| Officer: | Matthew, Joseph |
|---|---|
| Complainant: | Black Male, 40 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Question and/or stop |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Substantiated (Charges) |
| Officer: | Collora, Joseph |
| Complainant: | Black Male, 40 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical) |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer: | Collora, Joseph |
| Complainant: | Black Male, 40 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer: | Collora, Joseph |
| Complainant: | Black Male, 40 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Frisk and/or search |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Substantiated (Charges) |
| Officer: | Chen, Darryl |
| Complainant: | Male, 41 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Frisk and/or search |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Alleged Victim Unavailable |
| Officer: | Collora, Joseph |
| Complainant: | Black Male, 40 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Other |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer | Complainant | Allegation | CCRB Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew, Joseph | Black Male, 40 | Abuse of Authority: Question and/or stop | Substantiated (Charges) |
| Collora, Joseph | Black Male, 40 | Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical) | Unsubstantiated |
| Collora, Joseph | Black Male, 40 | Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest | Unsubstantiated |
| Collora, Joseph | Black Male, 40 | Abuse of Authority: Frisk and/or search | Substantiated (Charges) |
| Chen, Darryl | Male, 41 | Abuse of Authority: Frisk and/or search | Alleged Victim Unavailable |
| Collora, Joseph | Black Male, 40 | Abuse of Authority: Other | Unsubstantiated |
Further details on conclusions.
On March 7, 2003 at 12:30 AM, [redacted] sat on the steps to [redacted] with his friend [redacted] when an unmarked Crown Victoria with three plainclothes officers drove the wrong way up the one way street and stopped in front of [redacted]. Sergeant Matthew, Officer Chen and Officer Collora exited the vehicle and instructed a male and female who were out on the [redacted] floor fire escape of the building to go inside as "the fire escape is only for fires." [redacted] recognized these officers as a team that stops and questions him and his friends on a regular basis.
The officers approached [redacted] and [redacted] and asked if they lived at this address and why they were waiting on the steps. [redacted] told Officer Chen that he, the officer, knew where the complainant lived. [redacted] told the officers that they had just been sitting and talking. The officers asked the men to stand up and proceeded to go into their pockets without first patting down the pockets or frisking them in any other manner. Officer Collora searched [redacted] as Officer Chen searched [redacted]. Officer Collora took a set of keys out of [redacted]'s left pants pockets as well as his cell phone leaving a second set of keys inside the pocket. [redacted] had money in his right pant pocket that also was not removed. [redacted] did not know where the officer placed his cell phone when it was taken out of his pocket. He asked Officer Collora for his cell phone and the officer replied as though he was being accused of stealing the cell phone. The officer said he'd "slap [redacted] in the face". The officer then indicated that the cell phone was in the front pocket of [redacted]'s hooded sweatshirt. [redacted] did not notice when the officer placed the cell phone in his pocket. Officer Chen and Officer Collora then went into the lobby of the apartment building that [redacted] had been sitting in front of. The officers looked into the garbage cans and around the mailboxes inside the vestibule area of the building. No contraband was found....
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