Complaint #202207773,
November 14, 2022

Officer: Salvatierra, Manuel
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Other
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Officer: Salvatierra, Manuel
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of summons
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Exonerated
CCRB Board Conclusion: Within NYPD Guidelines
Officer: Salvatierra, Manuel
Complainant: Female, 21-24
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Improper use of body-worn camera
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Salvatierra, Manuel
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Salvatierra, Manuel
Complainant: Black Female, 21-24
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Salvatierra, Manuel
Allegation: Untruthful Statement: False official statement
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Charges)
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Board Conclusion
Salvatierra, Manuel Black Female, 21-24 Abuse of Authority: Other Substantiated (Command Discipline B)
Salvatierra, Manuel Black Female, 21-24 Abuse of Authority: Threat of summons Within NYPD Guidelines
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Exonerated
Salvatierra, Manuel Female, 21-24 Abuse of Authority: Improper use of body-worn camera Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Salvatierra, Manuel Black Female, 21-24 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Salvatierra, Manuel Black Female, 21-24 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide shield number Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Salvatierra, Manuel Untruthful Statement: False official statement Substantiated (Charges)

Conclusion Meanings:

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

Salvatierra, Manuel
Forfeit vacation 20 days
Closed: Resolved by plea, January 6, 2025
APU Guilty
Forfeit vacation 20 days

Summary

On November 14th, 2022, at approximately 8:15 p.m. [redacted] was driving her girlfriend's mother's 2006 Honda Civic, which had a broken front headlight, eastbound on Park Hill Avenue in Staten Island, when it was pulled over, and [redacted] was detained, by Police Officer Manuel Salvatierra of SRG 5 at 280 Park Hill Avenue (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority--Other, [redacted] Police Officer Salvatierra requested [redacted] license, which she did not have on her person. [redacted] provided her license information on a piece of paper, which Police Officer Salvatierra took from her and declined to return it to her when she requested that he do so. [redacted] asked Police Officer Salvatierra for his "information," which he did not provide (Allegation B: Abuse of Authority-Refusal to provide name, [redacted] (Allegation C: Abuse of Authority-Refusal to provide shield number, [redacted] Police Officer Salvatierra told [redacted] that he would summons her for driving without a license and told her to wait for him to return from his police car with the summons (Allegation D: Abuse of Authority-Threat of summons, [redacted] Police Officer Salvatierra then returned to his police car, stated "let's let her sit here for a while" and turned off his Body-worn camera (BWC) (within Allegation A). Police Officer Salvatierra then allegedly exited his police car and returned to [redacted] car without turning his BWC back on (Allegation E: Abuse of Authority-Improper use of body-worn camera, [redacted] got out of her car and allegedly requested Police Officer Salvatierra's name and shield number, which he did not provide (within Allegation C and Allegation D). [redacted] was not summonsed or arrested.
In his CCRB interview January 6th, 2023, Police Officer Salvatierra provided an untruthful statement in stating that he did not leave his police car again after telling [redacted] to wait for him to return with her summons and had no contact with her after turning off his BWC (Allegation F: Untruthful Statement-False official... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: November 14, 2022
Received: November 15, 2022
Closed: March 19, 2024
Last Updated: January 8, 2025

Reason for contact: Other violation of VTL
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 120th Precinct Staten Island
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Witness Officers: Leon Lewis
Body-Worn Camera evidence collected
Video evidence collected