Complaint #201704488,
June 2, 2017

Summary

On June 2, 2017, at approximately 10:30 p.m., [redacted] went to the 20th Precinct stationhouse, in Manhattan. She was there to follow up on a complaint that she had filed about being harassed by her neighbors. [redacted] had been filing numerous complaints against her neighbors, who she believed had been conspiring together to harass her. She had filed complaints about her neighbors knocking on her door and kicking it, damaging it in the process. Earlier that day, she had called 911 to file another complaint about her neighbors kicking her door, and PO Ronnie Fernandez, of the 20th Precinct, had responded. He had refused to make a report about it, saying that they already had reports on file. [redacted] objected to this, and decided to go to the 20th Precinct to get him to file a report about it.
At the stationhouse, [redacted] spoke with Sgt. Charles Zwilling, of the 20th Precinct. Eventually PO Fernandez came to the stationhouse. They would not listen to her complaints about her neighbors, and did not seem to care that she wanted to file a report. Both officers refused to speak with her, and she waited in the lobby of the stationhouse without speaking with anyone. After approximately 30 minutes, PO Fernandez approached [redacted] and told her to place her hands behind her back. He placed [redacted] in handcuffs without explaining why. An ambulance arrived at the stationhouse, and [redacted] was taken to a psychiatric hospital (Allegations A and B). She was released two days later, after being diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Read report for details.