Complaint #201904342,
May 8, 2019

Officer: Burdeynyy, Volodymyr
Complainant: Black Male, 34
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Burdeynyy, Volodymyr
Complainant: Black Male, 34
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Ngai, Godwin
Complainant: Black Male, 34
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Ngai, Godwin
Complainant: Black Male, 34
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)
Officer: Lewis, Ricardo
Complainant: Black Male, 34
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)
Officer: Lewis, Ricardo
Complainant: Black Male, 34
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Burdeynyy, Volodymyr Black Male, 34 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Unsubstantiated
Burdeynyy, Volodymyr Black Male, 34 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Unsubstantiated
Ngai, Godwin Black Male, 34 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Unsubstantiated
Ngai, Godwin Black Male, 34 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)
Lewis, Ricardo Black Male, 34 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)
Lewis, Ricardo Black Male, 34 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

Lewis, Ricardo
Instructions

Ngai, Godwin
Instructions

Summary

On May 8, 2019, at approximately 9:30 p.m., [redacted] was parked in a bus stop in the vicinity of 453 Mother Gaston Blvd, in Brooklyn. PO Volodymyr Burdeynyy, PO Godwin Ngai, and Sgt. Ricardo Lewis, of PSA 2, stopped [redacted]. PO Burdeynyy informed [redacted] that he smelled marijuana and asked him to step out of the vehicle. PO Burdeynyy frisked [redacted] (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). PO Burdeynyy, Sgt. Lewis, and PO Ngai searched [redacted]s vehicle (Allegations B through D: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Sgt. Lewis and PO Ngai did not provide business cards to [redacted] (Allegations E and F: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). [redacted] was not summonsed or arrested. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: May 8, 2019
Received: May 20, 2019
Closed: March 19, 2020

Reason for contact: PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - auto
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 73rd Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Body-Worn Camera evidence collected
Video evidence collected