Complaint #201412789,
December 30, 2014

Officer: Ahmed, Zeeshan
Complainant: Male
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Ahmed, Zeeshan
Complainant: Male, 44
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Ahmed, Zeeshan Male Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number Unsubstantiated
Ahmed, Zeeshan Male, 44 Discourtesy: Word Substantiated (Formalized Training)

Conclusion Meanings:

'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'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.


Penalty

Ahmed, Zeeshan
Instructions
Command Level Instructions

Summary

[redacted] drove over to Don Luis VIP Cigars on the night of December 30, 2014. The shop is one among several on the same block, forming a small shopping complex. Finding that the curb was fully parked, [redacted] planned to ask [redacted], to get her a few cigars, and she would pay him from her car. [redacted] did so, but found that she had given the wrong change, necessitating that she leave her car to go into the shop. [redacted] fearing a summons for double-parking, left her car and entered the shop quickly to give [redacted] the correct change (VIP Cigars receipt, Encl. 6G).
Shortly after the transaction, [redacted] who she assumed was an employee of the shop, told her that officers were giving her a summons. [redacted] quickly left the store to speak with the summonsing officer. [redacted] accompanied her. They found PO Ahmed standing by [redacted]'s car, writing a summons, as PO Perez stood alongside him. They approached the officers. [redacted] asked PO Ahmed for his name and shield number, to which PO Ahmed replied, "Who wants to know?" [redacted] then went back into the shop and brought out [redacted] told PO Ahmed that PO Ahmed has been driving his customers away because he keeps giving them summonses for double-parking. PO Ahmed responded by saying, "I don't give a fuck".
When she told PO Ahmed that she had only parked for a minute in order to buy some cigars, he told her, "I don't care if you're the fucking governor or the mayor" and that she was still going to get a summons. [redacted] and [redacted] asked both officers for their names and shield numbers, which both officers ignored. Instead, PO Perez asked them either, "Do you want our fucking address too?" or "Do you want our address too, motherfuckers?" She did not recall exactly which phrasing PO Perez used. At some point, one of the officers called someone a "fat pig". [redacted] was unsure of which officer used the term and to whom it was addressed.
After PO Ahmed finished writing the summons, he placed it on her car and drove off with PO... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: December 30, 2014
Closed: March 3, 2015

Reason for contact: Parking violation
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 43rd Precinct Bronx
Outcome: Parking summons issued

Witness Officers: Javier Perez