Complaint #201909827,
November 6, 2019

Officer: Fini, Giovanni
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Entry of Premises
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Officer: Kaminsky, Michael
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Entry of Premises
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Officer: Fini, Giovanni
Complainant: Black Male, 35-39
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Property damaged
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Fini, Giovanni
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search of Premises
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Officer: Kaminsky, Michael
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search of Premises
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Officer: Kaminsky, Michael
Complainant: Female, 35-39
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Fini, Giovanni
Complainant: Female
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Fini, Giovanni Abuse of Authority: Entry of Premises Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Kaminsky, Michael Abuse of Authority: Entry of Premises Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Fini, Giovanni Black Male, 35-39 Abuse of Authority: Property damaged Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Fini, Giovanni Abuse of Authority: Search of Premises Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Kaminsky, Michael Abuse of Authority: Search of Premises Substantiated (Formalized Training)
Kaminsky, Michael Female, 35-39 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Fini, Giovanni Female 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.

Further details on conclusions.


Penalties

Kaminsky, Michael
Retired

Fini, Giovanni
No Disciplinary Action-DUP
No penalty

Summary

On November 6, 2019, at approximately 3:31 a.m., Police Officers Giovanni Fini, Michael Kaminsky, and Anthony Robitialle, all of the 75th Precinct, responded to a 911 call from an unidentified female regarding an assault in the vicinity of New Jersey Avenue and Hegeman Avenue in Brooklyn. PO Fini and PO Kaminsky entered the [redacted] and searched it for the perpetrator of the assault (Allegations A-D: Abuse of Authority, substantiated). PO Fini knocked on the door to the second-floor apartment, where [redacted] resided, with his baton, causing paint chips to fall off the door (Allegation E: Abuse of Authority, substantiated). PO Fini and PO Kaminsky failed to provide [redacted] the occupant of the first-floor apartment, with a business card after exiting her apartment (Allegations F and G: Abuse of Authority, substantiated). Read report for details.


Details

Incident: November 6, 2019
Received: November 12, 2019
Closed: November 18, 2021

Reason for contact: Report-domestic dispute
Location: Apartment/house
In NYPD 75th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Witness Officers: William Lynch, Anthony Robitaille
Body-Worn Camera evidence collected