Complaint #202006807,
October 9, 2020

Summary

On October 9, 2020 at approximately 10:45 PM, [redacted] was driving with his girlfriend, [redacted] in the passenger seat when their vehicle was stopped by Police Officer Austin Slamowitz of the 77th Precinct (Allegation A: Abuse of authority – Vehicle stop, [redacted]). Police Officer Tiffany Martinez and Police Officer Patrick Craig of the 77th Precinct were also in the police vehicle driven by Police Officer Slamowitz. [redacted] took out his phone and Police Officer Slamowitz allegedly told him he could not record (Allegation B: Abuse of authority – Interference with recording device, [redacted]). Police Officer Slamowitz frisked [redacted] (Allegation C: Abuse of authority – Frisk, [redacted]) and searched him (Allegation D: Abuse of authority – Search, [redacted]).
Police Officer Craig approached [redacted] on the passenger-side of the vehicle, told her to leave her phone in the car, and instructed her to exit the vehicle (Allegation E: Abuse of authority – Interference with recording device, [redacted]). [redacted] exited the vehicle and Police Officer Martinez frisked her (Allegation F: Abuse of authority - Frisk, [redacted]). Police Officer Martinez and Police Officer Slamowitz searched [redacted]'s vehicle (Allegation G-H: Abuse of authority – Vehicle search, [redacted]). The officers released [redacted] and [redacted] without summonsing or arresting them or offering them business cards (Allegations I-N: Abuse of authority – Failure to provide RTKA card, [redacted]). Read report for details.