Complaint #202004550,
June 23, 2020

Officer: Chang, Won
Complainant: Black
Allegation: Offensive Language: Race
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Charges)
Officer: Chang, Won
Complainant: Black
Allegation: Offensive Language: Race
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Charges)
Officer: Chang, Won
Allegation: Untruthful Statement: Misleading official statement
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Charges)
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Chang, Won Black Offensive Language: Race Substantiated (Charges)
Chang, Won Black Offensive Language: Race Substantiated (Charges)
Chang, Won Untruthful Statement: Misleading official statement Substantiated (Charges)

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.


Penalty

Chang, Won
Closed: MOS Retired, August 11, 2021
APU Closed: MOS Retired

Summary

On June 23, 2020, an individual watched two [redacted] videos featuring Detective Won Chang of the Grand Larceny Division, which were uploaded on June 3, 2020 and June 10, 2020. Detective Won Chang and a Youtuber discussed the ongoing police protests in Korean. Detective Chang made offensive comments about race in both videos (Allegations A and B—Offensive Language, [redacted] Detective Won Chang provided a misleading official statement to the CCRB (Allegation C—Untruthful Statement, [redacted] Read report for details.


Details

Incident: June 23, 2020
Received: June 24, 2020
Closed: June 28, 2021
Last Updated: October 2, 2025

Reason for contact: No contact
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Video evidence collected