Complaint #202006718,
July 22, 2020

Summary

On July 22, 2020, at approximately 4:20 PM, [redacted] was sitting in the driver's seat of his rental vehicle with his friend, [redacted] in the passenger seat, outside the NYPD Counterterrorism base parking lot located at [redacted] in Brooklyn, when Detective James Tobin, of the Counterterrorism Division, stopped the vehicle (Allegations A and B: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] Detective Tobin allegedly refused to provide his name and shield number to [redacted] and [redacted] (Allegation C-E: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] (Allegation F: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] and Detective Tobin questioned [redacted] about the rental car he was driving (Allegation G: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
Sergeant Tomasz Pulawski, who was working a Counterterrorism deployment while assigned to the 78th Precinct, approached [redacted]'s vehicle and [redacted] requested Sergeant Pulawski's name and shield number, but Sergeant Pulawski allegedly refused to provide this information (Allegation H and I: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] Sergeant Pulawski allegedly took out a small machine and put it to his ear in an apparent attempt to listen to vibrations or noises coming from [redacted]'s vehicle (Allegation J: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
While [redacted] and [redacted] were waiting to be released, additional officers came outside, including Sergeant Michelle Salowski, of the Counterterrorism Division. [redacted] allegedly asked Sergeant Salowski to provide her name, which she allegedly did not provide (Allegation K: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
Several hours after Detective Tobin first encountered the men, Detective David Cowan and Detective Richard Schneider, both of the Criminal Intelligence Section, arrived on scene. [redacted] informed Detective Cowan and Detective Schneider that he was a confidential informant for the DEA, which Detective Cowan verified with [redacted]'s handler over the phone. Detective Cowan told the men that they were an odd couple, seemingly because [redacted] was a young Orthodox Jewish... Read report for details.