Complaint #201404549,
May 4, 2014

Officer: Hall, Richard
Complainant: Hispanic Female, 26
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Hall, Richard
Complainant: Hispanic Female, 26
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical)
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Mills, Jelani
Complainant: Black Male, 32
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Hall, Richard Hispanic Female, 26 Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated
Hall, Richard Hispanic Female, 26 Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical) Unsubstantiated
Mills, Jelani Black Male, 32 Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated

Conclusion Meanings:

'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 May 5, 2014, at approximately 3:00am, [redacted] (encl. 7-11) was seated in the front passenger seat of her husband, [redacted]s, vehicle. Seated in the back seat was [redacted]s cousin, [redacted] [redacted] was driving northbound on 7th Avenue and West 145th Street in Manhattan. As they approached the intersection of West 142nd Street and 7th Avenue, [redacted] observed two unmarked police vehicles parked on opposite sides of the street. [redacted] drove down the middle of the street between the two unmarked police vehicles at which time one of the vehicles "shot across" the street causing [redacted] to slam on the brakes. [redacted] was then pulled over by the officers in the above unmarked vehicle, which contained PO Jelani Mills and PO Richard Hall. According to PO Mills and PO Hall, they observed [redacted] driving on 7th Avenue and switch lanes without turning on his turn signal, which led them to conduct the vehicle stop. PO Mills approached the driver's side of the vehicle and PO Hall approached on the passenger side. According to [redacted] PO Mills asked [redacted] for his documentation and [redacted] told PO Mills that he needed to open the driver's side door to be able to shift his body so he could retrieve his wallet from his back pants pocket [redacted] specified [redacted] is a heavy set male). When [redacted] opened the door, PO Mills shut the door. [redacted] then took out her cell phone and began recording the incident and [redacted] obtained his wallet from his back pocket. Following this, PO Mills asked [redacted] to step out of the vehicle and [redacted] then stepped out as well to continue to record the incident. PO Hall then approached [redacted] and told her to step back into her vehicle. [redacted] admittedly refused to step back into her vehicle. According to PO Mills (encl. 26-31) and PO Hall (encl.17-21), during PO Mills investigation into whether or not the turn signal was working properly on [redacted]s vehicle, [redacted] began to scream and interfere in such a way that PO... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: May 4, 2014
Received: May 9, 2014
Closed: July 17, 2015

Reason for contact: PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - street
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 32nd Precinct Manhattan
Outcome: Summons - disorderly conduct

Witness Officers: Matthew Brazas, Rory Dahill, Robert Eysel, Conor Kubic