Complaint #200206122,
September 14, 2002

Summary

[redacted] was interviewed at the CCRB on October 2, 2002 (enc.9a). She testified that on September 14, 2002 she had been sleeping with her son when she heard knocking on the apartment door. Once she opened the door, she encountered five plainclothed officers standing in the hallway. They displayed their badges, identified themselves and stated that they wanted to discuss [redacted] and had a couple of questions to ask her. [redacted] agreed and led the officers into the living room. The officers asked her if anyone else was present in the apartment, and [redacted] explained that she was alone with her son. She claims that at that moment, two officers walked down the hall and made a visual inspection of the rear bedrooms, while three remained in the living room. [redacted] quickly followed the officers that walked towards the bedrooms and asked them for a search warrant. She was under the impression that they going to "talk" in the living room and did not expect the officers to inspect the rear bedrooms. After she demanded to know why they were looking in the bedrooms, one of the officers stated that they were only conducting a check to make sure the house was safe for their own protection. [redacted] then reentered the living room and observed officers looking around several of her purses, which were on the floor and shining their flashlights on her stuffed animals, clothes and bags. Feeling outraged at their actions, [redacted] turned to an officer and asked about their presence in her apartment and the correlation to her boyfriend, [redacted] According to [redacted] two officers went on to explain that her boyfriend, [redacted] had been arrested for robbery and that they had reason to believe there was stolen property in her apartment. They questioned her about the pocketbooks and how she had obtained them. Though [redacted] told the officers that the all the bags belonged to her, they continued questioning her and [redacted] requested that they all leave her apartment. A few moments later, [redacted]s... Read report for details.