Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The acts of the private citizen herein are not subject to challenge because they were not instigated or supervised by the police ( see, People v. Galloway, 138 A.D.2d 735, 737, lv denied 71 N.Y.2d 1027), and not conducted at their request ( see, People v. Cole, 200 A.D.2d 832, lv denied 83 N.Y.2d 850). The police gave the private citizen no instructions ( see, People v. Shabani, 203 A.D.2d 142, lv denied 84 N.Y.2d 832), promised him no reward, and offered him not even "slight assistance" ( People v. Henriquez, 214 A.D.2d 485, 486, lv denied 86 N.Y.2d 873). The record shows, if anything, only generalized encouragement, which does not warrant a finding of agency for suppression purposes ( see, People v. Del Duco, 247 A.D.2d 487).
Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Rubin, Williams and Mazzarelli, JJ.