The Internal Affairs Bureau is currently investigating Sergeant Timothy Horohoe for false official statements intentionally made to the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) during an investigation of the arrests of cyclist and videographer Christian Guttierez, and photographer Jordan Groh while documenting police harassment of cyclists in Time’s Square during the March 2007 Critical Mass ride.The CCRB report also substantiated the charge that Sgt. Timothy Horohoe used physical force when Sgt. Horohoe pushed Richard Vazquez off his bike when Mr. Vazquez rode through Times Square on the March 2007 Critical Mass. The charges of physical force used by Sgt Horohoe are being investigated by the Department Advocate Office.  The statute of limitations on penalizing Horohoe for the acts of March 30, 2007 is September 30, 2008.

“Critical Mass participants have been assaulted by a Lietuenant, a Sergeant  and recently by a Rookie officer.  And each assault has been documented on video.  When officers lie with impunity to cover up their bad conduct, the CCRB says that filing of false information in official documents is not within their jurisdiction.  Simply put, there is no official manner for civilians to hold bad apples accountable for wrongful police conduct and therefore, all civilians and all good police officers suffer”, says Wylie Stecklow, lawyer for the complainants.

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