Complaint #201505101,
June 11, 2015

Officer: Myers, Robert
Complainant: White Female, 46
Allegation: Force: Other
CCRB Conclusion: Miscellaneous - Subject Retired
Officer: Myers, Robert
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Miscellaneous - Subject Retired
Officer: Francisco, Frank
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Myers, Robert
Complainant: White Female, 46
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat to damage/seize property
CCRB Conclusion: Miscellaneous - Subject Retired
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Myers, Robert White Female, 46 Force: Other Miscellaneous - Subject Retired
Myers, Robert Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Miscellaneous - Subject Retired
Francisco, Frank Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Myers, Robert White Female, 46 Abuse of Authority: Threat to damage/seize property Miscellaneous - Subject Retired

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.


Penalty

Francisco, Frank
Formalized Training

Summary

On June 11, 2015, at approximately 8:40 p.m., [redacted] was inside her apartment, located at [redacted] in Staten Island, when she heard knocks on her front door. [redacted] approached the door and allegedly heard an officer, identified via investigation as Det. Robert Myers from the 1st Precinct Detective Squad, instruct her to open the door and threaten to forcibly open it if she refused (Allegation A). The officers were not in possession of an active warrant for [redacted] opened the door and was informed by Det. Myers and his partner, Det. Frank Francisco, also from the 1st Precinct Detective Squad, that she was to be arrested for [redacted]. [redacted] refused to be arrested by the officers, at which point Det. Francisco allegedly placed his foot inside the doorway of the apartment, thus keeping her from completely closing the door. Det. Myers then allegedly pushed the door open, entered the apartment, grabbed [redacted] and pushed her onto a nearby couch, where the officers placed her in handcuffs (Allegations B and C). On the couch, Det. Myers allegedly placed his knee against [redacted]s back, restricting her breathing (Allegation D). The officers eventually handcuffed [redacted] escorted her out of the building, and transported her to the 1st Precinct stationhouse. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: June 11, 2015
Received: June 23, 2015
Closed: September 30, 2015

Reason for contact: Other
Location: Residential building
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime