Complaint #201701257,
February 11, 2017

Officer: Baror, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 38
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Officer: Baror, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 38
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Stop
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Officer: Baror, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 38
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Baror, Michael Black Male, 38 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Baror, Michael Black Male, 38 Abuse of Authority: Stop Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Baror, Michael Black Male, 38 Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated

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

Baror, Michael
Command Discipline - A

Summary

On February 11, 2017 at 7:37 a.m., [redacted] swiped his metro card through the turnstiles at the Crown Heights-Utica Avenue subway station in Brooklyn and walked down two flights of stairs to the Manhattan-bound platform. PO Michael Baror and PO Corey Hughes, both of Transit District 32, approached [redacted] PO Baror asked [redacted] for his ID and told him he was being stopped because he matched a description of someone who jumped the turnstiles (Allegation A). [redacted] initially refused to provide his ID. PO Baror threatened to arrest [redacted] for refusing to provide his ID (Allegation B). [redacted] then provided his ID and metro card to PO Baror. [redacted] stated that his brother, Jean [redacted] was a Sergeant with the NYPD; to which PO Baror allegedly responded, "I don't give a shit" (Allegation C). PO Baror handcuffed [redacted] and the officers walked [redacted] to the token booth, where they checked his metro card, found that it had been swiped, and removed the handcuffs. [redacted] left the location without being arrested or summonsed. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: February 11, 2017
Received: February 16, 2017
Closed: August 31, 2017

Reason for contact: PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - subway
Location: Subway station/train
In NYPD 77th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Witness Officers: Corey Hughes
Video evidence collected