Complaint #201802194,
March 14, 2018

Officer: Bobell, Christopher
Complainant: Female, 26
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Sex Miscon (Sexual Harassment, Verbal)
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Recategorized as: Abuse of Authority: Other
Officer: Melhado, Daryl
Complainant: Black Female, 33
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle stop
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Perez, Jonathan
Complainant: Female, 26
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Perez, Jonathan
Complainant: Female, 26
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
CCRB Board Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Board Conclusion
Bobell, Christopher Female, 26 Abuse of Authority: Sex Miscon (Sexual Harassment, Verbal) Unfounded
Recategorized as Abuse of Authority: Other on August 5, 2023
Melhado, Daryl Black Female, 33 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle stop Unsubstantiated
Perez, Jonathan Female, 26 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Perez, Jonathan Female, 26 Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated

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.
'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 March 14, 2018, at approximately 12:23am, [redacted] was driving northbound on Third Avenue around East 104th Street in Manhattan when she was pulled over by Lieutenant Daryl Melhado, PO Jonathon Perez, and PO Christopher Bobell of the 23rd Precinct (Allegation A- Abuse of Authority: [redacted] verbally provided her information to PO Bobell and the officers discovered that her license was suspended and placed her under arrest. [redacted]'s girlfriend, [redacted] exited the vehicle and protested the arrest. [redacted] requested to calm [redacted] down and PO Bobell allegedly stated, "I'll calm her down," in a sexually suggestive manner (Allegation B-Abuse of Authority: [redacted] PO Perez then told [redacted] "Get back in the car, sweetheart" (Allegation C-Discourtesy: [redacted] After [redacted] was placed under arrest, [redacted] attempted to walk towards [redacted] but was allegedly pushed backwards by PO Perez (Allegation D-Force: [redacted] Read report for details.


Details

Incident: March 14, 2018
Received: March 20, 2018
Closed: December 26, 2018

Reason for contact: Other violation of VTL
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 23rd Precinct Manhattan
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: Adam Bischoff, Guo Chu, Jason Dieterich, Anthony Medina
Body-Worn Camera evidence collected