Complaint #201904853,
June 3, 2019

Officer: Maden, Volkan
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 40
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Lewis, Kitwane
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 40
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Lewis, Kitwane
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 40
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Maden, Volkan
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 18
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 40-44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical)
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Maden, Volkan Hispanic Male, 40 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Unsubstantiated
Lewis, Kitwane Hispanic Male, 40 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Unsubstantiated
Lewis, Kitwane Hispanic Male, 40 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Unsubstantiated
Maden, Volkan Hispanic Male, 18 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Unsubstantiated
Unknown Officer Hispanic Male, 40-44 Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical) Officer(s) Unidentified

Conclusion Meanings:

'Officer(s) Unidentified': Unable to identify the officers who committed the alleged misconduct
'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

At approximately 4:50 p.m. on June 03, 2019, [redacted] was driving with his son, [redacted] in the vicinity of Bushwick Avenue and Siegel Street in Brooklyn, when Sergeant Kitwane Lewis, Police Officer Volkan Maden and Police Officer Toniann Groth, stopped his car for tinted windows. After approaching the car, and requesting and obtaining [redacted] driver's license, Sgt. Lewis ordered [redacted] and [redacted] out of the car. Sgt. Lewis then frisked [redacted] and PO Maden frisked [redacted] (Allegation A and Allegation B: Abuse of Authority: Frisk). [redacted] PO Maden then entered and searched the interior of the car as well as the trunk (Allegation C and Allegation D: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search). [redacted] and [redacted] were then ordered back into the car and the officers went back to their car to prepare summonses. While waiting for the officers, [redacted] took his cell phone out and began taking a video. He was holding his phone out of the car window so that it was facing the police car behind him. While he was doing this, a marked police car drove by, and an officer, who was in the front passenger seat said something along the lines of "I should smack that out of your hand" (Allegation E: Abuse of Authority: Threat of Force). [redacted] Sgt. Lewis then walked back to [redacted]'s car and gave him two summonses for tinted windows. [redacted] Read report for details.


Details

Incident: June 3, 2019
Received: June 5, 2019
Closed: June 18, 2020

Reason for contact: Other violation of VTL
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 90th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: Other VTL violation summons issued

Witness Officers: Toniann Groth
Body-Worn Camera evidence collected
Video evidence collected