA commissioner arrived, VERY PROUD:Tenafly police officers' boss 'very proud' after traffic incident with PA commissioner, DISPLAY OF PRIVILEGE:Lowry: In Tenafly, a 'cursed' traffic stop rolls up against privilege. ", Moment Fifteen: 'You know what, Matt? Chris Christie (R) appointed Turner as a Port Authority commissioner in March 2017. She does not walk away. Anyone whos seen that video will agree that the conduct on that video is not only out of bounds for any public official, its out of bounds for any member of the public in respect to how they act with the police, Mr. Horwitz said. The officer tells her, "I just don't appreciate your demeanor. All rights reserved. Enter Caren Z. Turner, a Port Authority commissioner at the center of the scandal and mother of one of the backseat passengers. "No, no, no. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. It is utterly unbecoming of a public servant and entirely inexcusable. "I have seen situations like this before," he said. The astonishing patience of the Tenafly officers is only beginning to be tested. The video showed her attempting to intervene with police--first by flipping out her Port Authority gold badge and insisting she be addressed as "commissioner," then trying to bully the officers by dropping the names of higher-ups in town, and then ending with a string of profanities. You may tell me nothing, because you told me nothing. Police never brought her to trial for any wrongdoing. ", The officer reiterates that she can ask the driver of the vehicle herself why the car was pulled over. After the internal investigations of the agency about Turner, she resigned from her post as commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Moment Seven: 'Don't call me 'Miss,' I'm 'Commissioner!'. A former commissioner of the Port Authority, who headed the agency's ethics committee, was censured in a unanimous vote Thursday for berating two Tenafly police officers during a traffic stop involving her daughter the day before Easter. 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