Complaint #201505886,
July 17, 2015

Summary

On July 17, 2015, at approximately 8 a.m. PO Natasha Purrier and PO Petlyn Job of the 84th Precinct responded to a dispute between food cart vendors at 340 Jay Street in Brooklyn. Upon the officers' arrival, they spoke with food cart vendor [redacted] told the officers that his boss may have called 911 because another food cart was illegally operating in the same area and that his food cart had a court order allowing him to operate in the area. PO Purrier requested [redacted]s identifications and court order, but [redacted] was unable to provide the requested information at the time of the request. PO Purrier informed [redacted] that if he did not produce the requested documentation, then he would have to leave the location and he could be arrested for disobeying a lawful order to leave. [redacted] questioned PO Purrier on the reason why she would arrest him and PO Purrier allegedly told [redacted] "Get the fuck out of here with this bullshit" (Allegation A). A verbal altercation ensued between PO Purrier and [redacted] which led PO Purrier to request additional units to the scene. Shortly thereafter, Sgt. Melissa Charles and PO David Torres, who was the sergeant's operator, of the 84th Precinct responded to the incident location. [redacted] eventually provided his identifications to Sgt. Charles, who then gave [redacted]s identifications to PO Purrier and directed PO Purrier to summons [redacted] for food cart violations. PO Purrier did not have any summonses in her possession at the time of the incident, so she photographed [redacted]s identifications with her personal cell phone and left the incident location to obtain summonses from the 84th Precinct stationhouse (Allegation B). When PO Purrier returned to the incident location, she summonsed [redacted] for failure to wear a food vendor license, failure to display a vendor permit, uncovered food, and disorderly conduct for refusal to disperse (see Board Review 01). Sgt. Charles did not direct PO Purrier to issue a disorderly conduct summons [redacted]... Read report for details.