Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - the alleged conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Named in 2 known lawsuits, $39,500 total settlements.
Gannaway, Rosalind vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV05702,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 24, 2013, ended June 5, 2015
$27,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 9, 2012, plaintiff was at the home of a patient she cares for as a home health aide. At 1:30AM, plaintiff received a call that her son was shot outside their home. Plaintiff rushed home. Outside her home were many police officers. Her son was already at the hospital. Plaintiff was taken into the home and questioned for an hour. Plaintiff learned her son was alive but shot several times. Officers later left her home except for an officer who remained outside. Plaintiff exited her home to go the hospital and noticed her son's bag lying on the sidewalk. Plaintiff asked the officer if she could take the bag as it contained personal items. The officer told her to wait. 30 minutes later plaintiff again aske...
Moore, David vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 12CV05480,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 8, 2013, ended August 6, 2013
$12,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Stipulation,
Second Amended Complaint
Description: On August 13, 2012, Plaintiff was riding his bike home in Brooklyn when a Defendant Officer approached, ordered him off his bike and told him to put his hands up. Plaintiff complied and Defendant searched him. Plaintiff told the Defendant he was just riding home and then Defendant searched him a second time and handcuffed him despite no contraband being recovered and no probable cause or reasonable suspicion that Plaintiff had committed any crime. Plaintiff was brought to the Precinct and Defendant Officers levied false claims against him. Those charges were adjourned in contemplation of dismissal. On January 4, 2013, Plaintiff was walking in Brooklyn when plain clothes Officers in an unmarked car pulled up nex...