Complaint #201507105,
August 20, 2015

Officer: Davis, Christopher
Complainant: Black Male, 44
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Davis, Christopher
Complainant: Black Male, 44
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Leo, Brian
Complainant: Black Male, 44
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Poidomani, Chad
Complainant: Black Male, 44
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Davis, Christopher
Complainant: Black Male, 44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical)
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Davis, Christopher
Complainant: Female, 47
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Davis, Christopher
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Davis, Christopher
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Mattioli, Steven
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Mattioli, Steven
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Davis, Christopher Black Male, 44 Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated
Davis, Christopher Black Male, 44 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Leo, Brian Black Male, 44 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Poidomani, Chad Black Male, 44 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Davis, Christopher Black Male, 44 Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical) Unsubstantiated
Davis, Christopher Female, 47 Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) Unsubstantiated
Davis, Christopher Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Unsubstantiated
Davis, Christopher Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Unsubstantiated
Mattioli, Steven Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Unsubstantiated
Mattioli, Steven Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Substantiated (Formalized Training)

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.
'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

Mattioli, Steven
Formalized Training

Summary

On August 20, 2015, around 11:00 p.m., [redacted] engaged in a domestic dispute with his daughter, [redacted] inside of his apartment located at [redacted] in the Bronx. [redacted] s girlfriend, [redacted] was also inside of the apartment when this happened. [redacted] called 911, claimed that [redacted] had just assaulted her with a gun, and asked for officers to come to help her get her belongings and her son out of the apartment (Board Review 18, Board Review 19, Board Review 20). PO Mateusz Sajduk and PO Chad Poidomani, Sgt. Christopher Davis and Det. Brian Leo, all of the 48th Precinct, responded to the location first. Sgt. Davis entered the apartment with [redacted] and she was able to gather some of her belongings (Allegation A). When Sgt. Davis was leaving his apartment, he then allegedly told [redacted] "Shut the fuck up" and "I don't give a fuck" (Allegation B). All of the officers left the location. When PO Sajduk and PO Poidomani were sitting in their police car, they looked at their department issued cell phone and saw that [redacted] had an I-Card. PO Sajduk called Lt. Mattioli to inform them of the situation and Lt. Mattioli instructed them to go back to the location and arrest [redacted] Lt. Mattioli then called Sgt. Davis to go back to the scene to supervise the arrest and the scene until he got there. PO Sajduk and PO Poidomani returned to [redacted] s apartment and placed him in handcuffs. An officer then allegedly put his foot in [redacted] s apartment door which prevented [redacted] from closing the door (Allegations G and H). [redacted] did not want to leave the location until the door of his apartment was shut. Sgt. Davis allegedly said "Get this ass out of here" (within Allegation B). [redacted] began resisting Sgt. Davis, Det. Leo and PO Poidomani, who were trying to take him out of the building, and they used force to overcome his resistance (Allegations C, D and E). During this, Sgt. Davis allegedly threatened to pepper spray [redacted] (Allegation F). [redacted] was removed from the... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: August 20, 2015
Received: August 24, 2015
Closed: February 10, 2016

Reason for contact: Report-domestic dispute
Location: Apartment/house
In NYPD 48th Precinct Bronx
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: Vincent Figueroa, Mateusz Sajduk, Edward Taveras