Complaint #202302537,
March 25, 2023

Officer: Venditti, Michael
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle stop
CCRB Conclusion: Within NYPD Guidelines
Officer: Abdallah, Dia
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: White Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Interference with recording
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Property damaged
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Abdallah, Dia
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Abdallah, Dia
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Toner, Nicholas
Complainant: Female
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Toner, Nicholas
Complainant: Female
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Abdallah, Dia
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
CCRB Board Conclusion: Unable to Determine
Officer: Haynes, Roger
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Toner, Nicholas
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Conclusion: Within NYPD Guidelines
Officer: Toner, Nicholas
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
CCRB Conclusion: Unable to Determine
Officer: Toner, Nicholas
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Toner, Nicholas
Complainant: Female
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Stop
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Toner, Nicholas
Complainant: Female
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Venditti, Michael
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
CCRB Board Conclusion: Unable to Determine
Officer: Monte, Marco
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Improper use of body-worn camera
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Monte, Marco
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
CCRB Board Conclusion: Within NYPD Guidelines
Officer: Venditti, Michael
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Haynes, Roger
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Venditti, Michael
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Question
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Toner, Nicholas
Complainant: Male, 45-49
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Board Conclusion
Venditti, Michael Male, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle stop Within NYPD Guidelines
Abdallah, Dia Male, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Unknown Officer White Male, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Interference with recording Unfounded
Unknown Officer Male, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Property damaged Unfounded
Abdallah, Dia Male, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Abdallah, Dia Male, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Toner, Nicholas Female Abuse of Authority: Frisk Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Toner, Nicholas Female Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Abdallah, Dia Male, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Unable to Determine
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
Haynes, Roger Male, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Toner, Nicholas Male, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Within NYPD Guidelines
Toner, Nicholas Male, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) Unable to Determine
Toner, Nicholas Male, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Frisk Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Toner, Nicholas Female Abuse of Authority: Stop Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Toner, Nicholas Female Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Venditti, Michael Male, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Vehicle search Unable to Determine
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
Monte, Marco Male, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Improper use of body-worn camera Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Monte, Marco Male, 45-49 Discourtesy: Word Within NYPD Guidelines
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
Venditti, Michael Male, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Haynes, Roger Male, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Venditti, Michael Male, 45-49 Abuse of Authority: Question Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Toner, Nicholas Male, 45-49 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.
'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

Venditti, Michael
No Disciplinary Action-DUP
No penalty

Haynes, Roger
No Disciplinary Action-DUP
No penalty

Monte, Marco
No Disciplinary Action-DUP
No penalty

Abdallah, Dia
No Disciplinary Action-DUP
No penalty

Toner, Nicholas
Closed: Retained, with discipline, September 18, 2024
APU Closed: Retained, with discipline
Forfeit vacation 5 days

Summary

On March 25, 2023, at approximately 7:53 p.m., at the intersection of Avenue B and Rockaway Parkway in Brooklyn, [redacted] was driving with an unknown individual when they were pulled over by six officers from Patrol Borough Brooklyn South: Sgt. Michael Venditti, PO Dia Abdallah, Det. Andreas Sargent, PO Roger Haynes, PO Nicholas Toner, and PO Marco Monte (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
PO Abdallah frisked and searched [redacted] (Allegations B, C: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). PO Toner entered [redacted] vehicle, retrieved a coat, then frisked and searched the coat (Allegations D: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]) (Allegation E: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]) (Allegation F: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). PO Monte said to [redacted], "Nobody is gonna fucking kill you, man, relax. What the fuck." (Allegation G: Discourtesy, [redacted]).
Sgt. Venditti questioned [redacted] (Allegation H: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). PO Abdallah, Sgt. Venditti, and PO Haynes proceeded to search [redacted] car (Allegations I, J, K: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). PO Toner stopped, frisked, and searched the unknown individual (Allegations L, M, N: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
Sgt. Venditti, PO Abdallah, PO Haynes, and PO Toner failed to offer [redacted] a business card (Allegations O, P, Q, R: Abuse of Authority: [redacted]). PO Toner failed to provide the unknown individual with a business card (Allegation S: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
PO Monte failed to properly activate his BWC during this incident (Allegation T: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
[redacted] alleged that an officer interfered with him recording the incident (Allegation U: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). An officer allegedly damaged [redacted] TV monitor in his car during the search (Allegation V: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
No summons or arrest resulted from this incident. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: March 25, 2023
Received: March 27, 2023
Closed: August 6, 2024
Last Updated: September 20, 2024

Reason for contact: C/V intervened on behalf of/observed encounter w/3rd party
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 67th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Body-Worn Camera evidence collected
Video evidence collected