Complaint #202001537,
February 21, 2020

Summary

On February 21, 2020, at approximately 5:22 p.m., [redacted] was driving with his friends [redacted] and [redacted] near 720 Westchester Avenue or the Jackson Avenue 2/5 train station in the Bronx. PO Canale, PO Moynihan, and PO Carrasquillo, all of the PSA-7 command, pulled him over for an allegedly obstructed license plate (Allegations A, B, C: Abuse of Authority - Vehicle stop, [redacted]).
PO Canale approached the driver's side window where [redacted] was filming the incident on his cellphone. PO Canale reached into [redacted] vehicle and took [redacted] cellphone (Allegation D: Abuse of Authority - Vehicle search, [redacted]) (Allegation E: Abuse of Authority - Interference with recording device, [redacted]). PO Canale searched through [redacted] phone, located the video and deleted it (Allegation F: Abuse of Authority - Search of recording device, [redacted]) (Allegation G: Abuse of Authority - Electronic device information deletion, [redacted]). PO Canale allegedly said to [redacted] "What the fuck are you recording me? You don't have the right to fucking record." (Allegation H: Discourtesy - Word, [redacted]). PO Canale then allegedly told [redacted] that if he did not provide his license and registration, he would be arrested (Allegation I: Abuse of Authority - Threat of arrest, [redacted]). [redacted] provided his information and PO Canale returned to his vehicle.
PO Canale returned to [redacted] vehicle and returned his license and registration without issuing a summons. [redacted] asked PO Canale for his shield number and he did not provide it (Allegation J: Abuse of Authority - Refusal to provide shield number, [redacted]).
PO Canale left the area without providing [redacted] or [redacted] with a business card (Allegation K, L, M: Abuse of Authority - Failure to provide RTKA card, [redacted]).
On December 2, 2020, at approximately 11:42 a.m., at 100 Church Street in Manhattan, PO Canale provided a false official statement to the CCRB (Allegation N: Untruthful Statement - False official... Read report for details.