An NYPD sergeant's bosses allegedly forced him to undergo a psychiatric exam and plotted to break into his apartment while he was helping his wife's family escape Ukraine.
Taylor Hill/Getty Imagesand helping his girlfriend’s family escape war-torn Ukraine, Sgt. Jose Dume received a request from his supervisor to help get on-duty cops into VIP at EDM festivallast fall. It launched a weekend of alleged debauchery for the cops, who were allowed to attend while on duty and not supervised. After reporting their behavior, Dume claims that his bosses showed signs of retaliation, going so far as plotting to break in to Dume’s home while he was still on leave.
According to the suit, Dume received a message from his supervisor Sgt. Pitman on the first day of the festival with a request for Dume to reach out to a party promoter friend so that Pitman and other officers could get VIP access and talk to women. In an interview with, Dume states that he did not respond. Over the course of the weekend, Pitman and other officers allegedly shared stories in a group chat of getting drunk while on duty and still armed at the festival.
Dume filed an anonymous complaint about his colleagues’ actions but his department quickly deduced that the complaint came from him. Soon after, another supervisor named Deputy Inspector John Wilson interrogated Dume about his time off.
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