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.
'Substantiated': The alleged conduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Polonsky, Gennady vs Police Department, Nyc, et al.
Case # 14CV02519,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 8, 2014, ended February 20, 2015
Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 13, 2011, Plaintiff proceeded to take the subway after completing a shift at his work. While in the transfer tunnel, a man in civilian clothes approached him from behind on his left side, reached into his right-side pants pockets, removed a knife without cause or legal justification, and without identifying himself as a police officer, detained Plaintiff. He carried the knife with him every day to use it as a tool at his job. He purchased the knife from a catalogue, which did not market or describe the knife as a gravity knife. Defendant Fleischhauer arrested Plaintiff following his sergeant's order, although both the arrest and the order lacked cause or legal justification.
Plaintiff was issued a su...