Complaint #201707608,
September 13, 2017

Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Male, 21-24
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Uske, John
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Cheesewright, David
Complainant: Black Female, 79
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to show search warrant
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Uske, John
Complainant: Black Female, 79
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Property damaged
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Cheesewright, David
Complainant: Black Male, 22
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Clarke, Leonard
Complainant: Black Male, 24
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to show search warrant
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Uske, John
Complainant: Black Female, 23
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Other
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)
Officer: Uske, John
Complainant: Black Male, 24
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to show arrest warrant
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Clarke, Leonard
Complainant: Black Female, 23
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Cheesewright, David
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat to notify ACS
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Cheesewright, David
Complainant: Black Female, 23
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Clarke, Leonard
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat to notify ACS
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Unknown Officer Black Male, 21-24 Force: Physical force Officer(s) Unidentified
Unknown Officer Black Female, 21-24 Discourtesy: Word Officer(s) Unidentified
Uske, John Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Exonerated
Cheesewright, David Black Female, 79 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to show search warrant Unsubstantiated
Uske, John Black Female, 79 Abuse of Authority: Property damaged Exonerated
Cheesewright, David Black Male, 22 Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated
Clarke, Leonard Black Male, 24 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to show search warrant Unsubstantiated
Uske, John Black Female, 23 Abuse of Authority: Other Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)
Uske, John Black Male, 24 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to show arrest warrant Unsubstantiated
Clarke, Leonard Black Female, 23 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Unsubstantiated
Cheesewright, David Abuse of Authority: Threat to notify ACS Unsubstantiated
Cheesewright, David Black Female, 23 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Unsubstantiated
Clarke, Leonard Abuse of Authority: Threat to notify ACS 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.
'Officer(s) Unidentified': Unable to identify the officers who committed the alleged misconduct
'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'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.


Penalty

Uske, John
Formalized Training

Summary

On September 13, 2017, at approximately 6:00 a.m., a ten-person NYPD Emergency Services Unit (ESU) and officers from the Patrol Borough Brooklyn North Field Intelligence Operations Unit (PBBN FIO) executed a no-knock search warrant for marijuana and firearms at [redacted] in Brooklyn (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). The warrant was requested by PBBN FIO Police Officer John Uske and did not require officers to knock before entering. [redacted] is a private house owned by [redacted] in which her sister [redacted] lives in a separate apartment in the basement. During the entry and search, ESU officers, led by PO Uske, broke the lock off an iron front door, broke the lock off a second wooden front door, cracked the glass of that wooden door, chipped the wood on [redacted] closet door, and broke the center railing to [redacted] bed frame (Allegation B: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
ESU officers handcuffed [redacted] and [redacted] and Brooklyn PBBN FIO officers gathered [redacted] and [redacted] into the living room while Sergeant David Cheesewright supervised the search of the house. [redacted] sat at the kitchen table.
While [redacted] was lying chest-down on the floor, an officer pressed his foot into [redacted] handcuffs, picked [redacted] up by the handcuffs, dangled him by his weight for a couple of seconds, and set him back down (Allegation C: Force, [redacted]). An officer told [redacted] to "mind [her] fucking business" (Allegation D: Discourtesy, [redacted]).
[redacted] and [redacted] asked officers to show a copy of the search warrant and Sgt. Cheesewright, PO Uske, and PO Clarke did not show them copies of the search warrant (Allegations E, F, and G: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Sgt. Cheesewright and PO Clarke both threatened to arrest [redacted] and place her infant son in the care of the NYC Administration for Children's Services (ACS) (Allegations H, I, J, and K: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). PO Uske issued [redacted] an improper summons for possession of pepper spray... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: September 13, 2017
Received: September 15, 2017
Closed: April 5, 2018

Reason for contact: Execution of search warrant
Location: Apartment/house
In NYPD 75th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Witness Officers: Patrick Barry, Thomas Murray
Video evidence collected