Complaint #201800251,
January 10, 2018

Officer: Trap, Jesse
Complainant: Black Female, 16
Allegation: Force: Pepper spray
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Female, 15-17
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Female, 15-17
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Maldonado, Robert
Complainant: Black Female, 16
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Pitts, Byran
Complainant: Black Female, 16
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Trap, Jesse
Complainant: Black Female, 16
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Officer: Sandberg, Daniel
Allegation: Force: Pepper spray
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Trap, Jesse Black Female, 16 Force: Pepper spray Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Unknown Officer Female, 15-17 Discourtesy: Word Officer(s) Unidentified
Unknown Officer Black Female, 15-17 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Maldonado, Robert Black Female, 16 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Pitts, Byran Black Female, 16 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Trap, Jesse Black Female, 16 Force: Physical force Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Sandberg, Daniel Force: Pepper spray Substantiated (Command Discipline A)

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.

Further details on conclusions.


Penalties

Sandberg, Daniel
Command Discipline - A

Trap, Jesse
Command Discipline - B

Summary

On January 10, 2018, at approximately 3:10 p.m., a large group of students from a local high school, including [redacted] were congregating after school dismissal in the vicinity of Pearl Street and Fulton Street, in Brooklyn. A fight broke out between two unidentified young women, and multiple police officers from the 84th Precinct responded to the scene, including PO Jesse Trap, PO Robert Maldonado, PO Daniel Sandberg, and Det. Byran Pitts. The officers attempted to disperse the crowd, and allegedly said, "We're not fucking playing here" (Allegation A – Discourtesy: [redacted]). In the process of dispersing the crowd, PO Trap and PO Sandberg discharged pepper spray at groups of people in the crowd, hitting [redacted] (Allegations B and C – Force: [redacted]). Having been sprayed with pepper spray, [redacted] blindly walked into Det. Pitts, and was then forcibly placed in handcuffs by Det. Pitts, PO Maldonado and other unidentified officers (Allegations D, E, and F – Force: [redacted]). During the handcuffing, PO Trap punched [redacted] in the face (Allegation G – Force: [redacted]). [redacted] and another woman, [redacted] were arrested and taken to the 84th Precinct stationhouse. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: January 10, 2018
Closed: October 9, 2018

Reason for contact: Report-noise/disturbance
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 84th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: John Condon, Donovan Hunt, Hariton Marachilian
Video evidence collected