Complaint #201504831,
June 14, 2015

Officer: Slavin, James
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 18
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Slavin, James
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 18
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Stop
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Officer: Slavin, James
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 18
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Officer: Slavin, James
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 18
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Slavin, James Hispanic Male, 18 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Unsubstantiated
Slavin, James Hispanic Male, 18 Abuse of Authority: Stop Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Slavin, James Hispanic Male, 18 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Slavin, James Hispanic Male, 18 Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) 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

Slavin, James
Formalized Training

Summary

On June 14, 2015, during the last Puerto Rican Day Parade, [redacted] attended the parade with several family and friends: [redacted], [redacted] (last name unknown), [redacted] (last name unknown), his aunt, [redacted], his uncle, [redacted] and [redacted] parents. The party remained at the intersection of West 53rd Street and Fifth Avenue.
Around 5:00PM, [redacted] noticed Sgt. James Slavin of the 18th Precinct staring straight at him from a few feet in front of him. When [redacted], who had become anxious, tried to leave the sergeant's sight, PO Russell Kastin on the 18th Precinct approached [redacted] and told him his sergeant would like to speak with him.
[redacted] obeyed and walked toward Sgt. Slavin. As he did so, Sgt. Slavin moved toward him, lifted him up by his shirt, and placed him against a wall (Allegation A). Sgt. Slavin then frisked [redacted]'s entire body (Allegation B). He then slipped a hand inside [redacted]'s waistband (Allegation C).
After finding nothing on [redacted], Sgt. Slavin asked him for his ID. [redacted] took out his wallet and provided Sgt. Slavin with his identification. [redacted] asked Sgt. Slavin what he had done, to which the sergeant responded by pointing to his uniform, which read "Counter-Terrorism". He accused [redacted] of "performing terrorist acts" and told him, "I arrested a lot of people today; don't be one of them" (Allegation D). After recording [redacted]'s pedigree information, Sgt. Slavin released [redacted] at the scene. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: June 14, 2015
Received: June 15, 2015
Closed: December 15, 2015

Reason for contact: PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - street
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD Midtown North Precinct Manhattan
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Witness Officers: Russell Kastin
Video evidence collected