Complaint #201700839,
January 31, 2017

Officer: Terrillion, Timothy
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 36
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Reilly, Patrick
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 36
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
NYPD Disposition: Command Discipline - A
Officer: Terrillion, Timothy
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 36
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Officer: Reilly, Patrick
Complainant: Hispanic Female, 13
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Interference with recording
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Unsubstantiated
CCRB Board Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
NYPD Disposition: No Disciplinary Action-DUP
Officer: Terrillion, Timothy
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 36
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Board Conclusion
Terrillion, Timothy Hispanic Male, 36 Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) Unsubstantiated
Reilly, Patrick Hispanic Male, 36 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
NYPD Disposition: Command Discipline - A
Terrillion, Timothy Hispanic Male, 36 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Reilly, Patrick Hispanic Female, 13 Abuse of Authority: Interference with recording Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Unsubstantiated
NYPD Disposition: No Disciplinary Action-DUP
Terrillion, Timothy Hispanic Male, 36 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Exonerated

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.
'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.


Penalties

Terrillion, Timothy
Command Discipline - A

Reilly, Patrick
Command Discipline - A

Summary

On January 31, 2017, at approximately 9:30 p.m., [redacted] was driving southbound on Beach 94 Street at Rockaway Freeway in Queens with his [redacted]-year-old daughter, [redacted] when he was pulled over by three officers, identified by the investigation at PO Timothy Terrillion, PO Patrick Reilly, and Sgt. Anthony Guadagno of the 100 Precinct, for a broken license plate light.
After running [redacted]'s license and registration information, PO Terrillion asked [redacted] to step out of his car. [redacted] refused to get out of the car and asked PO Terrillion why he was being asked to do so. [redacted] then instructed [redacted] to start filming the incident with her cell phone, which she did. PO Terrillion told [redacted] that if he did not get out of the car, he could arrest [redacted] (Allegation A).
PO Terrillion then allegedly opened [redacted]'s car door and pulled [redacted] out of the car. PO Terrillion patted [redacted] down (Allegation B) and allegedly searched inside [redacted]'s jacket pockets, pants pockets, waistband, genital area, and socks (Allegation C).
Meanwhile, PO Reilly asked [redacted] to get out of the front passenger seat of the car. As [redacted] was getting out of the car, PO Reilly allegedly pushed the cell phone that she was using to record the incident out of her hand, so that it fell onto the car floor and stopped recording (Allegation D). The phone sustained no damage.
PO Reilly then searched [redacted]'s car (Allegation E).
PO Terrillion issued [redacted] a summons for a [redacted] (BR 01). No other summonses were issued and no arrests resulted from this incident. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: January 31, 2017
Received: February 1, 2017
Closed: July 28, 2017

Reason for contact: Other violation of VTL
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 100th Precinct Queens
Outcome: Other VTL violation summons issued

Witness Officers: Anthony Guadagno
Video evidence collected