Complaint #202007066,
October 16, 2020

Officer: Degree, Steven
Complainant: Female, 10-14
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Degree, Steven
Complainant: Female, 10-14
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Assade, Yurantz
Complainant: Female, 10-14
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Stop
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Assade, Yurantz
Complainant: Female, 10-14
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Assade, Yurantz
Complainant: Female, 10-14
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Assade, Yurantz
Complainant: Female, 10-14
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Sharma, Manish
Complainant: Female, 10-14
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Assade, Yurantz
Complainant: Female, 10-14
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Assade, Yurantz
Complainant: Female, 10-14
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Degree, Steven Female, 10-14 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name Unsubstantiated
Degree, Steven Female, 10-14 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Assade, Yurantz Female, 10-14 Abuse of Authority: Stop Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Assade, Yurantz Female, 10-14 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Assade, Yurantz Female, 10-14 Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) Unsubstantiated
Assade, Yurantz Female, 10-14 Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) Unsubstantiated
Sharma, Manish Female, 10-14 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name Unsubstantiated
Assade, Yurantz Female, 10-14 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name Unsubstantiated
Assade, Yurantz Female, 10-14 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Discipline A)

Conclusion Meanings:

'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'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

Assade, Yurantz
No Disciplinary Action-DUP
No penalty

Degree, Steven
No Disciplinary Action-DUP
No penalty

Summary

On the evening of October 16th, 2020, [redacted] was standing in front of 1439 University Avenue in the Bronx, along with two female friends. At about 8:30 p.m. Lt. Steven Degree of the 44th Precinct, Detective Yurantz Assade of Criminal Intelligence, and Police Officer Manish Sharma of the 44th Precinct stopped their vehicle near 1439 University Avenue, and exited to approach two men known to the department as drug dealers. When [redacted] and her female friends saw the officers, they ran inside the lobby of 1439 University Avenue. Detective Assade ran after the girls, into 1439 University Avenue, and stopped [redacted] [Allegation A: Abuse of Authority – Stop, [redacted] Police Officer Sharma and Lt. Degree followed Detective Assade into the lobby. Detective Assade then frisked, and allegedly searched [redacted] s person [Allegation B: Abuse of Authority – Frisk, [redacted] Allegation C: Abuse of Authority - Search, [redacted] Detective Assade allegedly then searched a fanny pack that [redacted] was wearing. [Allegation D: Abuse of Authority – Search of property, [redacted] Allegedly, [redacted] asked the officers for their names, but they refused to provide them [Allegation E, F, and G: Abuse of Authority – Refusal to provide name, [redacted] Neither Lt. Degree nor Detective Assade offered an RTKA card to [redacted] [Allegations H and I: Abuse of Authority - Failure to offer RTKA card, [redacted]. Read report for details.


Details

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

Reason for contact: PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - street
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 44th Precinct Bronx
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Body-Worn Camera evidence collected
Video evidence collected