Complaint #201708315,
September 17, 2017

Officer: Eusebio, Ariel
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 27
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Officer: Eusebio, Ariel
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 27
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of summons
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Deleon, Jose
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 27
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Eusebio, Ariel Hispanic Male, 27 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Eusebio, Ariel Hispanic Male, 27 Abuse of Authority: Threat of summons Unfounded
Deleon, Jose Hispanic Male, 27 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Substantiated (Command Discipline B)

Conclusion Meanings:

'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.

Further details on conclusions.


Penalties

Deleon, Jose
Formalized Training

Eusebio, Ariel
Command Discipline - A

Summary

On September 17, 2017, at approximately 7:53 p.m., [redacted] was stopped by Police Officers Jose Deleon Sanchez and Freddy Guevara at the intersection of West 190th Street and Davidson Avenue in the Bronx for having a broken taillight. Shortly thereafter, Police Officers Ariel Eusebio and Luilly Lopez arrived at the scene to assist PO Deleon Sanchez and PO Guevara with the vehicle stop. [redacted] was asked to get out of his vehicle and PO Eusebio then patted down (Allegation A – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]; Allegation B – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]). [redacted] was asked to get into his vehicle and PO Deleon Sanchez then issued him a summons for "no/inadequate lights." As the officers were leaving, [redacted] alighted from his vehicle and began yelling at the officers. PO Eusebio responded to [redacted] by stating that if [redacted] did not get back into his vehicle and drive away, he would be issued an additional summons for blocking traffic (Allegation C – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]).
[redacted] provided video footage of the incident which he captured using his cell phone. The videos are attached to IA31 and IA57. The video attached to IA31 occurs chronologically before that which is attached to IA57. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: September 17, 2017
Received: October 10, 2017
Closed: May 7, 2018

Reason for contact: PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - auto
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 52nd Precinct Bronx
Outcome: Moving violation summons issued

Witness Officers: Freddy Guevara, Luilly Lopez
Video evidence collected