{"incident_date":"2021-05-12","received_date":"2021-06-20","close_date":"2022-09-23","borough":"Bronx","precinct":52,"location_type":"Street/highway","contact_reason":"Moving violation","contact_outcome":"Moving violation summons issued","disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","evidence_bwc":true,"evidence_video":true,"precinct_command_id":"52pct","allegations":[{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Vehicle search","victim_age_incident":"40-44","victim_gender":"Male","victim_race_legacy":"Refused","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Command Discipline A)","id":1134372,"officer_id":"5Z7"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Vehicle search","victim_age_incident":"40-44","victim_gender":"Male","victim_race_legacy":"Refused","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Command Discipline A)","id":1134373,"officer_id":"MEHB"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Interference with recording","victim_age_incident":"40-44","victim_gender":"Male","victim_race_legacy":"Refused","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","id":1134377,"officer_id":"MEHB"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Search of recording device","victim_age_incident":"40-44","victim_gender":"Male","victim_race_legacy":"Refused","ccrb_disposition":"Unfounded","id":1134381,"officer_id":"MEHB"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Seizure of property","victim_age_incident":"40-44","victim_gender":"Male","victim_race_legacy":"Refused","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Formalized Training)","id":1134388,"officer_id":"MEHB"},{"fado_type":"Discourtesy","allegation":"Action","victim_age_incident":"40-44","victim_gender":"Male","victim_race_legacy":"Refused","ccrb_disposition":"Unsubstantiated","id":1134537,"officer_id":"5Z7"},{"fado_type":"Discourtesy","allegation":"Action","victim_age_incident":"40-44","victim_gender":"Male","victim_race_legacy":"Refused","ccrb_disposition":"Unsubstantiated","id":1134538,"officer_id":"MEHB"},{"fado_type":"Discourtesy","allegation":"Word","victim_age_incident":"40-44","victim_gender":"Male","victim_race_legacy":"Refused","ccrb_disposition":"Unsubstantiated","id":1134549,"officer_id":"5Z7"},{"fado_type":"Discourtesy","allegation":"Word","victim_age_incident":"40-44","victim_gender":"Male","victim_race_legacy":"Refused","ccrb_disposition":"Unfounded","id":1134553,"officer_id":"5Z7"},{"fado_type":"Discourtesy","allegation":"Word","victim_age_incident":"40-44","victim_gender":"Male","victim_race_legacy":"Refused","ccrb_disposition":"Unsubstantiated","id":1134554,"officer_id":"MEHB"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Search (of person)","victim_age_incident":"40-44","victim_gender":"Male","victim_race_legacy":"Refused","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Command Discipline A)","id":1136564,"officer_id":"MEHB"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Seizure of property","victim_age_incident":"40-44","victim_gender":"Male","victim_race_legacy":"Refused","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Formalized Training)","id":1136565,"officer_id":"5Z7"}],"penalties":[{"ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Command Discipline A)","board_recommendation":"Substantiated (Command Discipline A)","nypd_penalty":"Command Discipline - A","officer_id":"5Z7"},{"ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","board_recommendation":"Substantiated (Charges)","apu_plea_penalty":"Formalized Training","apu_case_status":"Closed: Resolved by plea","apu_closing_date":"2025-09-29","nypd_penalty":"Formalized Training","nypd_disposition":"APU Formalized Training","officer_id":"MEHB"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26206387-apureport2025q3pdf/#document/p11/a2806568","type":"apu-quarterly-report","officer_ids":["MEHB"]},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26187195-202103696_redactedclosingreportpdf/","type":"closing-report"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26206409-202103696-tax963536-apu-final-documentspdf/","type":"plea-agreement","officer_ids":["MEHB"]}],"summary":"At approximately 1:15 a.m. on May 12, 2021, Police Officers Russell Crawford and Thomas Gerlich of the 44th Precinct stopped [redacted] vehicle near Exit 9 of the Major Deegan Expressway, the Bronx, after observing him speeding. Upon approaching [redacted] vehicle and requesting his identification, PO Crawford reached into [redacted] vehicle and pressed the trunk release button under the dash (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority Substantiated). PO Gerlich walked to the rear of the vehicle, removed [redacted] backpack from the trunk, and searched the contents of the bag (Allegations B and C: Abuse of Authority - Substantiated). PO Gerlich reapproached [redacted] passenger side door, where [redacted] was holding his cellphone and recording the interaction. PO Gerlich removed the cellphone from [redacted] hand, then stopped and allegedly searched the recording device (Allegation D: Abuse – Substantiated) (Allegation E: Abuse – Unfounded). After obtaining [redacted] information verbally, the officers took his car keys, returned to their police vehicle, and issued [redacted] three summonses for VTL infractions. PO Gerlich and PO Crawford reapproached [redacted] vehicle and handed him the summonses, then allegedly told him to \"Get the fuck out of here\" (Allegations F: Discourtesy – Unfounded). The officers proceeded to leave the incident location with [redacted] car keys (Allegations G and H: Abuse – Substantiated). [redacted] pursued, on foot, the officer's vehicle for approximately one minute down Exit 9, yelling from ten feet behind it, \"You have my keys.\" The officers stopped the police vehicle, threw [redacted] keys out of the driver's side window, and said, \"Get the fuck out of here\" (Allegations I, J, K, and L: Discourtesy – Unsubstantiated). [redacted] reentered his vehicle and left the incident location.\n\n[redacted] received three summonses for Failure to Present Document, Failure to Comply with a Lawful Order, and Speeding (Board Review 01).","id":202103696,"updated_date":"2025-10-01T06:31:58.624Z","url":"https://www.50-a.org/complaint/202103696"}