Complaint #201503878,
May 6, 2015

Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 35-39
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 60-64
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Unknown Officer
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Property damaged
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Mccormack, Christopher
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 37
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Strip-searched
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
CCRB Board Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Mccormack, Christopher
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 37
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical)
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Henning, Christopher
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Mccormack, Christopher
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 40-44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Strip-searched
CCRB Conclusion: Alleged Victim Unavailable
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Board Conclusion
Unknown Officer Hispanic Male, 35-39 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Officer(s) Unidentified
Unknown Officer Hispanic Male, 60-64 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Officer(s) Unidentified
Unknown Officer Abuse of Authority: Property damaged Officer(s) Unidentified
Mccormack, Christopher Hispanic Male, 37 Abuse of Authority: Strip-searched Unsubstantiated
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
Mccormack, Christopher Hispanic Male, 37 Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical) Unsubstantiated
Henning, Christopher Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Exonerated
Mccormack, Christopher Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Exonerated
Unknown Officer Hispanic Male, 40-44 Abuse of Authority: Strip-searched Alleged Victim Unavailable

Conclusion Meanings:

'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - The conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
'Officer(s) Unidentified': Unable to identify the officers who committed the alleged misconduct
'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 6, 2015, at approximately 3 p.m., a team of officers from Narcotics Borough Bronx supervised by Inspector Christopher McCormack entered and searched [redacted] apartment, located at [redacted] in the Bronx (Allegation A), pursuant to a valid search warrant. Simultaneously, a team of officers also from Narcotics Borough Bronx supervised by Captain Christopher Henning entered and searched [redacted] in the Bronx (Allegation B), pursuant to a valid search warrant. [redacted] learned of the execution of this second search warrant after speaking to his neighbor who resides at that location, identified by the investigation as [redacted].
Inside of [redacted], Insp. McCormack, Lt. Ronald Bolte, Det. Allen Selegean, and Det. James Flynn escorted [redacted] from the living room of his apartment to his bedroom. Insp. McCormack allegedly authorized a strip search of [redacted] in this rear bedroom (Allegation C). Insp. McCormack allegedly told [redacted] "You got a smart mouth. I'll knock you out so you won't wake up until next week." (Allegation D) Unidentified officers also allegedly strip searched [redacted] (Allegation E).
[redacted] father, [redacted] arrived at [redacted] while officers were still executing the search warrant. As [redacted] approached [redacted], he saw three unidentified officers searching a blue Audi that is registered to [redacted] mother, [redacted] who was not present at the time of this incident (Allegation F), and allegedly damaged it (Allegation G). When [redacted] demanded to know if they had a search warrant for the vehicle, an unidentified officer told him, "Mind your business or I'll arrest you" (Allegation H).
Insp. McCormack did not document the strip search of [redacted] (Allegation I). Four officers involved in this incident, Lt. Bolte (Allegation J), PO Accomando (Allegation K), PO Romero (Allegation L), and Det. Selegean (Allegation M) did not prepare memo book entries as required.
[redacted] was released with a summons for [redacted] issued by the team's arresting... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: May 6, 2015
Received: May 15, 2015
Closed: January 14, 2016

Reason for contact: PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - bldg
Location: Apartment/house
In NYPD 46th Precinct Bronx
Outcome: Summons - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: Thomas Accomando, Franklin Bohr, Ronald Bolte, Thomas Demkiw, James Flynn, Simon Laine, Scott Lieneck, Josue Marcelin, Michael Mccarthy, Jeremy Mcgee, Bahir Mustafa, Francisco Perez, Anthony Romero, Allen Selegean