New York City police officers in Manhattan told a police officer that the tint on his mother's car window needed to be “removed immediately,” and used a hair dryer and acetone on another officer behind the Hell's Kitchen police station. An internal report revealed that the company ordered the work to be carried out. .
Officer Adam Benarafa entered the Bronx 50th Precinct Wednesday with his mother to report the incident, according to internal NYPD documents.
The officer claimed the sergeant removed the tint from the mother's red 2018 Honda Accord, which she drove to work. According to the report, Konstantin Angelopoulos was assaulted without permission on Oct. 4 behind the Midtown North Police Station building on West 54th Street.
The IAB documents state that Benarafa told Internal Affairs officials investigating the incident that Capt. Allen Kames and Anteropoulos “drive with fully tinted windows, including windshield tint. When questioned about the vehicle, he reportedly said that he had been assigned to a sub-station.
According to an internal report, he told investigators that he was instructed to take the vehicle to the back of the station's premises because the “tint needed to be removed immediately” as directed by Commander Deputy Inspector Robert Gault. It is said that he spoke.
Benarafa took his car to the backyard, where another officer was ordered to buy acetone, the report said.
Benarafa gave another officer $10 for the purchase.
Angelopoulos then “used a hand-held hot air blower to remove the stain,” the report said.
Precinct commanders are under pressure to ensure that officers' personal vehicles do not violate traffic laws.
New York State Vehicle Traffic Law does not allow the windshield or front side windows to be darkened.
