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.
Gonzalez, Sonia vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV00494,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 29, 2015, ended March 9, 2016
$35,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 13, 2014, Plaintiff Sonia Gonzalez was lawfully in her parked car with her boyfriend, son and son's girlfriend when several police officers, including Defendants Timothy Kraft, Rachel Schneider and Gregory Staino pulled up behind Plaintiff's car and asked her to exit her vehicle. She complied, and Defendants told her that they believed she was intoxicated. Plaintiff explained that she was the designated driver and had not consumed any alcohol. Nonetheless, Plaintiff was immediately placed in handcuffs without being administered a breathalyzer exam. When the plaintiff yelled to her family to go home to avoid trouble, one of the defendants, a female officer, told her to "shut up" and administered peppe...