Complaint #201808002,
September 8, 2018

Summary

On September 8, 2019, at approximately 11:00 a.m., [redacted] was walking North on Washington Avenue, near the Northeast corner of East 168th Street and Washington Avenue, in the Bronx, when he was stopped by Police Officer Brian Mahon and Lieutenant Kevin Kenny, both of the Patrol Borough Bronx Anti-crime team (Allegations A and B: Abuse of Authority – Stop, [redacted]). Upon exiting their vehicle, PO Mahon and Lieutenant Kenny allegedly drew their guns, pointing them to the ground as they approached [redacted] (Allegations C and D: Abuse of Authority – Gun Drawn, [redacted]). When they approached, Lieutenant Kenny pushed [redacted] back from the curb on Washington Avenue, five to 15 feet, against a gate (Allegations E: Force – Physical force, [redacted]).
As [redacted] was held against the gate, PO Mahon frisked him, allegedly searched his pockets, and allegedly pulled down his pants to search inside [redacted]s underwear between his legs (Allegation F: Abuse of Authority – Frisk, [redacted]) (Allegation G: Abuse of Authority – Search of person, [redacted]) (Allegation H: Abuse of Authority – Strip search, [redacted]). After PO Mahon's searches failed, Lieutenant Kenny allegedly placed his hand into [redacted]s underwear to search (Allegation I: Abuse of Authority – Strip search, [redacted]).
The officers ultimately let [redacted] go and they began to walk back to their unmarked vehicle; at which time, [redacted] asked them both for their names and shield numbers; however, they did not provide the information (Allegations J and K: Abuse of Authority – Refusal to provide name, [redacted]) (Allegation L: Abuse of Authority – Refusal to provide shield number, [redacted]).
[redacted] provided a cell phone video recording of the incident, which captured the end of the interaction as the officers left the scene (Board Review 01). Read report for details.