Complaint #201707864,
September 15, 2017

Officer: Ramos, Aramis
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 40
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Erlich, Ethan
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 59
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Erlich, Ethan
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 40
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Ramos, Aramis Hispanic Male, 40 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number Unsubstantiated
Erlich, Ethan Hispanic Male, 59 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Unsubstantiated
Erlich, Ethan Hispanic Male, 40 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number Unfounded

Conclusion Meanings:

'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 September 15, 2017, at approximately 11:18 a.m., [redacted] was working as a doorman at [redacted] in Manhattan, when he noticed that noxious fumes were entering the building. [redacted] looked outside and noticed that the fumes were coming from an ESU truck. [redacted] then approached the ESU truck and asked PO Aramis Ramos, of ESS 02, to turn off his truck (PO Ramos has since been promoted to Detective). PO Ramos stated that he was unable to turn it off and could not move it either. [redacted] then allegedly requested the shield numbers of PO Ramos and Det. Ethan Erlich, of ESS 02. PO Ramos allegedly did not respond and covered his shield with his hand and Det. Erlich allegedly laughed (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]; Allegation B: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
Later, [redacted] the superintendent of the building for which [redacted] was the doorman, approached the ESU truck to ask the officers to turn it off. He spoke to Det. Erlich who stated that he could not move his vehicle and could not turn it off. [redacted] asked Det. Erlich to turn his vehicle off again and Det. Erlich allegedly told [redacted] that if he did not leave the officers alone, he would be arrested (Allegation C: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Read report for details.


Details

Incident: September 15, 2017
Received: September 22, 2017
Closed: April 5, 2018

Reason for contact: C/V requested info from officer
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD Midtown North Precinct Manhattan
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Video evidence collected