Complaint #201808958,
October 25, 2018

Summary

On October 25, 2018, at approximately 3:58 p.m., Mr. R [redacted] was talking on the phone in front of his garage, located at 2279 West 7th Street in Brooklyn, when Sergeant M [redacted] M [redacted] Sergeant M [redacted] S [redacted] and Detective Paul Mallilo-all of Narcotics Borough Brooklyn South-who were in the area to conduct a buy-and-bust operation, pulled up behind him in an unmarked minivan, and stopped and handcuffed him (Allegations A, B, and C: Abuse of Authority, substantiated). Sgt. S [redacted] took possession of one of Mr. R [redacted] cell phones. Det. Mallilo frisked Mr. R [redacted] and searched his front sweatshirt pocket and pants pocket repeatedly (Allegations D: Abuse of Authority, substantiated; Allegation E: Abuse of Authority, substantiated). Det. Mallilo recovered a folding pocket knife from Mr. R [redacted] right front pants pocket. Sgt. S [redacted] threatened to arrest Mr. R [redacted] for possession of the knife (Allegation F: Abuse of Authority, substantiated). Detective R [redacted] Detective D [redacted] A [redacted] and Detective S [redacted] all of Narcotics Borough Brooklyn South, as well-arrived in a second unmarked vehicle a few minutes later. After it was determined that Mr. R [redacted] was the incorrect suspect, Sgt. S [redacted] returned Mr. R [redacted] knife and cell phone, which Sgt. S [redacted] had allegedly turned off (Allegation G: Abuse of Authority, unsubstantiated; Allegation H: Abuse of Authority, unsubstantiated). Mr. R [redacted] was neither arrested nor issued any summonses, and did not receive any business cards from any officer (Allegations I-N: Abuse of Authority, exonerated). Sgt. M [redacted] Det. Mallilo, Det. J [redacted] and Det. F [redacted] all failed to prepare memo book entries regarding this incident as required (Allegations O, P, Q, and R: Other Misconduct). Det. Mallilo failed to prepare a stop and frisk report as required (Allegation S: Other Misconduct). Read report for details.