By Police1 Staff
PEQUANNOCK, N.J. — Video evidence refuted a woman’s claim that a Pequannock officer pointed a gun at her during a traffic stop, NorthJersey.com reported.
Resident Hyacinth Peccoo, 50, came into police headquarters on Oct. 28 to file a complaint against an officer who had pulled her over. Pecoo claimed Patrolman Daniel Caffrey falsely accused her of failing to stop at a stop sign.
“She went on to claim that the police officer yelled at her and removed his firearm and pointed it at her,” Capt. Christopher DePuyt said in a release obtained by the publication. “Peccoo stated that she asked the officer if he was going to kill her in broad daylight.”
Peccoo completed a written statement and video interview of her account with the internal affairs officer.
The internal affairs officer then viewed the dash camera footage from the incident and found all of Peccoo’s allegations to be false.
“During the traffic stop, the officer never yelled at Ms. Peccoo and never removed his firearm from its holster,” DePuyt said to the news site.
The officer actually tried to cut Peccoo a break, DePuyt told the publication. He chose not to issue her a failure to stop citation and instead only wrote her a ticket for failing to change her address.
“She still came in to falsely accuse him,” DePuyt said in his interview.
Peccoo was charged with making a false report and a disorderly persons offense.