Tenafly Police released a video Tuesday revealing just why Turner abruptly resigned last week as a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The video and a police incident report, both made public after requests by NJ Advance Media and other news organizations, showed Turner apparently seeking to leverage her influence, talking about who she knew, and complaining that the police had "ruined" a holiday weekend with the stop of her daughter and three friends on rural Route 9W in Bergen County.Turner, 60, a Democratic lobbyist who served as the ethics chair of the powerful bi-state agency, could not be reached for comment Tuesday and the phone number of her Washington public affairs office has been disconnected. No one came to her front door when a reporter knocked on Tuesday.Tenafly Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said he would let the video speak for itself.The Port Authority, asked for comment, also referred back to the video."The conduct was indefensible. The board takes its recently adopted Code of Ethics for commissioners extremely seriously and was preparing to form a special committee to review the findings of the Inspector General investigation and take action at this Thursday's board meeting," said spokesman Benjamin Branham. "Commissioner Turner's resignation was appropriate given her outrageous conduct."
The video and a police incident report, both made public after requests by NJ Advance Media and other news organizations, showed Turner apparently seeking to leverage her influence, talking about who she knew, and complaining that the police had "ruined" a holiday weekend with the stop of her daughter and three friends on rural Route 9W in Bergen County.Turner, 60, a Democratic lobbyist who served as the ethics chair of the powerful bi-state agency, could not be reached for comment Tuesday and the phone number of her Washington public affairs office has been disconnected. No one came to her front door when a reporter knocked on Tuesday.Tenafly Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said he would let the video speak for itself.The Port Authority, asked for comment, also referred back to the video."The conduct was indefensible. The board takes its recently adopted Code of Ethics for commissioners extremely seriously and was preparing to form a special committee to review the findings of the Inspector General investigation and take action at this Thursday's board meeting," said spokesman Benjamin Branham. "Commissioner Turner's resignation was appropriate given her outrageous conduct."