Complaint #201807690,
September 13, 2018

Officer: Mccarthy, Kevin
Complainant: Black Male, 27
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Mccarthy, Kevin
Complainant: Black Male, 27
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Mccarthy, Kevin
Complainant: Black Male, 27
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Khitab, Umar
Complainant: Black Male, 27
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Khitab, Umar
Complainant: Black Male, 27
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Mccarthy, Kevin
Complainant: Black Male, 27
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Rupnick, Steven
Complainant: Black Male, 27
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Rupnick, Steven
Complainant: Black Male, 27
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Mccarthy, Kevin
Complainant: Black Male, 27
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Mccarthy, Kevin
Complainant: Black Male, 27
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Khitab, Umar
Complainant: Black Male, 27
Allegation: Force: Hit against inanimate object
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Mccarthy, Kevin
Complainant: Black Male, 27
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Photography/Videography
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Mccarthy, Kevin Black Male, 27 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Unsubstantiated
Mccarthy, Kevin Black Male, 27 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name Unsubstantiated
Mccarthy, Kevin Black Male, 27 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Unsubstantiated
Khitab, Umar Black Male, 27 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide shield number Unsubstantiated
Khitab, Umar Black Male, 27 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name Unsubstantiated
Mccarthy, Kevin Black Male, 27 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Unsubstantiated
Rupnick, Steven Black Male, 27 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide shield number Unsubstantiated
Rupnick, Steven Black Male, 27 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name Unsubstantiated
Mccarthy, Kevin Black Male, 27 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Unsubstantiated
Mccarthy, Kevin Black Male, 27 Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated
Khitab, Umar Black Male, 27 Force: Hit against inanimate object Unsubstantiated
Mccarthy, Kevin Black Male, 27 Abuse of Authority: Photography/Videography Substantiated (Formalized Training)

Conclusion Meanings:

'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'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.


Penalty

Mccarthy, Kevin
No Disciplinary Action-DUP
No penalty

Summary

On September 13, 2018, at approximately 12:57 a.m., [redacted] s vehicle was stopped for alleged reckless driving in front of 1444 Park Place in Brooklyn by Sergeant Kevin McCarthy, Police Officer Steven Rupnick, and Police Officer Umar Khitab, all of the 77th Precinct. Sgt. McCarthy allegedly frisked [redacted] (Allegation A – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]). Sgt. McCarthy supervised the search of [redacted] s vehicle (Allegation B – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]). PO Khitab allegedly struck [redacted] with a car door (Allegation C - Force: [redacted]). Sgt. McCarthy, PO Khitab and PO Rupnick allegedly refused to provide their names to [redacted] and PO Khitab and PO Rupnick allegedly refused to provide their shield numbers to [redacted] (Allegation D – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]; Allegation E – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]; Allegation F – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]; Allegation G – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]; Allegation H – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]). Sgt. McCarthy allegedly threatened to arrest [redacted] (Allegation I – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]). PO Khitab, under the instructions of Sgt. McCarthy, issued [redacted] a criminal court summons for [redacted] (Board Review 01). Later that day, at approximately 11:22 p.m., Sgt. McCarthy allegedly threatened to arrest [redacted] and spoke discourteously to [redacted] at the 77th Precinct stationhouse in Brooklyn (Allegation J – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]; Allegation K – Discourtesy: [redacted]). Sgt. McCarthy took an audio recording of [redacted] on his department-issued cell phone (Allegation L – Abuse of Authority: [redacted]). Read report for details.


Details

Incident: September 13, 2018
Received: September 17, 2018
Closed: November 20, 2019

Reason for contact: PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - auto
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 77th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: Summons - other violation/crime

Video evidence collected