Complaint #201508928,
October 12, 2015

Summary

On October 12, 2015 at approximately 9:00 pm, [redacted] the father of [redacted]-old [redacted] came to [redacted] building, [redacted] in the Bronx, to get his son because he disputed that [redacted] maternal grandmother, had custody of him. [redacted] rang the buzzer to [redacted] apartment and [redacted] came downstairs. She told [redacted] that he was not allowed to get [redacted] and [redacted] each called the police and two officers, PO Cameron Foster and PO Salahadine Mitchell of the 44th Precinct, arrived. They spoke to [redacted] who told them that he was [redacted] father and that he was attempting to get his son from [redacted] before they spoke to [redacted].
PO Foster entered the lobby of [redacted] with [redacted] and asked [redacted] where [redacted] was. [redacted] said that he was upstairs and told PO Foster that [redacted] did not have custody of [redacted]. PO Foster told [redacted] "bring him here before we lock you up" and she replied "lock me up, for what?" (Allegation A). [redacted] released [redacted] to PO Foster, who gave him to [redacted]. [redacted] asked PO Foster for his name and shield number (Allegation B). PO Foster said "what do you need it for" and told her that if she did not go back upstairs he would "lock her up" (Allegation C). [redacted] did not provide documentation to the officers evidencing her claim that she had custody of [redacted]. PO Foster told [redacted] that she would have to adjudicate the issue in family court and then went to his car with PO Mitchell to write a report. Read report for details.