Complaint #201908601,
September 17, 2019

Summary

On September 17, 2019, at approximately 12:15 p.m., PO Dionne Brown and PO Jasmine Guzman, both of the Co-Response Team [redacted] with [redacted] a Special Consultant with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene who works jointly with the Co-Response Team, responded to [redacted]'s apartment, located at [redacted], in Manhattan. [redacted] let [redacted], PO Brown, and PO Guzman into the apartment to discuss an ongoing complaint that he had against hospital staff at [redacted] and the NYPD's response to it (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority – Entry of Premises, [redacted]; Allegation B: Abuse of Authority – Entry of Premises, Miscellaneous - [redacted]).
After speaking with [redacted] for a few minutes, PO Brown, PO Guzman, and [redacted] left the apartment and requested backup. Sgt. Steve Siciliano, PO Paul Law, PO Ricardo Lawrence, PO Alexander Alvarez, PO Kennie Morel, and PO Jaily Polancobalcacer, all also of the 19th Precinct arrived, and PO Brown, PO Guzman, and [redacted] explained that [redacted] was exhibiting behavior consistent with homicidal ideation, at which point Sgt. Siciliano determined that [redacted] would need to be evaluated by EMTs (Allegation C: Abuse of Authority – Forcible Removal to the Hospital, [redacted]).
PO Guzman, PO Brown, and [redacted] followed by Sgt. Siciliano, re-entered [redacted]'s apartment (Allegation D: Abuse of Authority – Entry of Premises, [redacted]) and told him that he needed to be medically evaluated. [redacted] who had been in her room at the back of the apartment, entered the kitchen area, and [redacted] asked her to obtain the names and shield numbers for all the officers present. [redacted] then allegedly asked for the names of the officers present. Sgt. Siciliano and PO Guzman provided their names and shield numbers to [redacted] who wrote the information down, but none of the other officers provided their information to her (Allegation E: and F Abuse of Authority – Refusal to Provide Name, [redacted], Allegation G and H: Abuse of Authority – Refusal... Read report for details.