Complaint #201501403,
February 26, 2015

Officer: Padilla, Paul
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)
Officer: Smiarowski, Karol
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)
Officer Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Padilla, Paul Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)
Smiarowski, Karol Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)

Conclusion Meanings:

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

Further details on conclusions.


Penalties

Padilla, Paul
No Disciplinary Action-DUP
No penalty

Smiarowski, Karol
No Disciplinary Action-DUP
No penalty

Summary

On February 26, 2015, at approximately 5:15 a.m., [redacted] was in bed with her boyfriend, [redacted] at her residence at [redacted] when she heard her outside doorbell ring. [redacted] was not expecting anyone over, so she did not answer. Approximately five minutes later, [redacted] heard someone turning the doorknob of her front door back and forth. [redacted] told [redacted] to go see what was happening. [redacted] ran to the door and saw two officers, one of whom had opened the door and stuck a foot through the door (Allegation A). The officers did not enter further and instead closed the door and walked towards the building's exit. [redacted] opened the door and asked the officers, identified by the investigation as PO Paul Padilla and PO Karol Smiarowski, what they were doing. The officers said someone called for an ambulance, which [redacted] said was not true. The officers then went down the hallway and left the building. The officers saw paramedics bringing an individual to the ambulance from [redacted], whose entrance was located around the corner from [redacted]. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: February 26, 2015
Closed: June 3, 2015

Reason for contact: Aided case
Location: Apartment/house
In NYPD 66th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued