Complaint #201901704,
February 11, 2019

Officer: Dasilva, Henry
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 23
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 21-24
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Seely, Tyrone
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 23
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory summons
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)
Officer: Murphy, Brendan
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 23
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Lewis, John
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 23
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Seizure of property
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Seely, Tyrone
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 23
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Dasilva, Henry Hispanic Male, 23 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Exonerated
Unknown Officer Hispanic Male, 21-24 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Officer(s) Unidentified
Seely, Tyrone Hispanic Male, 23 Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory summons Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)
Murphy, Brendan Hispanic Male, 23 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Exonerated
Lewis, John Hispanic Male, 23 Abuse of Authority: Seizure of property Exonerated
Seely, Tyrone Hispanic Male, 23 Force: Physical force 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.
'Officer(s) Unidentified': Unable to identify the officers who committed the alleged misconduct
'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.

Further details on conclusions.


Penalty

Seely, Tyrone
Formalized Training

Summary

On February 11, 2019, at approximately 12:10 p.m. [redacted] drove down the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, and saw a car stopped. Police Officer Seely, of the 46th Precinct, exited his vehicle as [redacted] drove passed. Police Officer Seely then also stopped [redacted] and requested [redacted]'s license. [redacted] did not provide his license. Police Officer Seely told [redacted] that if he did not provide his license, he would rip him out of the vehicle. Additional officers, including Police Officer Murphy, Police Officer Henry Dasilva, Police Officer Fatime Osmanovic, Police Officer Brendan Murphy and Lieutenant John Lewis of the 46th Precinct, responded. Police Officer Seely continued to ask [redacted] for his license. Police Officer Seely eventually told [redacted] to exit the vehicle. Police Officer Dasilva and Police Officer Seely opened [redacted]'s front passenger door and told [redacted] to exit the vehicle. Police Officer Seely grabbed [redacted] by the arm and removed him from the vehicle and handcuffed him (Allegation A, Force, [redacted]).
Police Officer Dasilva and Police Officer Murphy searched [redacted]'s vehicle (Allegations B and C-Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). [redacted] was taken to the 46th Precinct stationhouse and Lt. Lewis authorized the removal of [redacted]'s vehicle to the 46th Precinct stationhouse (Allegation D-Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
[redacted] was arrested and released with four summonses for disorderly conduct, failure to comply with a lawful order, failure to use due care when passing an emergency vehicle and failure to present document-NYC (Allegation E, Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). As he left the precinct stationhouse, an officer told [redacted] that if he did not listen, they were going to put him back in the holding cells (Allegation F, Abuse of Authority [redacted]). Read report for details.


Details

Incident: February 11, 2019
Received: February 23, 2019
Closed: October 31, 2019

Reason for contact: Moving violation
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 46th Precinct Bronx
Outcome: Summons - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: Fatime Osmanovic
Body-Worn Camera evidence collected
Video evidence collected