{"incident_date":"2017-07-01","received_date":"2017-07-03","close_date":"2018-01-25","borough":"Manhattan","precinct":23,"location_type":"Street/highway","contact_reason":"PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - street","contact_outcome":"Summons - other violation/crime","disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","evidence_bwc":false,"evidence_video":true,"precinct_command_id":"23pct","allegations":[{"fado_type":"Force","allegation":"Physical force","victim_age_incident":39,"victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Unsubstantiated","id":990093,"officer_id":"VZAR"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Retaliatory summons","victim_age_incident":39,"victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","id":995455,"officer_id":"VZAR"}],"penalties":[{"ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","apu_trial_ccrb_recommended_penalty":"Forfeit vacation 20 days","apu_case_status":"Closed: Not guilty after trial-PC Approved","apu_closing_date":"2021-11-10","nypd_disposition":"APU Not guilty","officer_id":"VZAR"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23719966-apureport2021-q4pdf#document/p8/a2231563","type":"apu-quarterly-report","officer_ids":["VZAR"]},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21505837-ccrb20allegation20history20for20douglas20gerber202895761929_redacted3821","type":"closing-report"}],"summary":"On July 1, 2017, at approximately 4:40 a.m., Mr. J [redacted] was sitting on a tree guardrail with [redacted] C [redacted] outside of his building, located at [redacted] in Manhattan. Police Officers Douglas Gerber and Jorge Ortiz of the 23rd Precinct were on patrol when they noticed Mr. J [redacted] who was seated next to an open can of beer. PO Gerber decided to initiate a stop and he and PO Ortiz approached him (see allegations not pleaded). While PO Gerber was writing Mr. J's [redacted] summons, Mr. J [redacted] stood up and allegedly refused to sit back down. PO Gerber grabbed Mr. J [redacted] by his shirt and allegedly tripped Mr. J [redacted], causing him to fall to the ground (Allegation A). PO Gerber issued Mr. J [redacted] a summons for an open container before leaving with PO Ortiz (Allegation B).","witness_officers":[{"last_name":"Ortiz","first_name":"Jorge","officer_id":"E8BD"}],"id":201705352,"updated_date":"2025-10-02T13:04:00.971Z","url":"https://www.50-a.org/complaint/201705352"}