| Officer: | Fusco, Thomas |
|---|---|
| Complainant: | Hispanic Male, 23 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Exonerated |
| Officer: | Caputo, Jason |
| Complainant: | Hispanic Male, 23 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Exonerated |
| Officer: | Caputo, Jason |
| Complainant: | Hispanic Male, 23 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unfounded |
| Officer: | Caputo, Jason |
| Complainant: | Hispanic Male, 23 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Exonerated |
| Officer: | Caputo, Jason |
| Complainant: | Hispanic Male, 23 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Frisk |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Exonerated |
| Officer: | Caputo, Jason |
| Complainant: | Hispanic Male, 23 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Question |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Exonerated |
| Officer: | Unknown Officer |
| Complainant: | Hispanic Male, 21-24 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unfounded |
| Officer: | Unknown Officer |
| Complainant: | Hispanic Male, 21-24 |
| Allegation: | Discourtesy: Word |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unfounded |
| Officer: | Unknown Officer |
| Complainant: | Hispanic Male, 21-24 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unfounded |
| Officer | Complainant | Allegation | CCRB Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fusco, Thomas | Hispanic Male, 23 | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search | Exonerated |
| Caputo, Jason | Hispanic Male, 23 | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search | Exonerated |
| Caputo, Jason | Hispanic Male, 23 | Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number | Unfounded |
| Caputo, Jason | Hispanic Male, 23 | Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) | Exonerated |
| Caputo, Jason | Hispanic Male, 23 | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | Exonerated |
| Caputo, Jason | Hispanic Male, 23 | Abuse of Authority: Question | Exonerated |
| Unknown Officer | Hispanic Male, 21-24 | Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest | Unfounded |
| Unknown Officer | Hispanic Male, 21-24 | Discourtesy: Word | Unfounded |
| Unknown Officer | Hispanic Male, 21-24 | Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number | Unfounded |
Further details on conclusions.
On August 13, 2008, at approximately 10:30 PM, [redacted] left his residence, [redacted] in Brooklyn, and walked to the intersection of [redacted] and [redacted]. [redacted]'s fiancée, [redacted], had legally parked her Lexus RS300 sports utility vehicle at this intersection. [redacted] sat in the driver's seat of [redacted]'s vehicle to make a telephone call on his cellular phone. The vehicle's engine was not running and the keys were not in the ignition. An unmarked police vehicle parked behind him and an officer, identified through the investigation as PO Jason Caputo from the 75th Precinct, walked to the driver's side of [redacted]'s vehicle. [redacted] described PO Caputo as a white male who was about 5'5" tall, muscular, had short hair, a tattoo of a foreign flag on his bicep and was in plainclothes. In his written complaint to the CCRB (encl. 3a – 3b), [redacted] stated that four officers approached his driver's side window.
PO Caputo asked [redacted] what he was doing (Allegation A). [redacted] did not specify whether he replied. PO Caputo then asked him to step out of his vehicle. [redacted] told PO Caputo to 'identify himself.' PO Caputo responded that he was an officer and again asked him to step out of the vehicle. In his written complaint to the CCRB (encl. 3a – 3b), [redacted] stated that multiple officers told him to, "Shut the fuck up and put your hands on the car!" [redacted] did not mention this in his interview with the CCRB (encl. 5a – 5d). [redacted] stepped out of [redacted]'s vehicle and then walked to the rear of the vehicle at PO Caputo's instruction. PO Caputo frisked [redacted] at the rear of the vehicle by patting him down along the outside of his clothing (Allegation B) and then felt inside the pockets of his jeans and removed their contents (Allegation C), which included a wallet and his cellular telephone. [redacted] did not specify whether he had any additional items in his pockets. [redacted] asserted that he repeatedly asked for PO Caputo's name during this process, which PO...
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