Complaint #201601215,
February 16, 2016

Officer: Trione, Daniel
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Napolitano, Thomas
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Narayan, Ravi
Complainant: Black Female, 27
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Other
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Trione, Daniel
Complainant: Black Male
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Napolitano, Thomas
Complainant: Male, 28
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Trione, Daniel
Complainant: Black Male, 26
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Narayan, Ravi
Complainant: Black Female, 27
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Narayan, Ravi
Complainant: Black Male
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Narayan, Ravi
Complainant: Black Female, 18
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Narayan, Ravi
Complainant: Black Male, 26
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Narayan, Ravi
Complainant: Male, 28
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Corso, Bernard
Complainant: Black Female, 27
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to show arrest warrant
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Trione, Daniel Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Exonerated
Napolitano, Thomas Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Exonerated
Narayan, Ravi Black Female, 27 Abuse of Authority: Other Unsubstantiated
Trione, Daniel Black Male Abuse of Authority: Frisk Exonerated
Napolitano, Thomas Male, 28 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Exonerated
Trione, Daniel Black Male, 26 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Exonerated
Narayan, Ravi Black Female, 27 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Unsubstantiated
Narayan, Ravi Black Male Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Unsubstantiated
Narayan, Ravi Black Female, 18 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Unsubstantiated
Narayan, Ravi Black Male, 26 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Unsubstantiated
Narayan, Ravi Male, 28 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Unsubstantiated
Corso, Bernard Black Female, 27 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to show arrest warrant 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.
'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

At approximately 9:30 p.m. on February 16, 2016, [redacted] had just finished doing laundry and returned to her apartment on the [redacted] in Brooklyn. With her in her room at the time were her half-brother [redacted], [redacted]'s cousin [redacted], [redacted]'s god-daughter [redacted] and [redacted]'s cousin [redacted]. As the groups was rolling marijuana to smoke, officers identified as Detective Thomas Napolitano and Police officer Daniel Trione of the Brooklyn North Warrants Squad knocked on the door. Also with them were the other members of the Warrants Squad, including Detective Ravi Narayan, Sgt. Julio Roman, Police Officer Police Officer Bernard Corso, Police Officer Stephen Hughes, Detective Herold Alexis, and Police Officer Jonathan Bulzomi.
[redacted] opened the door and allegedly demanded to see a warrant. No officer ever allegedly ever presented any warrant (Allegation A). After a few minutes of conversation, Det. Napolitano and PO Trione allegedly pushed the door fully open and entered the apartment, with the others following in behind them (Allegations B and C). Det. Napolitano immediately frisked [redacted] (Allegation D) while PO Trione frisked [redacted] (Allegation E). At some point thereafter, PO Trione and PO Hughes went to a back room in the apartment and discovered that [redacted] was also in the apartment. As such, PO Trione frisked [redacted] (Allegation F).
Thereafter, all of the civilians provided their identification or verbally identified themselves upon request. Additionally, [redacted] was reportedly filming and photographing the officers with her cell phone, prompting Det. Narayan to tell her that if she did not delete all the photos and videos on her phone, he would arrest all of them for marijuana (Allegations G, H, I, J, K, L, and M). Although [redacted] reportedly initially refused to do so, Det. Narayan allegedly stated that if she did not comply, the officers would not leave. [redacted] reportedly then complied, at which point the officers departed without issuing any... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: February 16, 2016
Received: February 19, 2016
Closed: August 29, 2016

Reason for contact: Report-dispute
Location: Apartment/house
In NYPD 75th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: Herold Alexis, Jonathan Bulzomi, Stephen Hughes, Julio Roman
Video evidence collected