Complaint #201806934,
August 21, 2018

Officer: Sierra, Noemi
Complainant: Age 16
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Zielinski, Adrian
Complainant: Age 16
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Zielinski, Adrian
Complainant: Black Female, 34
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Sierra, Noemi Age 16 Force: Physical force Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Zielinski, Adrian Age 16 Discourtesy: Word Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Zielinski, Adrian Black Female, 34 Discourtesy: Word Substantiated (Command Discipline A)

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

Sierra, Noemi
Command Discipline - A

Zielinski, Adrian
Command Discipline - A

Summary

On August 21, 2018, around 5:00pm, [redacted] responded to her daughter's phone call about a fight, and drove to [redacted], which was determined to be located at [redacted]. When she reached the location, she observed her daughter, [redacted] inside. She proceeded into the location, where she observed PO Jared Desalvo and PO Adrian Zielinski speaking with [redacted] and [redacted] her daughter's friend. After a brief exchange, [redacted] went outside to retrieve [redacted]'s identification. [redacted] provided [redacted]'s identification to the officers. The officers then instructed the three women to proceed to [redacted]'s car.
At this point, [redacted]'s son, was on scene. He spoke briefly to [redacted]. PO Zielinski then spoke to [redacted] and instructed him to leave the area. Immediately afterword, PO Zielinski said "Get the fuck out of my face" to [redacted] (Allegation A: Discourtesy, [redacted]). Approximately one second later, PO Noemi Sierra shoved [redacted] on the shoulder (Allegation B: Force, [redacted]). PO Zielinski and a captain on scene, Captain Franz Souffrant, continued to speak to [redacted] while [redacted] moved away from the conversation. As Captain Souffrant and PO Zielinski spoke to [redacted], PO Zielinski stated to [redacted] "everyone keeps talking shit for no reason" (Allegation C: Discourtesy, [redacted]). [redacted] continued to speak to Captain Souffrant for some time after, after which PO Desalvo issued [redacted] a summons for [redacted] and all parties left the area. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: August 21, 2018
Received: August 22, 2018
Closed: February 25, 2019

Reason for contact: Report-dispute
Location: Hospital
In NYPD 67th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: Jared Desalvo, Frantz Souffrant
Body-Worn Camera evidence collected
Video evidence collected