Complaint #201903423,
April 22, 2019

Officer: Duerr, Joseph
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 25
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle stop
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Hoxha, Merita
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 25
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Duerr, Joseph
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 25
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Hoxha, Merita
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 25
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Property damaged
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Duerr, Joseph
Complainant: Black Male
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Duerr, Joseph
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 25
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Duerr, Joseph Hispanic Male, 25 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle stop Unsubstantiated
Hoxha, Merita Hispanic Male, 25 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Duerr, Joseph Hispanic Male, 25 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Hoxha, Merita Hispanic Male, 25 Abuse of Authority: Property damaged Unsubstantiated
Duerr, Joseph Black Male Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) Unsubstantiated
Duerr, Joseph Hispanic Male, 25 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search 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.


Penalties

Duerr, Joseph
Command Discipline - A

Hoxha, Merita
Command Discipline - A

Summary

On an unknown date in April 2019, at approximately 8 p.m., at an unknown location in the Bronx, [redacted] was driving his 2009 Mercedes Benz accompanied by his friends, [redacted] and [redacted] and his cousin, [redacted] when he was stopped by Sgt. Joseph Duerr and PO Merita Hoxha from the 42nd Precinct (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority provided cell phone video footage in which [redacted] [redacted]. [redacted] that PO Hoxha searched his person (Allegation B: Abuse of Authority - [redacted] alleged [redacted] stated that PO Hoxha searched his vehicle and damaged his property (Allegation C, Allegation D: Abuse of Authority - [redacted] business cards upon request to [redacted] [redacted]). PO Hoxha and Sgt. Duerr failed to provide (Allegation E, Allegation F: Abuse of Authority-
[redacted] provided three cell phone recorded videos of the incident (Board Review 07, 08, 09). [redacted] Read report for details.


Details

Received: April 22, 2019
Closed: September 22, 2020

Reason for contact: Other violation of VTL
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 42nd Precinct Bronx
Outcome: Other VTL violation summons issued

Video evidence collected