Complaint #201503961,
May 12, 2015

Officer: Reiff, Christopher
Complainant: Black Male, 30
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Reiff, Christopher
Complainant: Black Male, 30
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
CCRB Board Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Board Conclusion
Reiff, Christopher Black Male, 30 Discourtesy: Word Unfounded
Reiff, Christopher Black Male, 30 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Unsubstantiated
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated

Conclusion Meanings:

'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'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 12, 2015, at approximately 8:10 p.m., [redacted] entered the Belt Parkway at Merrick Boulevard in Queens and travelled westbound down the highway. [redacted] was driving a two door, champagne-grey 2002 Nissan Maxima. [redacted] s friend [redacted] was seated in the passenger's seat of the vehicle. A marked police vehicle drove behind [redacted] and activated its turret lights and sirens. Once [redacted] pulled over, PO Christopher Reiff, PO Javier Solis, and PO Steve Cruz from the 69th Precinct, exited the police vehicle. PO Reiff approached [redacted] Is driver's side window which was rolled down and requested his license and registration. [redacted] asked PO Reiff why he had been pulled over and PO Reiff allegedly said, "Shut the fuck up and give me your fucking license" (Allegation A). [redacted] and PO Reiff argued for approximately five minutes regarding the circumstances of the vehicle stop. At one point during the argument PO Reiff thought that [redacted] might be filming. PO Reiff then allegedly stuck his head inside [redacted] Is driver side window in order to observe whether or not [redacted] was actually filming the encounter (Allegation B). [redacted] ultimately received two summonses for tinted windows and a cracked windshield. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: May 12, 2015
Received: May 18, 2015
Closed: September 4, 2015

Reason for contact: Moving violation
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 69th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: Moving violation summons issued

Witness Officers: Steve Cruz, Javier Solis