| Officer: | Caches, Fernando |
|---|---|
| Complainant: | White Male, 40 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Threat to damage/seize property |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) |
| Officer: | Cassidy, John |
| Complainant: | White Male, 40 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Interference with recording |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) |
| Officer: | Unknown Officer |
| Complainant: | White Male, 40-44 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Interference with recording |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Officer(s) Unidentified |
| Officer: | Unknown Officer |
| Complainant: | White Male, 40-44 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Officer(s) Unidentified |
| Officer | Complainant | Allegation | CCRB Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caches, Fernando | White Male, 40 | Abuse of Authority: Threat to damage/seize property | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) |
| Cassidy, John | White Male, 40 | Abuse of Authority: Interference with recording | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) |
| Unknown Officer | White Male, 40-44 | Abuse of Authority: Interference with recording | Officer(s) Unidentified |
| Unknown Officer | White Male, 40-44 | Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number | Officer(s) Unidentified |
Further details on conclusions.
On March 7, 2018, at approximately 6:53 p.m., PO Fernando Caches, PO John Cassidy, PO Daniel Pina, and PO Louis Vannucci responded to a 911 call made by Mr. [redacted] at [redacted] in Brooklyn in which Mr. [redacted] stated that his neighbors were causing a noise disturbance by banging on the apartment building's pipes and dropping objects on the floor above him to intentionally harass him. Upon their arrival, Mr. [redacted] refused to open his apartment door but asked that the officers investigate the harassment. Mr. [redacted] said through the door, "What is your, except Officer Cache, what is your badge number and what is your name, officer?" None of the officers provided their names or shield numbers (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority, officer unidentified). PO Caches said, "Alright man, you can open this door, or we can knock it down. What do you want?" (Allegation B: Abuse of Authority, substantiated).
The officers left the location after approximately 15 minutes. As they did so, Mr. [redacted] made a video recording on his cellphone of the officers outside his window. One to two officers shined their flashlights at Mr. [redacted] such that Mr. [redacted] was not able to see the officers in the recording (Allegation C: Abuse of Authority, substantiated; Allegation D: Abuse of Authority, officer unidentified).
Mr. [redacted] provided an audio recording of the conversation through the door and a cell phone video recording which captured the officers as they exited the building (Board Review 02, 03 and 01).
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