Complaint #201705464,
June 29, 2017

Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Female, 40-44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Property damaged
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Taveras, Alexander
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Martinez, Luis
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 14
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Marks, Philip
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 19
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to show search warrant
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 18-20
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Marks, Philip
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 19
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Taveras, Alexander
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Taveras, Alexander
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Martinez, Luis
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 16
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Martinez, Luis
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 19
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 18-20
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 18-20
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to show search warrant
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 18-20
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Seizure of property
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Unknown Officer Female, 40-44 Abuse of Authority: Property damaged Officer(s) Unidentified
Taveras, Alexander Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Exonerated
Martinez, Luis Hispanic Male, 14 Force: Physical force Unsubstantiated
Marks, Philip Hispanic Male, 19 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to show search warrant Unfounded
Unknown Officer Hispanic Male, 18-20 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number Unfounded
Marks, Philip Hispanic Male, 19 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number Unfounded
Taveras, Alexander Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Exonerated
Taveras, Alexander Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Exonerated
Martinez, Luis Hispanic Male, 16 Discourtesy: Word Unfounded
Martinez, Luis Hispanic Male, 19 Discourtesy: Word Unfounded
Unknown Officer Hispanic Male, 18-20 Force: Physical force Unfounded
Unknown Officer Hispanic Male, 18-20 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to show search warrant Unfounded
Unknown Officer Hispanic Male, 18-20 Abuse of Authority: Seizure of property Officer(s) Unidentified

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.
'Officer(s) Unidentified': Unable to identify the officers who committed the alleged misconduct
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'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.


Summary

On June 29, 2017, at 6:50 p.m., Det. Alexander Taveras, Det. Luis Martinez, Lt. Philip Marks and other members of their team from Narcotics Borough Queens South entered and searched [redacted] s apartment, basement, and apartment at [redacted] in Queens pursuant to a Queens County Search Warrant [redacted] obtained by Det. Taveras (Allegations A, B, and C: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] 1). An unidentified officer allegedly pushed [redacted] to the floor, while Det. Martinez allegedly pushed [redacted] (Allegations D and E: Force, [redacted] 1). Lt. Marks allegedly failed to show the search warrant to [redacted] and Det. Martinez allegedly told [redacted] and [redacted] "Both of you shut the fuck up," when they were allegedly asking for the search warrant (Allegation F: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] 1; Allegations G and H: Discourtesy, [redacted] 1). Lt. Marks and an unidentified officer allegedly refused to provide their names to [redacted] (Allegations I and J: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] 1). During the incident, unidentified officers allegedly made holes in interior doors of apartment and the basement, took the basement door of the hinges, broke a bedframe in apartment, made holes in the walls inside apartment and and seized [redacted] s keys to apartment (Allegations K and L: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). At the time of the incident, Det. Taveras held the rank of a police officer. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: June 29, 2017
Received: July 5, 2017
Closed: April 4, 2018

Reason for contact: Execution of search warrant
Location: Apartment/house
In NYPD 113th Precinct Queens
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: Steven Acevedo, George Bodenmiller, Terence Curran, Ramon Garcia, Ehtasham Khan, Nicholas Turco, Michael Yu