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New Yorkers have frequently complained about cruisers parked on the sidewalk, like this one at the 77th Precinct on Tuesday.Credit...Yuvraj Khanna for The New York Times
By Maria Cramer
Oct. 1, 2024
Officer Brendan Sullivan first used the breathy voice of a seductive woman. Then he panted.
Then came the animal noises.
Paul Vogel, a 52-year-old Brooklyn man, was the recipient of the menagerie of voice mail messages. For years, he had been frustrated at police cruisers and Fire Department vehicles parked on the sidewalk and in crosswalks in his Prospect Heights neighborhood, which drove him to call the city’s 311 complaint line hundreds of times. Officer Sullivan retaliated, calling him and leaving voice mail messages for 10 months, according to city records.
On May 16, 2021, the officer used his department-issued phone and left a voice mail of dolphin noises, according to the records. Nine days later, he escalated the harassment, adding seal barks and the bleating of sheep.
He Called 311 on the Police. They Called Back Making Dolphin Sounds.
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New Yorkers have frequently complained about cruisers parked on the sidewalk, like this one at the 77th Precinct on Tuesday.Credit...Yuvraj Khanna for The New York Times
By Maria Cramer
Oct. 1, 2024
Officer Brendan Sullivan first used the breathy voice of a seductive woman. Then he panted.
Then came the animal noises.
Paul Vogel, a 52-year-old Brooklyn man, was the recipient of the menagerie of voice mail messages. For years, he had been frustrated at police cruisers and Fire Department vehicles parked on the sidewalk and in crosswalks in his Prospect Heights neighborhood, which drove him to call the city’s 311 complaint line hundreds of times. Officer Sullivan retaliated, calling him and leaving voice mail messages for 10 months, according to city records.
On May 16, 2021, the officer used his department-issued phone and left a voice mail of dolphin noises, according to the records. Nine days later, he escalated the harassment, adding seal barks and the bleating of sheep.