Complaint #200607808,
April 3, 2006

Officer: Farren, Justin
Complainant: Female, 46
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Farren, Justin
Complainant: Black Male, 23
Allegation: Force: Gun as club
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Reyes, Christina
Complainant: Black Male, 23
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Farren, Justin
Complainant: Black Male, 23
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Farren, Justin
Complainant: Black Male, 23
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Question and/or stop
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Hirsch, Erik
Complainant: Black Male, 23
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Reyes, Christina
Complainant: Black Male, 23
Allegation: Force: Other blunt instrument as a club
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Mansour, Fadi
Complainant: Black Male, 24
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Mansour, Fadi
Complainant: Black Male, 24
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Female, 45-49
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Female, 45-49
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Farren, Justin Female, 46 Discourtesy: Word Unfounded
Farren, Justin Black Male, 23 Force: Gun as club Unfounded
Reyes, Christina Black Male, 23 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Farren, Justin Black Male, 23 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Farren, Justin Black Male, 23 Abuse of Authority: Question and/or stop Exonerated
Hirsch, Erik Black Male, 23 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Reyes, Christina Black Male, 23 Force: Other blunt instrument as a club Unfounded
Mansour, Fadi Black Male, 24 Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) Exonerated
Mansour, Fadi Black Male, 24 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Exonerated
Unknown Officer Female, 45-49 Discourtesy: Word Officer(s) Unidentified
Unknown Officer Female, 45-49 Force: Physical force Exonerated

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.
'Officer(s) Unidentified': Unable to identify the officers who committed the alleged misconduct
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.

Further details on conclusions.


Summary

On April 3, 2006, [redacted] and [redacted] exited an elevator into the lobby of [redacted] in Brooklyn. [redacted] had a loaded .380 caliber gun-tucked into his rear waistband. As [redacted] walked out of the elevator, Police Officers Justin Farren, Christin Reyes, Fadi Mansour, and Erik Hirsch were waiting for the elevator in order to conduct a vertical patrol of the building. As [redacted] walked past him, Officer Farren observed the handle of the gun sticking out of [redacted] waistband and immediately yelled out what he had observed and attempted to stop [redacted]. [redacted] and [redacted] (allegation A). [redacted] attempted to flee from the officers and exit the building and was physically resisted by arresting Officers Hirsch, Reyes, and Farren attempted to grab onto [redacted]. [redacted] and the officers eventually wrestled him onto the ground (allegation B, C, and I). [redacted] alleges that Officer Reyes struck [redacted] in the face with handcuffs and Officer Farren struck him with a gun (allegations E and F). As Officers Reyes, Hirsch, and Farren were struggling with [redacted], [redacted] attempted to physically intervene in the arrest and frisked him (allegation G). During this frisk, Officer Mansour felt a hard object in [redacted] pocket that he believed could have been a gun. Officer Mansour reached into this pocket and removed the item, which turned out to be a cell phone (allegation H). Once [redacted] was handcuffed, his mother, [redacted], attempted to push past two officers and approach her son. Two of the officers-who [redacted] could not identify-pushed [redacted] away from the crime scene (allegation I). As [redacted] walked away, one of these unidentified officers allegedly asked her, "Where the fuck are you going?" (allegation J). When [redacted] went to the PSA 1 stationhouse in Brooklyn later in the night, she alleged that she heard Officer Farren tell other officers that he struck [redacted] with [redacted] 's "own fucking gun" (allegation K). Read report for details.


Details

Incident: April 3, 2006
Received: June 15, 2006
Closed: September 4, 2007

Reason for contact: PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - bldg
Location: Residential building
In NYPD 60th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: John Todaro