Complaint #202201968,
March 22, 2022

Officer: Chu, Guo
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Force: Chokehold
CCRB Conclusion: Unable to Determine
Officer: Chu, Guo
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Force: Restricted Breathing
CCRB Conclusion: Unable to Determine
Officer: Willis, Colleen
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical)
CCRB Conclusion: Unable to Determine
Officer: Willis, Colleen
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Willis, Colleen
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Unable to Determine
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Arustamyan, Zhora
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Unable to Determine
Officer: Beaume, Nestor
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Offensive Language: Gender Identity
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Recategorized as: Offensive Language: Other
Officer: Beaume, Nestor
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Forcible Removal to Hospital
CCRB Conclusion: Within NYPD Guidelines
Officer: Cody, Daniel
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Force: Restricted Breathing
CCRB Conclusion: Unable to Determine
Officer: Willis, Colleen
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Discourtesy: Action
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
CCRB Board Conclusion: Unable to Determine
Officer: Henry, Nicholas
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Strip-searched
CCRB Conclusion: Unable to Determine
Officer: Willis, Colleen
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Force: Restricted Breathing
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Beaume, Nestor
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Cody, Daniel
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Cody, Daniel
Allegation: Offensive Language: Disability
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Board Conclusion
Chu, Guo Black Female, 21-24 Force: Chokehold Unable to Determine
Chu, Guo Black Female, 21-24 Force: Restricted Breathing Unable to Determine
Willis, Colleen Black Female, 21-24 Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical) Unable to Determine
Willis, Colleen Black Female, 21-24 Force: Physical force Unfounded
Unknown Officer Black Female, 21-24 Force: Physical force Officer(s) Unidentified
Willis, Colleen Black Female, 21-24 Force: Physical force Unable to Determine
Unknown Officer Black Female, 21-24 Force: Physical force Officer(s) Unidentified
Arustamyan, Zhora Black Female, 21-24 Force: Physical force Unable to Determine
Beaume, Nestor Black Female, 21-24 Offensive Language: Gender Identity Unfounded
Recategorized as Offensive Language: Other on December 9, 2024
Beaume, Nestor Black Female, 21-24 Abuse of Authority: Forcible Removal to Hospital Within NYPD Guidelines
Cody, Daniel Black Female, 21-24 Force: Restricted Breathing Unable to Determine
Willis, Colleen Black Female, 21-24 Discourtesy: Action Unable to Determine
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
Henry, Nicholas Black Female, 21-24 Abuse of Authority: Strip-searched Unable to Determine
Willis, Colleen Black Female, 21-24 Force: Restricted Breathing Unfounded
Beaume, Nestor Black Female, 21-24 Discourtesy: Word Unfounded
Cody, Daniel Discourtesy: Word Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Cody, Daniel Offensive Language: Disability Substantiated (Command Discipline B)

Conclusion Meanings:

'Officer(s) Unidentified': Unable to identify the officers who committed the alleged misconduct
'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'Unable to Determine': The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'Within NYPD Guidelines': The conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.

Further details on conclusions.


Penalty

Cody, Daniel
No Disciplinary Action-DUP
No penalty

Summary

On March 22, 2022, at approximately 4:45pm, Police Officer Zhora Arustamyan, Police Officer Nicholas Henry, Police Officer Colleen Willis, Sergeant Daniel Cody and additional officers of the 23rd Precinct arrived outside of [redacted] in Manhattan, for a dispute between [redacted] and [redacted] Officers arrested and then escorted [redacted] to their marked police vehicle. Near the police vehicle PO Henry allegedly pulled her pants down and searched her (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). While inside of the police vehicle, PO Willis entered the patrol vehicle and allegedly pushed and held [redacted] head down until she could not breathe and told [redacted] that she would punch her in the face (Allegations B and C: Force, [redacted] and (Allegation D: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Sgt. Cody held onto the back of [redacted] neck when attempting to make her sit still (Allegation E: Force, [redacted]).
Soon after [redacted] arrived at the stationhouse, Sgt. Beaume instructed officers to remove "him" to the hospital, referring to [redacted] (Allegation F: Offensive language, [redacted]), (Allegation G: Discourtesy, [redacted]) and (Allegation H: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). PO Willis picked [redacted] up by her ankle shackles to remove her (Allegation I: Discourtesy, [redacted]). [redacted] girlfriend, [redacted] arrived while they removed [redacted] and Sgt. Cody told her that [redacted] was psychotic (Allegation J: Offensive language, [redacted]) and (Allegation K: Discourtesy, [redacted]). While [redacted] was at the hospital, she left her room and officers allegedly dragged her back to the room, at which point PO Willis put all of her body weight on [redacted] legs, grabbed her by the arm and slapped her (Allegation L: Force, [redacted]) and (Allegation M: Force, [redacted]).
When [redacted] arrived back at the stationhouse, she had a dispute with PO Arustamyan about calling her mother and PO Arustamyan conducted a forcible takedown (Allegation N: Force, [redacted]). Police Officer Guo Chu... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: March 22, 2022
Received: March 29, 2022
Closed: June 27, 2023
Last Updated: December 11, 2024

Reason for contact: Report-domestic dispute
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 23rd Precinct Manhattan
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: Jaime Feliciano, Jarree Jones, Daniel Levy, Steve Sanchez, Julio Santana, Daniel Talleyrand, James Walsh
Body-Worn Camera evidence collected