Complaint #200715450,
October 13, 2007

Officer: Dym, Eric
Complainant: Hispanic Female, 24
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Dym, Eric
Complainant: Hispanic Female, 24
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Dym, Eric Hispanic Female, 24 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Exonerated
Dym, Eric Hispanic Female, 24 Discourtesy: Word 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.
'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 October 13, 2007 at approximately 10:30am, [redacted] received an eviction notice, which she found on the floor of her apartment. She was upset and was ranting, raving, cursing, and slamming doors. This was not targeted at anyone specifically.
A woman named [redacted] who lived on the right side adjacent to [redacted] came to her door to angrily tell her to be quiet. [redacted] swore at [redacted] who told her to leave, chasing her back to her apartment. [redacted] then banged on [redacted]'s door, telling her never to do what she had done again, and telling her to "shut the f' up." [redacted] called the police. The landlord, [redacted] lives in the apartment on the top floor and Ms [redacted] and [redacted] live in the two downstairs apartments. The whole house is under [redacted]
About 10-20 minutes after the 911 call, three or four uniformed officers arrived, and questioned [redacted] The officers were quite rude when arriving, banging on the door, shaking the doors and saying, "This is the police, we're here." [redacted] told them to hang on, as she was on the phone with her mother. The police responded that they did not want to hear it, and told [redacted] that if she did not hang up the phone on her mother, they were going to break down the door.
[redacted] hung up the phone on her mother and opened the door. PO Eric Dym who was identified by the investigation pointed at her, and said, "Next time you don't open this door, we are going to arrest you and we are going to break down this door, because nothing is more important than to answer the door for the police. We don't care what you are doing; you better answer that door when we knock on it."
[redacted] replied while crying, that the officers did not understand what her [redacted] had done. Meanwhile, [redacted] was speaking to an officer, telling the officer that [redacted] had a knife on her.
[redacted] overheard [redacted]'s claim, and [redacted] responded by denying that she had a weapon. PO Dym asked [redacted] "What the fuck is going on in... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: October 13, 2007
Received: October 22, 2007
Closed: August 29, 2008

Reason for contact: Report-dispute
Location: Apartment/house
In NYPD 120th Precinct Staten Island
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Witness Officers: Frank Gigliotti, Joseph Torres, James Vilaichit