Complaint #202303078,
March 30, 2023

Summary

On March 30, 2023, at approximately 10:30 p.m., PO Anthony Orlando of the 81st Precinct, PO William Woodley of the 77th Precinct, and Lt. Gabriel Cuevas of the 83rd Precinct were assigned to the Community Response Team for Patrol Borough Brooklyn North. During their patrol of the 75th Precinct, PO Orlando and PO Woodley stopped and frisked [redacted] as he was walking past [redacted] in Brooklyn (Allegations A, B, C, and D: Abuse of Authority, Substantiated). After the stop was concluded, [redacted] went into the street and stood in front of the officers' vehicle to prevent them from driving away. Lt. Cuevas approached [redacted] and shoved him backwards into a parked vehicle and then onto the sidewalk multiple times (Allegation E: Force, Within NYPD Guidelines). [redacted] requested business cards from all three officers, but none of them provided one to him and instead verbally provided their names and shield numbers (Allegations F, G, and H: Abuse of Authority, Within NYPD Guidelines). PO Orlando and PO Woodley failed to activate their BWCs during the stop portion of the incident (Allegations I and J: Abuse of Authority, Substantiated). [redacted] was not arrested or issued any summonses. Read report for details.