 McNamara would at one point help a black gypsy cab driver file a harassment claim against Reggie in the hopes of having Reggie's badge.McNamara blamed the harassment claim on the NYPD's programs that were developed to assist minority citizens, claiming that it was department procedure to take any harassment complaint from a minority citizen seriously, even if it was a minority officer such as Reggie who was being accused of the harassment.Arthur, aware of both McNamara's racism and of his helping the cabbie to write the complaint (Arthur noted the "textbook language" on the complaint), had the 15th's detectives investigate the cabbie to squash the harassment claim.