A novice U.S. police officer, who previously had problems with a Christmas party dance, is back in the hot water after a tirade saw her suspended.
A rookie New York City police officer who was previously caught on a treadmill dancing around his lieutenant has been suspended without pay for throwing a heavy tirade against New Jersey police. for the arrest of a relative for drunk driving.
On May 8, Vera Mekuli showed up at Totowa State Police headquarters in New Jersey with “bare feet” and smelling of alcohol, according to an internal New York police report describing her suspension. New York Post reports.
He then began asking for loud answers about why his brother-in-law had just been arrested by state agents for driving while intoxicated.
The 27-year-old identified herself as a New York City police officer and insisted on talking to one of the officers involved in her brother-in-law’s arrest.
After a staff sergeant calmly told him he had “procedures to follow” and that soldiers would not be available, Officer Mekuli was outraged and “demanded to speak to a lieutenant,” the report says.
Novice police, who joined the force in February 2021, began recording the staff sergeant with his smartphone, according to the report, saying, “You’re talking from your **; none of this was done correctly. “
Officers asked if anyone in his party wanted to file a complaint, but no one did. They reported the incident to the New Jersey State Police Professional Standards Office, which reviewed the case and found that soldiers were following proper procedures.
However, the New York Police Department of the Interior received a notification of the alleged misconduct of Officer Mekuli and opened its own investigation, relying heavily on images from the cameras carried by officers’ bodies, according to the report.
An NYPD spokesman confirmed that the police officer was suspended without pay, but declined to say how long.
Officer Mekuli could not be reached for comment immediately on Saturday.
Officer Mekuli made headlines in December when he caught in front of the camera dancing around the then 44th precinct lieutenant Nick McGarry at his work Christmas party.
Days later, he apologized to his boss and his wife, but insisted the video would not have gone viral “if a man had.”
“I feel like just because I’m mainly a woman, I dressed like I was, being a beginner, things were different,” Officer Mekuli said. TMZ. “If a man had done it, I think it would have been more of a joke and he would have stayed home instead of making it public like he did with me.”
Officer Mekuli also stated that he “did not know” that his superior was married and that he “truly regrets” the consequences of the lap dance, which prompted police chiefs to reassign Lieutenant McGarry from the Bronx to the patrol. of the subway.
This story originally appeared in the New York Post and is reproduced with permission