Complaint #201902127,
February 27, 2019

Officer: Murphy, Brendan
Complainant: Black Female, 35
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)
Officer: Murphy, Brendan
Complainant: Black Female, 35
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Murphy, Brendan
Complainant: Black Female, 35
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Murphy, Brendan Black Female, 35 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)
Murphy, Brendan Black Female, 35 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name Unsubstantiated
Murphy, Brendan Black Female, 35 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide shield number Unsubstantiated

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

Murphy, Brendan
Instructions

Summary

On February 27, 2019, [redacted] was in the vicinity of 15 West Burnside Avenue in the Bronx. She observed an unidentified elderly female on the ground, bleeding from the head. [redacted] observed several unidentified individuals attempt to assist this female. After approximately ten minutes, a marked police vehicle arrived on scene. Two police officers, PO Michael McAuliffe and PO Shahid Khan, exited the vehicle, and approached the bleeding female. While PO Khan attempted to assist the female, PO McAuliffe stood nearby. [redacted] approached PO McAuliffe and after a brief interaction, requested his name and shield number, which he provided.
Between eight and ten minutes after the first police vehicle arrived, PO Brendan Murphy and Lieutenant John Lewis arrived. Both officers stood near their vehicle. [redacted] approached PO Murphy and asked him if he was going to do anything to help, PO Murphy did not respond. [redacted] repeated her request, and asked for a business card from PO Murphy. PO Murphy allegedly responded to [redacted] "what card?" [redacted] then told him he was supposed to carry business cards, and asked if he had any. PO Murphy allegedly then provided [redacted] a blank business card with no information for the officer listed (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
Lieutenant Lewis then told PO Murphy they were going to leave. As PO Murphy turned to leave, [redacted] requested PO Murphy's name and shield number. PO Murphy allegedly did not provide this information to [redacted] and returned to his vehicle (Allegations B and C: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). PO Murphy and Lieutenant Lewis then drove away. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: February 27, 2019
Received: March 11, 2019
Closed: June 13, 2019

Reason for contact: C/V intervened on behalf of/observed encounter w/3rd party
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 46th Precinct Bronx
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Witness Officers: Shahid Khan, John Lewis, Michael Mcauliffe