New York City Police Captain Maya Reynolds was heading home in a taxi. The taxi driver had no idea that the woman sitting in his vehicle wasn’t just an ordinary woman, but a high-ranking police captain in the city.

She was on leave, heading home to attend her brother’s wedding. Maya decided she would attend the wedding not as a police captain, but simply as a sister. As she was driving, the driver said:

—Ma’am, I’m taking this route for you. Otherwise, I rarely use this road.

Captain Maya Reynolds asked the taxi driver:

—But why, brother? What’s wrong with this path?

The taxi driver replied:

“Ma’am, there are some police officers stationed on this road. The sergeant in this area hands out tickets for no reason and extorts euros from taxi drivers even when they haven’t done anything wrong.

And if anyone disobeys the sergeant, he beats them up. I don’t know what’s in store for me today. God forbid I run into that sergeant right now, otherwise he’ll take money from me even though I’m completely innocent.”

Captain Maya thought to herself, Is what this taxi driver is saying really true? Does the sergeant at this precinct really do such terrible things?

After driving a short distance, she saw Sergeant Tom Davis standing on the side of the road with his colleagues, checking vehicles. As soon as the taxi reached them, Sergeant Tom signaled for it to stop.

Then Sergeant Tom said angrily: