Complaint #201905408,
June 19, 2019

Officer: Cruver, Steven
Complainant: Black Male, 19
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Cruver, Steven
Complainant: Black Male, 19
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Stop
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Cruver, Steven
Complainant: Black Male, 19
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Cruver, Steven
Complainant: Black Male, 19
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Property damaged
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Cruver, Steven
Complainant: Black Male, 19
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Cruver, Steven
Complainant: Black Male, 19
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Raso, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 19
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Stop
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Officer: Spina, Joseph
Complainant: Black Male, 19
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Stop
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Raso, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 19
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Officer: Spina, Joseph
Complainant: Black Male, 19
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Cruver, Steven Black Male, 19 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Cruver, Steven Black Male, 19 Abuse of Authority: Stop Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Cruver, Steven Black Male, 19 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Unsubstantiated
Cruver, Steven Black Male, 19 Abuse of Authority: Property damaged Unsubstantiated
Cruver, Steven Black Male, 19 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Unsubstantiated
Cruver, Steven Black Male, 19 Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) Unsubstantiated
Raso, Michael Black Male, 19 Abuse of Authority: Stop Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Spina, Joseph Black Male, 19 Abuse of Authority: Stop Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Raso, Michael Black Male, 19 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Spina, Joseph Black Male, 19 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Discipline A)

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

Raso, Michael
Charges and Specifications - Guilty
Vacation: 3 days / Formalized Training

Cruver, Steven
Command Discipline - A

Spina, Joseph
Command Discipline - A

Summary

On June 19th, 2020, at around 11:00pm, [redacted] went to his father's vehicle, which was parked near [redacted] in Brooklyn. [redacted] entered the front passenger seat of the vehicle and after about a minute, was stopped by three officers, identified as Detective Steven Cruver, Detective Joseph Spina, and Lieutenant Michael Raso, all of Strategic Response Group's Anti-Crime Unit (Allegations A – C: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Det. Cruver ordered [redacted] to exit his vehicle, then frisked (Allegation D: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]) and allegedly searched [redacted] (Allegation E: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Det. Cruver took [redacted] Is phone from [redacted] Is hand and allegedly cracked the phone (Allegation F: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). [redacted] then stood at the rear of his vehicle while Det. Cruver searched his vehicle (Allegation G: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
After Det. Cruver searched his vehicle, [redacted] was allowed to leave from the scene and was not issued any summonses. Det. Cruver, Lieutenant Raso, and Det. Spina all failed to provide RTKA cards to [redacted] (Allegations H – J: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Read report for details.


Details

Incident: June 19, 2019
Received: June 20, 2019
Closed: June 18, 2020

Reason for contact: PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - auto
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 81st Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Body-Worn Camera evidence collected
Video evidence collected