Complaint #201807245,
August 27, 2018

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

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 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.... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: August 27, 2018
Received: August 31, 2018
Closed: July 19, 2019

Reason for contact: Execution of search warrant
Location: Apartment/house
In NYPD 75th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Witness Officers: Charles Barrett, Patrick Barry, Gregory Burns, Gerard Fenton, Ryan Galvin, Christopher Griffith, Andrew Kamna, Daniel Macsweeney, Luis Salavarria, Shawn Soler, Matthew Vahey
Video evidence collected