Plaintiff:
Patrick Swenie
Incident date:
08/16/2016
Location:
6498 N Paulina St.
Allegations:
Officer Gaytan approached Swenie, who was on the sidewalk, in what appeared to be his own car. Upon exiting the car, Gaytan searched Swenie and took away the digital camera he was carrying, also removing the memory card. Officer Williams had observed the actions between Swenie and Gaytan, but did not intervene. He remained with Swenie while Gaytan spoke with Sergeant Rellinger, who had arrived at the scene. Swenie asked Rellinger to stop Gaytan from leaving with his property, but Rellinger did not make an attempt to stop him. Instead, Rellinger exited his CPD vehicle and seized Swenie but didn't charge him with a crime. The remaining officers released Swenie, though Gaytan never returned his property.