Complaint #201703447,
May 2, 2017

Summary

On May 2, 2017, at approximately 10:20 p.m., PO James Lindquist, PO Edgar Rivera, PO Gina Mestre, and PO Brian Van Duzer of the 52nd Precinct stopped [redacted]'s vehicle on the corner of Grand Concourse and East 198th Street in the Bronx, for a defective third brake-light located on the rear of [redacted]'s vehicle. [redacted] took out his cell phone recorded the incident. An unidentified officer told [redacted] to "shut the fuck up" (Allegation A). PO Lindquist asked [redacted] to provide his license and registration. [redacted] provided his license and registration to PO Lindquist which were then given to PO Mestre. PO Mestre and PO Van Duzer entered into the police vehicle while PO Lindquist and PO Rivera remained standing by [redacted]'s vehicle. As [redacted] was recording, PO Rivera allegedly told him that he would look "stupid and scared on camera" (Allegation B). [redacted] asked PO Rivera to provide his name and PO Rivera did not provide it (Allegation C).
A few minutes later, PO Mestre exited the police vehicle, approached the driver's side window of [redacted]'s vehicle, and handed [redacted] his license, registration and a folded summons inserted within [redacted]'s documents. [redacted] took the documents, without realizing he had been issued a summons, and threw them onto the front passenger's seat. He then drove off from the location. A few minutes later, [redacted] realized that he had been issued summons #[redacted] for [redacted]. On the yellow copy of the summons given to [redacted] was a hand drawn image of a phallus (Board Review 01) (Allegation D). Read report for details.