Complaint #201600229,
January 6, 2016

Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Female, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Nicoletti, Daniel
Complainant: Black Female, 45
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Nicoletti, Daniel
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Ochoa, Eduardo
Complainant: Black Female, 45
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Ochoa, Eduardo
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Vega, Ernan
Complainant: Black Female, 45
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Vega, Ernan
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Female, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Unknown Officer Black Female, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Officer(s) Unidentified
Nicoletti, Daniel Black Female, 45 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number Unsubstantiated
Nicoletti, Daniel Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Exonerated
Ochoa, Eduardo Black Female, 45 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number Unsubstantiated
Ochoa, Eduardo Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Exonerated
Vega, Ernan Black Female, 45 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number Unsubstantiated
Vega, Ernan Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Exonerated
Unknown Officer Black Female, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number Unsubstantiated

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.
'Officer(s) Unidentified': Unable to identify the officers who committed the alleged misconduct
'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.


Summary

On January 6, 2016, at approximately 8:00 p.m., [redacted] returned to her residence located at [redacted] Floor, in Staten Island. [redacted] called her landlord, [redacted] who told [redacted] that she was on her way to [redacted]'s residence. After talking to [redacted] heard a loud knock on the front door of her apartment. [redacted] then went to the front door to check what happened. While behind the closed front door, [redacted] asked, "Who is it?" [redacted] was informed that it was the police. An officer then asked [redacted] to open the door and explained to her that the officers arrived because they received a 911 call informing them about a burglary involving a firearm in her apartment. [redacted] refused to open her front door and replied that there was no burglary, there was no firearm, and that she did not call 911. [redacted] alleged that an officer asked [redacted] to open her door and to allow the officers to enter so they could conduct an investigation; otherwise, by refusing to let the officers inside of the apartment, [redacted] could be placed under arrest (Allegation A). [redacted] then opened the front door and told the officers that they required a warrant in order to come inside of her apartment. [redacted] alleged that after opening the front door, she then closed it on the officers without allowing any of them inside of her apartment. [redacted] then walked outside of her apartment through the back door in order to ask one of her neighbors if she could use their telephone. When [redacted] returned to her apartment, she saw an officer standing in her backyard. The officer, whom [redacted] refused to describe and the investigation was unable to identify, asked [redacted] if she called 911. [redacted] replied that her neighbor from the second floor, identified via investigation as [redacted] called the police. The officer told [redacted] that the officers needed to go inside of her apartment in order to check her basement. [redacted] then allowed the officers to come inside of her... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: January 6, 2016
Received: January 7, 2016
Closed: April 1, 2016

Reason for contact: Report-gun possession/shots fired
Location: Apartment/house
In NYPD 120th Precinct Staten Island
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Witness Officers: Richard Browne, Sean Dawson