Complaint #200508020,
July 12, 2005

Officer: Velasquez, Paulo
Complainant: White Male, 40
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Velasquez, Paulo
Complainant: White Female, 40
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Velasquez, Paulo
Complainant: White Male, 40
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Perez, Michael
Complainant: White Female, 40
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Velasquez, Paulo
Complainant: White Female, 40
Allegation: Offensive Language: Ethnicity
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Recategorized as: Offensive Language: Other
Officer: Perez, Michael
Complainant: White Male, 40
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Velasquez, Paulo
Complainant: White Male, 40
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Velasquez, Paulo White Male, 40 Force: Physical force Unfounded
Velasquez, Paulo White Female, 40 Force: Physical force Unsubstantiated
Velasquez, Paulo White Male, 40 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Exonerated
Perez, Michael White Female, 40 Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated
Velasquez, Paulo White Female, 40 Offensive Language: Ethnicity Unsubstantiated
Recategorized as Offensive Language: Other on December 9, 2024
Perez, Michael White Male, 40 Discourtesy: Word Exonerated
Velasquez, Paulo White Male, 40 Force: Physical force Unsubstantiated

Conclusion Meanings:

'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - The conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.

Further details on conclusions.


Summary

On July 12, 2005 at approximately 7:30 p.m., [redacted] and [redacted] were sitting on the front stoop of [redacted]s home, which is located at [redacted] talking with [redacted]. At this time, [redacted]s young child was riding his tricycle with [redacted]s young child a driveway on the side of [redacted]. [redacted] the owner of the home located at [redacted] asked the adults to remove the children from the driveway. [redacted] PO Paulo Velasquez of the 114th Precinct, then exited [redacted]s home. Though PO Velasquez was off-duty and dressed in civilian clothes, he invoked his authority as a police officer by speaking to [redacted] and [redacted] and saying something along the lines of "Get the fuck out of here before you spend the night in jail" (Allegation A). PO Velasquez then became involved in an argument with [redacted] and [redacted] and told [redacted] to get his "white trash piece of shit wife" off [redacted] (Allegation B). PO Velasquez allegedly then punched [redacted] in the face causing [redacted] to fall to the ground (Allegation C). Once [redacted] was on the ground, PO Velasquez allegedly punched him repeatedly in the back of the head (Allegation D). [redacted] then jumped on PO Velasquez's back and began to strike him. PO Velasquez allegedly responded by punching [redacted] in the face causing [redacted] to fall to the ground. [redacted] then jumped on PO Velasquez's back once again. PO Velasquez allegedly responded by lifting her off the ground and pushing her away causing her fall onto her back (Allegation E). While PO Velasquez was struggling with [redacted] and [redacted] approached two police officers, later identified through this investigation as PO Edgar Gomez and PO Michael Perez of the 110th Precinct. At this time, PO Gomez and PO Perez were responding to an unrelated radio run on [redacted]. PO Gomez and PO Perez responded to the scene of the altercation and separated PO Velasquez from [redacted] and [redacted]. PO Perez then allegedly told [redacted] to "shut the fuck up" and told... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: July 12, 2005
Received: July 14, 2005
Closed: December 4, 2006
Last Updated: December 11, 2024

Reason for contact: Other
Location: Other
In NYPD 110th Precinct Queens
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Witness Officers: Edgar Gomez, Charles Minch, Jae Moon