Complaint #201601489,
February 22, 2016

Officer: Honstetter, Sean
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 29
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
CCRB Board Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Lafortune, Steve
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 29
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle stop
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Lafortune, Steve
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 29
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Lafortune, Steve
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 29
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Other
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
CCRB Board Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Lafortune, Steve
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 29
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Lafortune, Steve
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 29
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Lafortune, Steve
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 29
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Lafortune, Steve
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 29
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Other
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Lafortune, Steve
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 30
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Other
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
CCRB Board Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Board Conclusion
Honstetter, Sean Hispanic Male, 29 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Unsubstantiated
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
Lafortune, Steve Hispanic Male, 29 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle stop Unsubstantiated
Lafortune, Steve Hispanic Male, 29 Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated
Lafortune, Steve Hispanic Male, 29 Abuse of Authority: Other Unsubstantiated
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
Lafortune, Steve Hispanic Male, 29 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Lafortune, Steve Hispanic Male, 29 Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) Unsubstantiated
Lafortune, Steve Hispanic Male, 29 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Unsubstantiated
Lafortune, Steve Hispanic Male, 29 Abuse of Authority: Other Unsubstantiated
Lafortune, Steve Hispanic Male, 30 Abuse of Authority: Other Unsubstantiated
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated

Conclusion Meanings:

'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

Lafortune, Steve
Formalized Training

Summary

On February 22, 2016, at approximately 9:20 p.m., on Cooper Street between Irving Avenue and Knickerbocker Avenue in Brooklyn, [redacted] and [redacted] interacted with officers from Narcotics Borough Brooklyn North. Det. Steve LaFortune stopped the vehicle occupied by [redacted] and [redacted] (Allegation A), interfered with [redacted]'s ability to record the incident (Allegation B), spoke discourteously to [redacted] (Allegation C), and frisked and searched [redacted] (Allegations D and E). Det. LaFortune searched the vehicle occupied by [redacted] and [redacted] (Allegation F), and detained [redacted] and [redacted] (Allegations G and H). Sgt. Sean Honstetter searched the vehicle occupied by [redacted] and [redacted] (Allegation I). Read report for details.


Details

Incident: February 22, 2016
Received: February 24, 2016
Closed: July 26, 2016

Reason for contact: Moving violation
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 83rd Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Witness Officers: Jamar Goddard, Joseph Kosek