Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - The conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusions.
Velez, Frankie vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 525017/2020,
Supreme Court - Kings, December 22, 2020, ended September 28, 2022
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 31, 2019, at approximately 11:00 a.m., plaintiff was lawfully
present in the vicinity of Prospect Place and Buffalo Avenue, where defendant officers unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched, and falsely
arrested plaintiff without legal justification. Plaintiff was unlawfully arrested and handcuffed by the defendant officers without legal justification The defendant police officers transported plaintiff to the 77th Precinct, where plaintiff was unlawfully photographed, fingerprinted, and detained in a holding cell. Thereafter, the defendant police officers conducted an invasive and unlawful strip search of plaintiff. Specifically, the defendant police officers stripped plaintiff of all of h...