Complaint #202102541,
April 26, 2021

Summary

On April 26, 2021, at approximately 3:00 a.m., Police Officers Christina Moncion and Edgar Rivera, of the 52nd Precinct, stopped [redacted] vehicle in the vicinity of Marble Hill Avenue and West 230th Street in the Bronx (Allegations A and B: Abuse of Authority-Stop, [redacted]). Upon initiation of the stop, PO Moncion asked [redacted] to step out of the vehicle. PO Rivera conducted a frisk of [redacted] person and told him to step to the rear of the vehicle (Allegation C: Abuse of Authority-Frisk, [redacted]). [redacted] had his phone in his hand to record the incident and PO Rivera allegedly told him that he could not record (Allegation D: Abuse of Authority-Interference with recording device, [redacted]). [redacted] attempted to move his body and PO Rivera allegedly squeezed his left forearm to keep him from moving (Allegation E: Force-Physical Force, [redacted]). [redacted] asked for PO Rivera's name and shield number, to which PO Rivera allegedly responded, "no" (Allegation F: Abuse of Authority-Refusal to provide name, [redacted]) (Allegation G: Abuse of Authority-Refusal to provide shield number, [redacted]).
PO Moncion searched [redacted] vehicle (Allegation H: Abuse of Authority-Vehicle Search, [redacted]). While PO Moncion searched the vehicle and at multiple other points in the incident, PO Rivera made statements using profanity, including calling [redacted] an "asshole", and accusing him of talking "shit" (Allegation I: Discourtesy-Word, [redacted]). PO Moncion did not recover anything from the vehicle search. When [redacted] returned to his vehicle, PO Rivera told him that if he tried to be "funny" and call 911 about someone having a gun in their vehicle, he would be arrested (Allegation J: Abuse of Authority-Threat of Arrest, [redacted]). Neither PO Rivera nor PO Moncion provided [redacted] with business cards at the conclusion of this incident (Allegation K: Abuse of Authority-Failure to provide RTKA cards, [redacted]). Read report for details.