Complaint #201703122,
April 22, 2017

Officer: Sukhnandan, Jerry
Complainant: Black Male, 16
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Sukhnandan, Jerry
Complainant: Black Male, 16
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Stop
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Sukhnandan, Jerry
Complainant: Black Male, 16
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Question
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Farley, Christina
Complainant: Black Male, 16
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Marquez, Johnny
Complainant: Black Male, 16
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Sukhnandan, Jerry
Complainant: Black Male, 16
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Sukhnandan, Jerry Black Male, 16 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Sukhnandan, Jerry Black Male, 16 Abuse of Authority: Stop Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Sukhnandan, Jerry Black Male, 16 Abuse of Authority: Question Unsubstantiated
Farley, Christina Black Male, 16 Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) Unsubstantiated
Marquez, Johnny Black Male, 16 Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) Unsubstantiated
Sukhnandan, Jerry Black Male, 16 Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) 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

Sukhnandan, Jerry
Command Discipline - A

Summary

On April 22, 2017, at 12:07 p.m., [redacted] was stopped by Sgt. Jerry Sukhnandan of the 70th Precinct in vicinity of 181 Woodruff Avenue in Brooklyn (Allegation A). Sgt. Sukhnandan was not headed to a specific assignment and was patrolling the area together with his partners PO Johnny Marquez and PO Christina Farley of the same command. [redacted] was frisked and allegedly searched by Sgt. Sukhnnadan (Allegations B and C). Sgt. Sukhnandan allegedly asked [redacted] if he had any narcotics on him, and both PO Marquez and PO Farley allegedly searched him as well (Allegations D, E and F). Sgt. Sukhnandan allegedly offered a card with his information to [redacted] but he refused and left. Sometime later, Sgt. Sukhnandan and his partners were stopped by [redacted] to whom [redacted] related that he had just been stopped, while driving on Ocean Avenue between Parkside and Woodruff Avenue. [redacted] inquired why [redacted] had been stopped, and one of the officers allegedly responded because [redacted] looked suspicious. After that, the officers left since they were responding to another assignment. Later during the day, Sgt. Sukhnandan prepared a stop, question, and frisk report in regards to the incident. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: April 22, 2017
Closed: September 19, 2017

Reason for contact: PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - street
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 70th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Video evidence collected