Complaint #200514624,
December 6, 2005

Summary

On December 6, 2005 at approximately 12:11am, [redacted] was driving in Manhattan with his son, [redacted] and brother, [redacted] when he was pulled over by an unmarked black Crown Victoria at the corner Convent Avenue and W. 134th Street [Allegation A]. Two officers (identified as Sgt. Gregory Pekera and PO Daniel Kobylinski, both of Manhattan North Anti-Crime) exited the Crown Victoria and approached his car. Sgt. Pekera instructed [redacted] to exit his car. [redacted] explained that he worked as a fraud investigator and was on duty at the time. He told Sgt. Pekera that he had credentials to prove it, but Sgt. Pekera instructed him to exit the car again. [redacted] complied, and after he got out, Sgt. Pekera frisked and searched him [Allegation B and Allegation C]. When he finished, PO Kobylinski instructed [redacted] to exit the car, which he did. PO Kobylinski then frisked and searched [redacted] [Allegation D and Allegation E]. When he finished, PO Kobylinski told [redacted] to exit the car, and he frisked and searched [redacted] as well [Allegation D, cont. and Allegation E, cont.]. Following [redacted] Is search, PO Kobylinski searched [redacted] Is car [Allegation F], damaging the rear seat in the process [Allegation G]. After PO Kobylinski had searched the seating areas, he and Sgt. Pekera asked [redacted] to open his trunk, and the two officers searched the trunk together [Allegation H]. Throughout the stop, [redacted] attempted to determine why he had been stopped, but the officers did not tell him why, other than that it was a "routine check." When [redacted] asked Sgt. Pekera for his name, Sgt. Pekera replied that his name was "Sgt. Matt." As the officers were leaving, [redacted] asked them both for their names and badge numbers again, but neither provided any identification [Allegation I and Allegation J]. Read report for details.