{"incident_date":"2019-09-13","received_date":"2019-09-25","close_date":"2021-09-03","borough":"Staten Island","location_type":"Commercial building","contact_reason":"PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - bldg","contact_outcome":"Arrest - other violation/crime","disposition":"Unsubstantiated","evidence_bwc":false,"evidence_video":true,"allegations":[{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Search of Premises","investigator_recommendation":"Exonerated","ccrb_disposition":"Unsubstantiated","id":1072210,"officer_id":"D7LH"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Search of Premises","investigator_recommendation":"Exonerated","ccrb_disposition":"Unsubstantiated","id":1072211,"officer_id":"FUND"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Entry of Premises","ccrb_disposition":"Exonerated","id":1073209,"officer_id":"D7LH"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Entry of Premises","ccrb_disposition":"Exonerated","id":1073210,"officer_id":"FUND"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Entry of Premises","ccrb_disposition":"Exonerated","id":1088452,"officer_id":"GFGV"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Search of Premises","investigator_recommendation":"Exonerated","ccrb_disposition":"Unsubstantiated","id":1088453,"officer_id":"GFGV"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23961833-2021_annualpdf#document/p30/a2383689","type":"ccrb-annual-report","officer_ids":["FUND","D7LH","GFGV"]},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25023243-201908498_redactedclosingreport_redacted","type":"closing-report"}],"summary":"At approximately 10:55 p.m. on September 13, 2019, Det. Richard Degaetano, Det. Michael Wolfe, and Lt. Terrence McCall of Zone 2 of the Vice Enforcement Division oversaw an undercover operation at an unlicensed bottle club located at [redacted] in Staten Island. After undercover officers entered the club and purchased alcohol, Det. Degaetano, Det. Wolfe, and Lt. McCall entered the club and arrested four employees: [redacted] (the club owner), [redacted] (a club manager), [redacted] (a bartender) and [redacted] (another bartender) (Allegations A, B, and C: Abuse of Authority: Entry of premises: [redacted]). The officers then opened a locked storage room to retrieve a digital video recorder (DVR) that contained video of the undercover officers (Allegation D, E, and F: Abuse of Authority: Search of premises: [redacted]). [redacted], a co-owner of the club, observed a portion of the incident remotely over the club's surveillance system.\n\nThis incident was the first in a series of three incidents involving Det. Degaetano taking enforcement action at [redacted]'s unlicensed club. CCRB case #[redacted] involves a similar incident, approximately two months after this incident, in which Det. Degaetano arrested [redacted] and then obtained a search warrant for his club. CCRB case #[redacted] involves the third incident in the series, approximately three months after this incident, in which Det. Degaetano returned to the club as part of a multi-agency operation.","witness_officers":[{"last_name":"Atsaves","first_name":"Nicholas","officer_id":"33GM"},{"last_name":"Bottigliere","first_name":"Anthony","officer_id":"DWXD"},{"last_name":"Osullivan","first_name":"Michael","officer_id":"KWPB"},{"last_name":"Smith","first_name":"Everton","officer_id":"YDFX"}],"id":201908498,"url":"https://www.50-a.org/complaint/201908498"}