Complaint #201802785,
March 31, 2018

Officer: Aponte, Louis
Complainant: Black Male, 20
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Dandraia, Vincent
Complainant: Black Male, 24
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Alleged Victim Uncooperative
Officer: Rivera, Henry
Complainant: Black Male, 46
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Interference with recording
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Rivera, Henry
Complainant: Black Male, 46
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Male, 21-24
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Alleged Victim Uncooperative
Officer: Rivera, Henry
Complainant: Black Male, 46
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Aponte, Louis
Complainant: Black Male, 20
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Aponte, Louis
Complainant: Black Male, 20
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Goris, Jeffrey
Complainant: Black Male, 24
Allegation: Force: Nonlethal restraining device
CCRB Conclusion: Alleged Victim Uncooperative
Officer: Beniquez, Delilah
Complainant: Black Male, 24
Allegation: Force: Nonlethal restraining device
CCRB Conclusion: Alleged Victim Uncooperative
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Aponte, Louis Black Male, 20 Force: Physical force Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Dandraia, Vincent Black Male, 24 Force: Physical force Alleged Victim Uncooperative
Rivera, Henry Black Male, 46 Abuse of Authority: Interference with recording Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Rivera, Henry Black Male, 46 Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory arrest Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Unknown Officer Black Male, 21-24 Force: Physical force Alleged Victim Uncooperative
Rivera, Henry Black Male, 46 Force: Physical force Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Aponte, Louis Black Male, 20 Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory arrest Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Aponte, Louis Black Male, 20 Force: Physical force Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Goris, Jeffrey Black Male, 24 Force: Nonlethal restraining device Alleged Victim Uncooperative
Beniquez, Delilah Black Male, 24 Force: Nonlethal restraining device Alleged Victim Uncooperative

Conclusion Meanings:

'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

Rivera, Henry
Command Discipline - A

Aponte, Louis
Command Discipline - A

Summary

On March 31, 2018, at approximately 4:41 PM, Police Officer Jeffrey Goris, Police Officer Delilah Beniquez, Police Officer Vincent Dandraia, Police Officer Henry Rivera, Police Officer Louis Aponte and other unidentified officers from the 73rd Precinct responded to a report of an assault at [redacted] in Brooklyn. The alleged suspect of the assault, [redacted] fled on foot. PO Goris allegedly used a Taser against [redacted] (Allegation A- Force, [redacted]). PO Beniquez allegedly used a Taser against [redacted] (Allegation B- Force, [redacted]). PO Dandraia allegedly used physical force against [redacted] (Allegation C- Force, [redacted]). Unidentified officers allegedly used physical force against [redacted] (Allegation D- Force, [redacted]).
PO Rivera used physical force against [redacted] (Allegation E- Force, [redacted]); interfered with [redacted]'s use of a recording device (Allegation F- Abuse of Authority, [redacted]); and arrested [redacted] (Allegation G- Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
PO Aponte used physical force against [redacted] (Allegation H- Force, [redacted]) and (Allegation I- Force, [redacted]), and arrested [redacted] (Allegation J- Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Read report for details.


Details

Incident: March 31, 2018
Received: April 10, 2018
Closed: January 24, 2019

Reason for contact: PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - street
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 73rd Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: Arrest - resisting arrest

Witness Officers: Richard Catapano, Sean Slowski
Video evidence collected