Complaint #201605771,
May 30, 2016

Officer: Hwang, Alexander
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Officer Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Hwang, Alexander Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Substantiated (Formalized Training)

Conclusion Meanings:

'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.

Further details on conclusions.


Penalty

Hwang, Alexander
No Disciplinary Action-DUP
No penalty

Summary

On May 30, 2016, at approximately 11:00 a.m., [redacted] was inside of her home, located at [redacted], when she heard a knock at her door. [redacted] looked through the peep hole of her front door and saw that there were multiple uniformed police officers, [redacted] believed that there were three officers initially. [redacted] stated that they were all black males, but could not provide any additional descriptions of the officers. Neither [redacted] nor the officers said anything, but [redacted] saw that the officers were attempting to turn her door knob. [redacted] did not say anything and immediately ran into her bathroom and locked the door. [redacted] s bathroom is very small, so she also placed a wooden board between the wall and the bathroom door in order to prevent the door from opening.
The officers then entered her apartment and drilled a hole through the lock of the door, and looked inside and saw the wooden board obstructing the door (Allegation A). The officers then proceeded to cut the bathroom door in half. [redacted] saw that there were four or five officers that handcuffed her and then removed her from her home into an ambulance.
[redacted] was taken to [redacted]
This case exceeded the 90-day benchmark due to issues in officer identification. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: May 30, 2016
Received: July 5, 2016
Closed: January 18, 2017

Reason for contact: EDP aided case
Location: Apartment/house
In NYPD 30th Precinct Manhattan
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Witness Officers: Miguele Amoresano, Gertrude Escobar, Theodore Federoff, Garfield Mead, Christine Winter
Video evidence collected