Complaint #201706475,
May 24, 2017

Officer: Abdalla, Ahmed
Complainant: White Male, 32
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory summons
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
NYPD Disposition: Charges and Specifications - Guilty
Officer: Abdalla, Ahmed
Complainant: White Male, 32
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Interference with recording
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
NYPD Disposition: Not Guilty - DCT
Officer: Pachecomcnally, Bernice
Complainant: White Male, 32
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Interference with recording
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Abdalla, Ahmed White Male, 32 Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory summons Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
NYPD Disposition: Charges and Specifications - Guilty
Abdalla, Ahmed White Male, 32 Abuse of Authority: Interference with recording Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
NYPD Disposition: Not Guilty - DCT
Pachecomcnally, Bernice White Male, 32 Abuse of Authority: Interference with recording Substantiated (Command Discipline A)

Conclusion Meanings:

'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.

Further details on conclusions.


Penalties

Pachecomcnally, Bernice
Not Guilty - DCT
No penalty

Abdalla, Ahmed
Vacation: 10 days

Summary

On May 24, 2017, at approximately 9:12 p.m., [redacted] "Patrick" [redacted] exited his apartment building at [redacted] in Manhattan when he noticed an emotionally disturbed individual in police custody being removed from the [redacted] across the street in an ambulance. [redacted] crossed the street and began filming the incident on his phone. PO Ahmed Abdalla of Midtown North Precinct told [redacted] to back away from the scene, and [redacted] walked towards 9th Avenue. [redacted] noticed that the other civilians who were gathered in front of [redacted] were not asked to move, so he returned to the front of [redacted]. PO Abdalla told [redacted] to back away again and pointed his flashlight into the lens of [redacted]'s camera, obscuring the footage (Allegation A). [redacted] complied, walked towards Tenth Avenue, and crossed from the north side to the south side of [redacted] in the middle of the block. Approximately seven minutes later, PO Abdalla allegedly began staring at [redacted] who in turn flipped his middle finger at him. PO Abdalla approached [redacted] pointed his flashlight into the camera again, and asked him for his identification (Allegation A cont'd). PO Bernice Pacheco of Midtown North Precinct also pointed her flashlight into [redacted]'s camera (Allegation B). [redacted] produced his identification, and PO Abdalla wrote him a summons for jaywalking and another summons for disorderly conduct for refusing to disperse (Allegation C). These summonses have been dismissed. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: May 24, 2017
Received: August 8, 2017
Closed: November 22, 2017

Reason for contact: EDP aided case
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD Midtown North Precinct Manhattan
Outcome: Summons - disorderly conduct

Video evidence collected