Complaint #201705878,
June 1, 2017

Officer: Clarke, Leonard
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Clarke, Leonard
Complainant: Black Male, 19
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Property damaged
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Clarke, Leonard
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat to notify ACS
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Clarke, Leonard
Complainant: Black Female, 36
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Rodriguez, Jose
Complainant: Black Female, 36
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to show search warrant
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Oneill, Kellan
Complainant: Black Female, 36
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Property damaged
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Clarke, Leonard
Complainant: Black Male, 39
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Soler, Shawn
Complainant: Black Male, 19
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Property damaged
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Clarke, Leonard Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Exonerated
Clarke, Leonard Black Male, 19 Abuse of Authority: Property damaged Unsubstantiated
Clarke, Leonard Abuse of Authority: Threat to notify ACS Exonerated
Clarke, Leonard Black Female, 36 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Exonerated
Rodriguez, Jose Black Female, 36 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to show search warrant Unfounded
Oneill, Kellan Black Female, 36 Abuse of Authority: Property damaged Unsubstantiated
Clarke, Leonard Black Male, 39 Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated
Soler, Shawn Black Male, 19 Abuse of Authority: Property damaged Unsubstantiated

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.
'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 1, 2017, at approximately 6:00 a.m., a nine-person NYPD Emergency Services Unit (ESU) team and a six-person Patrol Borough Brooklyn North Field Intelligence Operations (FIO) team executed a no-knock search warrant requested by Police Officer Leonard Clarke at [redacted] in Brooklyn (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] ESU officers handcuffed [redacted] and [redacted] and her infant daughter were not handcuffed. ESU Detective Shawn Soler cracked the wood at the base of s [redacted] bedroom door and put holes in the wall behind the door (Allegation B: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] Brooklyn North FIO officers brought everyone into the living room as the search, supervised by Sergeant Jose Rodriguez, was conducted. [redacted] asked Sgt. Rodriguez to see a search warrant and he refused to show her a search warrant (Allegation C: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] Police Officer Kellan O'Neill and PO Clarke broke the tracks inside s [redacted] dresser (Allegations D and E: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] A gun was found in the backyard behind the apartment that officers alleged [redacted] threw out of his window and [redacted] and [redacted] were arrested and both charged with criminal possession of a firearm. PO Clarke threatened to arrest [redacted] and [redacted] and to notify the NYC Administration for Children's Services (ACS) that they kept an infant and firearm in the same house (Allegations F and G: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] PO Clarke picked up a bag of white powder on the kitchen table and asked what it was. [redacted] told PO Clarke it was baking soda and PO Clarke said, "Fuck it, if it's cocaine, we'll just put it on [redacted] (Allegation H: Discourtesy, [redacted] Read report for details.


Details

Incident: June 1, 2017
Received: July 19, 2017
Closed: February 1, 2018

Reason for contact: Execution of arrest/bench warrant
Location: Apartment/house
In NYPD 90th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: Gerard Fenton, Lawrence Hotaling