Complaint #202208146,
November 17, 2022

Officer: Power, Joseph
Complainant: Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical)
CCRB Conclusion: Unable to Determine
Officer: Power, Joseph
Complainant: Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name
CCRB Conclusion: Unable to Determine
Officer: Power, Joseph
Complainant: Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unable to Determine
Officer: Power, Joseph
Complainant: Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Power, Joseph
Complainant: Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39
Allegation: Force: Hit against inanimate object
CCRB Conclusion: Unable to Determine
Officer: Power, Joseph
Complainant: Male, 35-39
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Improper use of body-worn camera
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Chughtai, Quratulain
Complainant: Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Chughtai, Quratulain
Complainant: Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Dieken, Leana
Complainant: Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Power, Joseph
Complainant: Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Within NYPD Guidelines
Officer: Power, Joseph
Complainant: Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Stop
CCRB Conclusion: Within NYPD Guidelines
Officer: Power, Joseph
Complainant: Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39
Allegation: Discourtesy: Action
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Power, Joseph
Complainant: Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Power, Joseph
Complainant: Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Power, Joseph
Complainant: Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unable to Determine
Officer: Dieken, Leana
Complainant: Middle Eastern/North African Male, 18-20
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle stop
CCRB Conclusion: Within NYPD Guidelines
Officer: Chughtai, Quratulain
Complainant: Middle Eastern/North African Male, 18-20
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle stop
CCRB Conclusion: Within NYPD Guidelines
Officer: Power, Joseph
Complainant: Male, 35-39
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Improper use of body-worn camera
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Power, Joseph Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39 Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical) Unable to Determine
Power, Joseph Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name Unable to Determine
Power, Joseph Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide shield number Unable to Determine
Power, Joseph Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39 Force: Physical force Unfounded
Power, Joseph Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39 Force: Hit against inanimate object Unable to Determine
Power, Joseph Male, 35-39 Abuse of Authority: Improper use of body-worn camera Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Chughtai, Quratulain Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name Unfounded
Chughtai, Quratulain Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide shield number Unfounded
Dieken, Leana Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39 Discourtesy: Word Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Power, Joseph Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Within NYPD Guidelines
Power, Joseph Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39 Abuse of Authority: Stop Within NYPD Guidelines
Power, Joseph Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39 Discourtesy: Action Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Power, Joseph Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Power, Joseph Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39 Discourtesy: Word Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Power, Joseph Middle Eastern/North African Male, 35-39 Discourtesy: Word Unable to Determine
Dieken, Leana Middle Eastern/North African Male, 18-20 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle stop Within NYPD Guidelines
Chughtai, Quratulain Middle Eastern/North African Male, 18-20 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle stop Within NYPD Guidelines
Power, Joseph Male, 35-39 Abuse of Authority: Improper use of body-worn camera Unfounded

Conclusion Meanings:

'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.


Penalties

Power, Joseph
Closed: Retained, with discipline, May 10, 2024
APU Closed: Retained, with discipline
Command Discipline B

Dieken, Leana
Command Discipline - A

Summary

On November 17, 2022, at 2:50 p.m., PO Leana Dieken and PO Quratulain Chughtai, both of the 68th Precinct, stopped the vehicle [redacted] son, [redacted] was driving at the intersection of 6th Avenue and 74th Street in Brooklyn (Allegations A, B: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
At one point, PO Dieken said to [redacted], "Okay, maybe you should lose the attitude and learn to speak like an adult" (Allegation C: Discourtesy, [redacted]). PO Dieken requested an officer to the scene with a window tint reader and PO Joseph Power, of Brooklyn Field Intelligence (who has since been promoted to Detective), responded to the scene. PO Power threatened to arrest [redacted] (Allegation D: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). PO Dieken allegedly said to [redacted], "Get back in the fucking car" (Allegation E: Discourtesy, [redacted]).
[redacted] alleged that PO Power grabbed him by the arm, pushed him inside of his vehicle, and slammed the car door on his arm in a discourteous manner (Allegation F: Force, [redacted]) (Allegation G: Force, [redacted]) (Allegation H: Discourtesy, [redacted]).
PO Power then said to [redacted], "You are not free to leave and you are not free to get out of the car. Okay? Sit in the car and be a good boy" (Allegation I: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]) (Allegation J: Discourtesy, [redacted]). PO Power allegedly then turned off PO Dieken's BWC (Allegation K: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
PO Power allegedly told [redacted], "I'm going to tell everyone that you're a snitch, and you'll see what happens to you" (Allegation L: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
[redacted] asked all three officers for their names and shield numbers and only PO Dieken provided her information (Allegations M, N: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]) (Allegations O, P: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). PO Power failed to provide [redacted] with a business card (Allegation Q: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]) and failed to activate his BWC for this incident (Allegation R: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
[redacted] was issued four... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: November 17, 2022
Received: November 28, 2022
Closed: December 14, 2023
Last Updated: June 22, 2024

Reason for contact: Other violation of VTL
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 68th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: Other VTL violation summons issued

Body-Worn Camera evidence collected