Complaint #201804270,
May 19, 2018

Officer: Herbert, Hugh
Complainant: Black Female, 38
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Caraballo, Abraham
Complainant: Black Female, 38
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Caraballo, Abraham
Complainant: Black Female, 38
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Herbert, Hugh
Complainant: Black Female, 38
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Herbert, Hugh
Complainant: Black Female, 38
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Herbert, Hugh Black Female, 38 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Exonerated
Caraballo, Abraham Black Female, 38 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number Unsubstantiated
Caraballo, Abraham Black Female, 38 Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated
Herbert, Hugh Black Female, 38 Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated
Herbert, Hugh Black Female, 38 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name Unsubstantiated

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.
'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 May 19, 2018, at approximately 6:00 p.m., [redacted] was shopping at the Yves Saint Laurent store located at 80 Greene Street in Manhattan, where she encountered Police Officer Hugh Herbert, Police Officer Dennis Burgos, Police Officer Michael Lebloch, Police Officer Kevin Lo, and Sergeant Abraham Caraballo, all of the 1st Precinct. PO Herbert allegedly threatened to arrest [redacted] (Allegation A – Abuse of Authority; [redacted] spoke discourteously to her (Allegation B - Discourtesy, [redacted] and refused to provide his name to [redacted] (Allegation C – Abuse of Authority; [redacted]. After speaking with the officers [redacted] went to the 1st Precinct stationhouse to file a report for a missing credit card. There, Sgt. Caraballo allegedly spoke discourteously to [redacted] (Allegation D - Discourtesy; [redacted] and refused to provide his name to [redacted] (Allegations E – Abuse of Authority; [redacted]. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: May 19, 2018
Received: May 29, 2018
Closed: August 23, 2019

Reason for contact: Report of other crime
Location: Commercial building
In NYPD 1st Precinct Manhattan
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Witness Officers: Dennis Burgos, Michael Lebloch, Kevin Lo