Park Slope Top Cop Tops Misconduct List: Data

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN ? More than 30 Park Slope cops have substantiated misconduct acts on their records, and none have more than the beleaguered precinct's controversial chief, according to a new Legal Aid Society database.

Exactly 33 officers from the 78th Precinct appear in the "Law Enforcement Lookup" database unveiled last week by the legal advocacy group, who hailed the tool as the most comprehensive collection of NYPD misconduct data.

Commanding officer of the 78th Precinct Captain Frantz Souffrant topped the list, with seven misconduct claims found substantiated by the Civilian Complaint Review Board in 2010 and 2020.

The 2010 complaint describes an incident the CCRB determined was an abuse of authority when Souffrant search a vehicle as an officer with the 75th Precinct in East New York.

The complainants ? two construction worker brothers who were sitting in their car outside a house near the Jackie Robinson Parkway ? told the CCRB that Souffrant told them "I can do whatever I want," and yelled "I'm the law" at least twice during the stop.

On June 11 2020, Souffrant, now a captain, according to his NYPD public profile, was involved with another car-related stop and search which had substantiated misconduct claims. No other details are currently available regarding this incident.

Souffrant became the commanding officer of the 78th Precinct in early 2021, according to official NYPD social media accounts.

More recently, Souffrant was sued by one of his lieutenants for gender and racial discrimination, among other claims.

In 2013, Souffrant was also sued for following a man who had filmed an arrest back to his home and arresting him. Taxpayers paid a $20,000 settlement with the plaintiff in that suit.

Last year, Patch reported that Souffrant was on a list of witnesses with questionable credibility complied by the Brooklyn DA's office.