Complaint #202002820,
April 16, 2020

Officer: Gonzalez, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 40-44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical)
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Officer: Pulgarin, Joe
Complainant: Black Male, 40-44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Stop
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Gonzalez, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 40-44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Gonzalez, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 40-44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Seizure of property
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Abbruzzese, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 40-44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Gonzalez, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 40-44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Pulgarin, Joe
Complainant: Black Male, 40-44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Pulgarin, Joe
Complainant: Black Male, 40-44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Abbruzzese, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 40-44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Distelhurst, Andrew
Complainant: Black Male, 40-44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Miscellaneous - Subject Retired
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Male, 40-44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Gonzalez, Michael
Allegation: Untruthful Statement: False official statement
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Charges)
Officer: Gonzalez, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 40-44
Allegation: Offensive Language: Other
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Charges)
Officer: Gonzalez, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 40-44
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Gonzalez, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 40-44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Gonzalez, Michael
Allegation: Untruthful Statement: False official statement
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Charges)
Officer: Gonzalez, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 40-44
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Question
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Gonzalez, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 40-44
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Gonzalez, Michael Black Male, 40-44 Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical) Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Pulgarin, Joe Black Male, 40-44 Abuse of Authority: Stop Unsubstantiated
Gonzalez, Michael Black Male, 40-44 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Unsubstantiated
Gonzalez, Michael Black Male, 40-44 Abuse of Authority: Seizure of property Unsubstantiated
Abbruzzese, Michael Black Male, 40-44 Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Gonzalez, Michael Black Male, 40-44 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Unsubstantiated
Pulgarin, Joe Black Male, 40-44 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Unsubstantiated
Pulgarin, Joe Black Male, 40-44 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Unfounded
Abbruzzese, Michael Black Male, 40-44 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Distelhurst, Andrew Black Male, 40-44 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Miscellaneous - Subject Retired
Unknown Officer Black Male, 40-44 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Officer(s) Unidentified
Gonzalez, Michael Untruthful Statement: False official statement Substantiated (Charges)
Gonzalez, Michael Black Male, 40-44 Offensive Language: Other Substantiated (Charges)
Gonzalez, Michael Black Male, 40-44 Discourtesy: Word Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Gonzalez, Michael Black Male, 40-44 Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) Unsubstantiated
Gonzalez, Michael Untruthful Statement: False official statement Substantiated (Charges)
Gonzalez, Michael Black Male, 40-44 Abuse of Authority: Question Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Gonzalez, Michael Black Male, 40-44 Discourtesy: Word Substantiated (Command Discipline A)

Conclusion Meanings:

'Officer(s) Unidentified': Unable to identify the officers who committed the alleged misconduct
'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'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

Gonzalez, Michael
Closed: SOL Expired in APU, July 26, 2023
APU Closed: SOL Expired in APU

Abbruzzese, Michael
No Disciplinary Action-DUP
No penalty

Summary

On April 16, 2020, at approximately 12:00am, [redacted] was walking on White Plains Road between Burke Avenue and Rosewood Street in the Bronx, when officers, identified via investigation as Lieutenant Joe Pulgarin, Police Officer Michael Gonzalez, Police Officer Michael Abbruzzese, and Police Officer Andrew Distelhurst, all of the 47th Precinct, and an unidentified officer, stopped him (Allegations A: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). PO Gonzalez searched [redacted] backpack, frisked [redacted] and seized a knife that [redacted] said had been inside his backpack (Allegation B – D: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). The officers left without providing [redacted] with RTKA business cards (Allegations E & F: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). [redacted] began walking toward the 47th Precinct stationhouse.
Outside of 757 East 214th Street in the Bronx, [redacted] asked two different uniformed officers to call a supervisor to the location. Lieutenant Pulgarin, PO Gonzalez, PO Abbruzzese, PO Distelhurst, and the same unidentified officer arrived. PO Gonzalez questioned [redacted] and spoke discourteously to him (Allegation G: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]; Allegation H: Discourtesy, [redacted]) and PO Abbruzzese searched [redacted] backpack (Allegation I: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). PO Abbruzzese, Lieutenant Pulgarin, PO Distelhurst, and an unidentified officer allegedly failed to provide [redacted] with RTKA business cards (Allegation J: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]; Allegation K: Abuse of Authority, Unfounded; Allegation L: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]; Allegation M: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
[redacted] continued walking toward the 47th Precinct stationhouse. Once there, PO Gonzalez spoke offensively and discourteously to him and threatened him with the use of force (Allegation N: Offensive Language, [redacted]; Allegation O: Discourtesy, [redacted]; Allegation P: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
The investigation determined that PO Gonzalez provided false official statements to the CCRB... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: April 16, 2020
Received: April 22, 2020
Closed: April 21, 2022

Reason for contact: PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - street
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 47th Precinct Bronx
Outcome: Summons - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: Bryan Dasilva, John Ferris, Renee Greco, Matthew Scherf
Body-Worn Camera evidence collected