| Officer: | Cheesewright, David |
|---|---|
| Complainant: | Black Female, 62 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide shield number |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer: | Cheesewright, David |
| Complainant: | Black Female, 62 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unfounded |
| Officer: | Cheesewright, David |
| Complainant: | Black Female, 62 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Refusal to show search warrant |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unfounded |
| Officer: | Uske, John |
| Complainant: | Black Female, 62 |
| Allegation: | Discourtesy: Word |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Exonerated |
| Officer: | Uske, John |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Entry of Premises |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Exonerated |
| Officer: | Uske, John |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Search of Premises |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Exonerated |
| Officer | Complainant | Allegation | CCRB Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheesewright, David | Black Female, 62 | Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide shield number | Unsubstantiated |
| Cheesewright, David | Black Female, 62 | Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name | Unfounded |
| Cheesewright, David | Black Female, 62 | Abuse of Authority: Refusal to show search warrant | Unfounded |
| Uske, John | Black Female, 62 | Discourtesy: Word | Exonerated |
| Uske, John | Abuse of Authority: Entry of Premises | Exonerated | |
| Uske, John | Abuse of Authority: Search of Premises | Exonerated |
Further details on conclusions.
On August 27, 2018, at approximately 6:45 a.m., Det. Patrick Barry, PO Daniel Macsweeney, PO Ryan Galvin, Det. Luis Salavarria, Sgt. Gregory Burns, Det. Matthew Vahey, Det. Charles Barrett, and Det. Shawn Soler, all of the Emergency Services Unit, along with Sgt. David Cheesewright, of the Criminal Intelligence Section, PO Christopher Griffith, PO Andrew Kamna, both of the 77th Precinct, and PO Gerard Fenton, of the 73rd Precinct, entered and searched [redacted] in Brooklyn on the authority of a search warrant (BR 07) obtained by PO John Uske, of the 84th Precinct (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority Entry of Premises, [redacted] (Allegation B: Abuse of Authority – Search of Premises, [redacted]). The ESU officers broke the lock on the front door as they entered the apartment with their guns drawn (subsumed under Allegation A). Upon entering the apartment, PO Uske allegedly told [redacted] who was sleeping, "Get the fuck up" (Allegation C: Discourtesy Word, [redacted]). While PO Griffith and PO Fenton, and PO Kamna searched the apartment for narcotics and [redacted] brother, [redacted], Sgt. Cheesewright allegedly refused to provide his name (Allegation D: Abuse of Authority – Refusal to Provide Name, [redacted]) and shield number (Allegation E: Abuse of Authority – Refusal to Provide Shield Number, [redacted]) to [redacted]. Sgt. Cheesewright allegedly placed a copy of the search warrant on [redacted] dining table and refused to allow her to get her glasses so that she could verify that the document was a search warrant (Allegation F: Abuse of Authority – Refusal to Show Search Warrant, [redacted]). After the officers had searched the apartment, [redacted] saw that one of the bottom dresser drawers had been taken off its tracks. [redacted] also saw that one to two of the slats on the bottom frame of the bed in her son's room were broken (subsumed under Allegation B).
Surveillance footage from [redacted] (BR 01, BR 02, BR 08, BR 18, BR 19, BR 20, BR 21, and BR 22) did not capture any portions of this incident....
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