Complaint #9902381,
May 22, 1999

Officer: Mccrosson, Matthew
Complainant: Male, 59
Allegation: Force: Push/Shove
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Charges)
Officer: Mccrosson, Matthew
Complainant: Male, 59
Allegation: Discourtesy: Curse
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Mccrosson, Matthew Male, 59 Force: Push/Shove Substantiated (Charges)
Mccrosson, Matthew Male, 59 Discourtesy: Curse Unsubstantiated

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

On Saturday May 22, 1999 at approximately 3:10 p.m., [redacted] and his wife, [redacted] were in their backyard with a friend, [redacted] Also outside was [redacted] old mother in law, and his sister in law, [redacted] The [redacted] were having a barbecue and listening to Indian music in honor of [redacted] birthday. [redacted] old daughter was also in the yard. [redacted] decided to go for a walk so that he could smoke a cigarette, but when he got to the front of his home he saw three officers. All three officers were white and in uniform. Two officers were trying to jump over his fence and into his yard. [redacted] asked the officers if there was a problem. PO #1, who [redacted] later came to learn was PO McCrosson, was trying to wedge himself through a small fenced area (Enclosure 45a). This officer screamed at [redacted] to open the gate. [redacted] invited the officers to walk in through the side gate of his house, which led to the backyard (Enclosure 45b). Two of the officers, PO# 2 and PO #3, went in through the side gate, but PO McCrosson jumped over the fence and walked around the other side of the house. [redacted] and the other two officers walked to the backyard and were met by PO McCrosson. Once in the backyard, the officers told [redacted] that someone had complained about his music being played too loud. They asked him to shut the music off, so [redacted] went into his basement and turned off the music. As he was attempting to leave the basement, PO McCrosson and another officer came into the basement and blocked his path. [redacted] asked why the officers were coming into his basement after he had turned the music off. PO McCrosson, apparently angered by this question, slammed [redacted] against the wall and told him to get out of the basement. [redacted] said, no, that he did not have to leave his own house, the officers did. [redacted] told the officers that he had turned off his music in response to the complaint and there was no need for the officers to come into his home once he had... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: May 22, 1999
Received: May 23, 1999
Closed: August 24, 2000

Location: Apartment/house
Outcome: Summons - disorderly conduct