'I'm grateful that they are finally getting disciplined,' said Peter Mendez, who was 9 years old at the time. 'But in my opinion, it should have happened sooner.'
The agency also recommended Cappello's supervisor, Sgt. Russell Egan, be suspended for 60 days – the most of all the officers involved – because he"bears the most responsibility for this incident and the resulting trauma to the Mendez family."
The agency also said Officer Michael Donnelly should be suspended for five days for failing to knock and announce before"prematurely" breaching the door to the Mendez home, COPA said. For example, in interviews and his deposition, Peter said multiple officers, including Cappello, pointed guns at him. In the moment, he feared officers would shoot him or his family members.But the officers denied pointing guns at anyone in the home, COPA said. In interviews with the agency, most of the officers claimed their guns were unholstered, which COPA said is"reasonable" during the execution of a search warrant, according to the report.
"Because there is not enough evidence to find that Office Cappello did not point his firearm at any members of the Mendez family, the allegation is not sustained," COPA wrote.
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