Complaint #201903655,
April 23, 2019

Officer: Diaz, Christopher
Complainant: Black Male, 56
Allegation: Discourtesy: Action
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Diaz, Christopher
Complainant: Black Male, 56
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Diaz, Christopher Black Male, 56 Discourtesy: Action Unsubstantiated
Diaz, Christopher Black Male, 56 Force: Physical force Unsubstantiated

Conclusion Meanings:

'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.


Summary

On April 23, 2019, at approximately 1:30 p.m., [redacted] was in his apartment, located at [redacted] in Manhattan with his mother, [redacted]. A neighbor's cleaning lady walked into his apartment unannounced. [redacted] called 911 and a few minutes later, PO Christopher Diaz, PO Jason Leier, PO Ashley Acevedo and PO Jesus Delossantos, all from the 19th Precinct, responded to [redacted]'s apartment. [redacted] recognized PO Leier from a previous interaction and thanked him responding to the situation and shook PO Leier's hand. [redacted] held his hand out to the officer standing next to PO Leier, PO Diaz, and PO Diaz raised his fist above his shoulder and brought it down forcefully on [redacted]'s hand, which resulted in pain but no bruising (Allegation A –Discourtesy: Action: [redacted]; Allegation B – Force: physical force: [redacted]). The officers then left the location. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: April 23, 2019
Received: April 30, 2019
Closed: January 27, 2020

Reason for contact: C/V requested investigation of crime
Location: Apartment/house
In NYPD 19th Precinct Manhattan
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Witness Officers: Ashley Acevedo, Lyzza Andrade, Jesus Delossantos, Dimitri Gallard, Jason Leier, Andrew Murphy, Steve Siciliano
Body-Worn Camera evidence collected