Complaint #201902964,
March 30, 2019

Summary

On March 30, 2019, at approximately 10:38 p.m., Ms. [redacted] and Mr. [redacted] were sitting inside of Mr. [redacted] vehicle, parked in front of Mr. [redacted] driveway of his home, located at 201 East 43rd Street in Brooklyn. PO [redacted] of the 69th Precinct stopped Mr. [redacted] and Ms. [redacted]. PO Michael Hawk, and Det. [redacted] (Allegations A, B, C, D, E, and F: Abuse of Authority - exonerated). PO [redacted] frisked and searched Mr. [redacted] (Allegations G and H: Abuse of Authority – unsubstantiated). PO Hawk frisked and searched Ms. [redacted] (Allegation I and J: Abuse of Authority – unsubstantiated). Det. [redacted] searched Mr. [redacted] vehicle (Allegation K: Abuse of Authority – unsubstantiated). Det. [redacted] and Sgt. [redacted] of the 69th Precinct searched Ms. [redacted] (Allegations L and M: Abuse of Authority - unsubstantiated). PO Hawk searched Mr. [redacted] vehicle and Ms. [redacted] purse (Allegations N and O: Abuse of Authority – unsubstantiated). Det. [redacted] refused to provide his name to Mr. [redacted] (Allegation P: Abuse of Authority – unsubstantiated).
PO [redacted] failed to offer a business card to Ms. [redacted] and Mr. [redacted] (Allegations Q and R: Abuse of Authority – substantiated). PO Hawk and Det. [redacted] failed to offer business cards to Mr. [redacted] and Ms. [redacted] (Allegations S, T, U, and V: Abuse of Authority unsubstantiated). Sgt. [redacted] failed to offer a business card to Ms. [redacted] (Allegation W: Abuse of Authority – unsubstantiated). PO [redacted], Det. [redacted], PO Hawk, and Sgt. [redacted] failed to prepare memo book entries as required (Allegations X, Y, Z, and AA: Other Misconduct). PO [redacted], Det. [redacted] and PO Hawk failed to prepare stop and frisk reports as required (Allegations AB, AC, and AD: Other Misconduct). PO [redacted], Det. [redacted] and PO Hawk improperly used their body-worn-cameras (Allegations AE, AF, and AG: other misconduct). Read report for details.