wildcard
2nd September 2010, 04:30 PM
I read some of this yesterday on a cop board. There was another story about a paramedic blocking the cops from tazing her patient and the cops wanted the paramedic to do a day or two of jail time. They thought this cop was justified in his actions of course. (they also said they the story was made up before the cop was IDed)
Cop identified, suspended by NYPD for failing to help woman save daughter dying of asthma
(http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/08/31/2010-08-31_cop_identified_suspended_by_nypd_for_failing_to _help_woman_save_daughter_dying_o.html [link)
BY Rocco Parascandola and John Lauinger
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Originally Published:Tuesday, August 31st 2010
The NYPD has suspended a cold-hearted Brooklyn cop who failed to help a woman as she frantically drove her dying daughter to a hospital, police said.
Police Officer Alfonso Mendez, 30, who is assigned to the 84th Precinct in downtown Brooklyn, had his gun and badge taken and will likely face a departmental charge for failing to take proper police action, cops said.
The stunning announcement - which vindicated the grieving mother of Briana Ojeda, 11 - was a quick and surprising turn of events.
Tuesday morning, as the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau hunted for the mystery officer whom Carmen Ojeda blamed for her daughter's death, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters not enough was known to determine if the man was an NYPD cop.
The probe suddenly came together within a few hours Tuesday afternoon - and Mendez, who was suspended without pay, later copped to having been the man in uniform who pulled over Ojeda in Cobble Hill Friday.
"It's a shame that it took four days for this officer to reveal himself. And it should never happen to any other child," said Briana's father, Michael Ojeda, as he and Carmen left their daughter's wake.
Briana, whose funeral is today, suffered an asthma attack while playing at a Carroll Gardens park.
Her mother called 911, but opted instead to drive Briana to Long Island College Hospital.
Mendez, who has been on theforce for five years and hadnot had a major disciplinary issue, stopped Ojeda after she turned the wrong way down a one-way street a few blocks from the hospital.
Ojeda, 35, of Boerum Hill, had insisted she was pulled over by an NYPD cop who acted surly and claimed not to know cardiopulmonary resuscitation - althoughall NYPD cops receive such training.
She said the officer followed her to the hospital, where Briana died about an hour after arrival.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said Internal Affairs Bureau investigators showed Ojeda and witnesses pictures of cops in the 76th Precinct, where the incident took place. No cop was identified as the culprit.
They next began reviewing gasoline purchases because cops from two neighboring commands routinely fuel up their vehicles at stations within the 76th Precinct.
Those records confirmed that following a court appearance, Mendez had stopped to fill up his vehicle before heading to the Brooklyn Bridge to relieve a cop at a fixed posting, Browne said. Mendez's NYPD photo was then placed in a photo array for witnesses, who fingered him.
Browne said that, under NYPD regulations, Mendez should have reported he stopped Ojeda and escorted her to the hospital.
Cop identified, suspended by NYPD for failing to help woman save daughter dying of asthma
(http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/08/31/2010-08-31_cop_identified_suspended_by_nypd_for_failing_to _help_woman_save_daughter_dying_o.html [link)
BY Rocco Parascandola and John Lauinger
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Originally Published:Tuesday, August 31st 2010
The NYPD has suspended a cold-hearted Brooklyn cop who failed to help a woman as she frantically drove her dying daughter to a hospital, police said.
Police Officer Alfonso Mendez, 30, who is assigned to the 84th Precinct in downtown Brooklyn, had his gun and badge taken and will likely face a departmental charge for failing to take proper police action, cops said.
The stunning announcement - which vindicated the grieving mother of Briana Ojeda, 11 - was a quick and surprising turn of events.
Tuesday morning, as the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau hunted for the mystery officer whom Carmen Ojeda blamed for her daughter's death, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters not enough was known to determine if the man was an NYPD cop.
The probe suddenly came together within a few hours Tuesday afternoon - and Mendez, who was suspended without pay, later copped to having been the man in uniform who pulled over Ojeda in Cobble Hill Friday.
"It's a shame that it took four days for this officer to reveal himself. And it should never happen to any other child," said Briana's father, Michael Ojeda, as he and Carmen left their daughter's wake.
Briana, whose funeral is today, suffered an asthma attack while playing at a Carroll Gardens park.
Her mother called 911, but opted instead to drive Briana to Long Island College Hospital.
Mendez, who has been on theforce for five years and hadnot had a major disciplinary issue, stopped Ojeda after she turned the wrong way down a one-way street a few blocks from the hospital.
Ojeda, 35, of Boerum Hill, had insisted she was pulled over by an NYPD cop who acted surly and claimed not to know cardiopulmonary resuscitation - althoughall NYPD cops receive such training.
She said the officer followed her to the hospital, where Briana died about an hour after arrival.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said Internal Affairs Bureau investigators showed Ojeda and witnesses pictures of cops in the 76th Precinct, where the incident took place. No cop was identified as the culprit.
They next began reviewing gasoline purchases because cops from two neighboring commands routinely fuel up their vehicles at stations within the 76th Precinct.
Those records confirmed that following a court appearance, Mendez had stopped to fill up his vehicle before heading to the Brooklyn Bridge to relieve a cop at a fixed posting, Browne said. Mendez's NYPD photo was then placed in a photo array for witnesses, who fingered him.
Browne said that, under NYPD regulations, Mendez should have reported he stopped Ojeda and escorted her to the hospital.