Complaint #202303981,
May 7, 2023

Summary

At 9am on May 7, 2023 at [redacted] in Queens, [redacted] was walking her dog in front of her apartment building when she was approached by Police Officer Dennis Cobic and Police Officer Annie Cosgrave, both of the 112th Precinct. PO Cobic and PO Cosgrave stopped [redacted] (Allegations A-B: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] and questioned her about a neighbor's allegation that her dog had bitten the neighbor (Allegations C-D: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). [redacted] tried to answer the officers' questions, expressing to them that her English was limited and requesting the assistance of her daughter. PO Cobic and PO Cosgrave initially denied this request, and did not obtain any other interpretation services, a failure which constituted biased policing on the basis of national origin (Allegations E-H: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). PO Cosgrave asked [redacted] if she needed to go to the hospital (Allegation I: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). [redacted] is a senior, and felt PO Cobic and PO Cosgrave's treatment of her was effected by her age (Allegations J-K: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
[redacted] alleged that PO Cobic did not have his body-worn cameras activated during the interaction (Allegations L: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Neither PO Cobic nor PO Cosgrave provided [redacted] with business cards (Allegations M-N: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]; Allegations O-P: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Read report for details.