Complaint #9601814,
April 22, 1996

Officer: Maloney, Kevin
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Maloney, Kevin
Allegation: Discourtesy: Curse
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline)
Officer: Maloney, Kevin
Allegation: Discourtesy: Nasty Words
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline)
Officer Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Maloney, Kevin Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Unsubstantiated
Maloney, Kevin Discourtesy: Curse Substantiated (Command Discipline)
Maloney, Kevin Discourtesy: Nasty Words Substantiated (Command Discipline)

Conclusion Meanings:

'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.

Further details on conclusions.


Summary

At 4:45 p.m., on April 23, 1996. [redacted] was on 215 East 161st. Street, the Bronx. [redacted] said that officers' Keating and Maloney were escorting a prisoner to the court house. Officers Keating and Maloney came up to him and said "hey you, what the fuck are you doing?", "get the fuck off the car are you out of your fucking mind." [redacted] said that the officers did not have to speak to him like that. He apologized to officers Keating and Maloney for laying on the police car. [redacted] said that one officer said "get the fuck out of here, you better take a fucking walk before I lock you up." [redacted] said that officers' Keating and Maloney threatened to lock him up. He told them that they had no reason to lock him up and the officers said that they would make something up. He told officers Keating and Maloney that he had the right to stand wherever he wants to stand. Officers Keating and Maloney said "if he spoke again, they would lock him up and to take a fucking walk." [redacted] said while officers' Keating and Maloney were getting in the car, they called him a "Black fuck."
[redacted] said that she observed [redacted] resting on the patrol car at 161st. & Sherman in the Bronx. She observed police officers' Keating and Maloney escorting a prisoner, they came up to [redacted] and said "hey you, what the fuck are you doing?", "get the fuck off the car are you out of you fucking mind." [redacted] said that [redacted] got off the police car, told them that they did not have to speak to him like that and he apologized to the officers' for laying on the car. She said that one officer told [redacted] to "get the fuck out of here, you better take a fucking walk before I lock you up." [redacted] said that [redacted] told officers' Keating and Maloney that they did not have any reason to lock him. He told officers Keating and Maloney that he had the right to stand any where he wants to stand. She said that officers' Keating and Maloney told [redacted] "if he spoke again, they would lock him up and "take... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: April 22, 1996
Received: April 23, 1996
Closed: April 23, 1996

Reason for contact: Patrol Encounter
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued