| Officer: | Galvin, Ryan |
|---|---|
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Substantiated (Charges) |
| Officer: | Powers, Erek |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Substantiated (Charges) |
| Officer: | Xylas, Mark |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Substantiated (Charges) |
| Officer: | Xylas, Mark |
| Complainant: | Black Female, 36 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Threat to damage/seize property |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Substantiated (Charges) |
| Officer | Complainant | Allegation | CCRB Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galvin, Ryan | Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched | Substantiated (Charges) | |
| Powers, Erek | Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched | Substantiated (Charges) | |
| Xylas, Mark | Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched | Substantiated (Charges) | |
| Xylas, Mark | Black Female, 36 | Abuse of Authority: Threat to damage/seize property | Substantiated (Charges) |
Further details on conclusions.
On July 24, 2014 at approximately 3:00p.m. [redacted] and [redacted] were standing in front of [redacted] in Brooklyn. They stated that they witnessed four plainclothes officers running down [redacted] a small private roadway in the immediate vicinity of [redacted] and then out of sight. According to [redacted] and [redacted] moments later, the same four officers walked to [redacted] and up to the second floor of the apartment, announced themselves as police and loudly knocked on the door for a few minutes while Sgt. Powers and PO Van Brackle remained on the ground floor with [redacted] and [redacted] Sgt. Powers indicated to [redacted] at that time that they were looking for a male, and since [redacted] knew the residents of the apartment of which the officers were knocking on, he entered [redacted] to obtain their phone numbers. [redacted] entered and exited [redacted] closing the door behind him, but keeping the door unlocked.
The two officers returned down stairs and then directed their attention to [redacted] once he exited [redacted] PO Xylas asked [redacted] if he lived in the apartment, and [redacted] stated that he did not. PO Xylas allegedly responded, "You just came out of there, open the door or we'll kick it in." (Allegation A). [redacted] stated that he would ring the doorbell, but before he could PO Xylas allegedly turned the knob to the apartment door and walked inside (Allegation B). PO Galvin walked in behind PO Xylas while Sgt. Powers remained in the hallway, just outside the doorway (Allegation C). Due to the entry, officers awoke [redacted] and [redacted]. An officer allegedly told [redacted] that they were looking for a minor by the name of '[redacted] explained that no one by that name was present, but the officers continued to search the apartment. The officers still allegedly searched all of the rooms of the apartment in places in which a person could hide (under beds, in closets, etc.) (Within Allegation C). The officers' alleged search produced negative results and the officers left...
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