Complaint #201601077,
January 30, 2016

Summary

On January 30, 2016, at 12:30 a.m., [redacted] called 911 to report that his friend and co-resident at [redacted] was in the basement of that location banging on walls, violent, and needed to take his medication (BR 02). Multiple officers from the 105th Precinct responded to the scene in roughly the following order: Sectors E and F, identified by the investigation as PO Jonathan Venetucci and PO Dennis Jackson; Sectors A and B, identified by the investigation as PO Jacqueline Adelson and PO Joseph Fernandez; Sectors C and D, identified by the investigation as PO Todd Ello and PO Michael Didyk; and Sectors G and H, identified by the investigation as PO Vick Ramjaiwan and PO Pete Hamilton, and Sector I, identified by the investigation as PO Kelly Troiano and PO Annmarie Haines. Two FDNY EMTs, identified by the investigation as [redacted] and [redacted] also responded. [redacted] was forcibly removed to [redacted] for psychiatric evaluation, and an AIDED report was completed for him (BR 03 and BR 04).
IAB obtained video footage from [redacted] in Queens, which they in turn provided to the CCRB on March 16, 2016. There are two video files, both of which are black and white and both of which lack audio. One angle faces towards the rear of [redacted], and captures the northwest side of [redacted], including the entrance to the basement. The second faces southeast on [redacted] towards its intersection with [redacted] and depicts the front yard of the location.
The first video angle (BR 05) depicts [redacted] exit the basement of [redacted] and push an officer, identified by the investigation as PO Ramjaiwan. [redacted] then runs from the side of [redacted] towards its front yard, pursued first by PO Fernandez, then by PO Ramjaiwan, who is in turn followed by a number of other officers. Although this is not clearly discernible on the video footage, PO Fernandez discharged his taser at [redacted] (Allegation A). According to officers, the taser failed to shock [redacted] as the prongs did not penetrate his... Read report for details.