Complaint #202303510,
April 22, 2023

Summary

On April 22, 2023, at approximately 2:05AM, while [redacted] was driving on the Major Deegan Expressway, an unidentified officer, along with Lieutenant Nikolaos Stefopoulos, Detectives Kyle Kelly, Kaz Daughtry, Frank Russo, Charlie Viera, and Jan Rogowski, Police Officers Viton Ademaj, Racine Otway, Kevin Ferguson, Anson Dejesusnunez and Nicholas Gluth, and Sergeant James Seder, all from or temporarily assigned to the Patrol Services Bureau Community Response Team (Det. Daughtry has since been promoted to Deputy Commissioner of Operations, a civilian position within the NYPD; Det. Rogowski has since been promoted to sergeant; PO Dejesusnunez has since been promoted to detective), stopped [redacted] (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority – Vehicle Stop, [redacted]). Det. Daughtry, Lieutenant Stefopoulos, Det. Russo, Sgt. Seder, Det. Rogowski, PO Dejesusnunez, and PO Gluth all improperly used their body-worn cameras (BWCs) (Allegations B, C, D, E, F, and G: Abuse of Authority - Improper Use of Body-Worn Camera, [redacted]) (Allegation H: Abuse of Authority – Improper Use of Body-Worn Camera, [redacted]). Lieutenant Stefopoulos frisked [redacted] (Allegation I: Abuse of Authority - Frisk, [redacted]). Det. Kelly, Sgt. Seder, Det. Rogowski, and Lieutenant Stefopoulos searched [redacted]'s vehicle (Allegations J, K, L, and M: Abuse of Authority – Vehicle Search, [redacted]). Lieutenant Stefopoulos failed to provide [redacted] with a business card (Allegation N: Abuse of Authority - Failure to Provide RTKA Card, [redacted]). Read report for details.