Laurance F. Laverty

Badge #6369, White Male
Detective Grade 3 at Police Laboratory since February 2024, active
Service started July 2012, made $124,000 last year, Tax #952970

Lawsuit settlements:
$65,000   Hogan, Robert Aka May-Shaw, Christopher Peyton vs City of New York, et al., 2017 EDNY EDNY 17CV05591
$62,500   Colter, Nathaniel vs City of New York, et al., 2015 EDNY EDNY 15CV03214
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Complaints

5 Complaints
7 Allegations
0 Substantiated
1 Alleged Victim Uncooperative
1 Closed - Pending Litigation
1 Complainant Unavailable
4 Unsubstantiated

Complaint #202204991, July 2022
Allegation: Force: Physical force
Complainant: Black Male, 30-34
CCRB Conclusion: Closed - Pending Litigation
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Complaint #201704968, April 2017
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Search (of person)
Complainant: Black Male, 39
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Frisk
Complainant: Black Male, 39
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
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Complaint #201412170, December 2014
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched
CCRB Conclusion: Complainant Unavailable
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Complaint #201305715, June 2013
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Stop
Complainant: Black Male, 22
CCRB Conclusion: Alleged Victim Uncooperative
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Complaint #201305423, May 2013
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
Complainant: Black Male, 26
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of summons
Complainant: Black Male, 26
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
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Complaint #202204991, July 2022
Allegation Complainant CCRB Conclusion
Force: Physical force Black Male, 30-34 Closed - Pending Litigation
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Complaint #201704968, April 2017
Allegation Complainant CCRB Conclusion
Abuse of Authority: Search (of person) Black Male, 39 Unsubstantiated
Abuse of Authority: Frisk Black Male, 39 Unsubstantiated
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Complaint #201412170, December 2014
Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched Complainant Unavailable
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Complaint #201305715, June 2013
Allegation Complainant CCRB Conclusion
Abuse of Authority: Stop Black Male, 22 Alleged Victim Uncooperative
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Complaint #201305423, May 2013
Allegation Complainant CCRB Conclusion
Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Black Male, 26 Unsubstantiated
Abuse of Authority: Threat of summons Black Male, 26 Unsubstantiated
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Conclusion Meanings:

'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.

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Lawsuits

Named in 6 known lawsuits, $127,500 total settlements.

Bare, Ramon vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 157426/2021, Supreme Court - New York, September 9, 2021

Martinez, Edickson vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 157427/2021, Supreme Court - New York, September 9, 2021

May-Shaw, Christopher Peyton vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV03416, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 5, 2019, ended September 3, 2020
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: Around 3:30 pm on August 10, 2016, Mr. May-Shaw was exiting the Holiday Inn with his female companion, Ms. Morris, and walking towards her rental car so he could retrieve his ID card. After getting his ID, they began walking down the street when 3-4 police officers jumped out of a vehicle with tinted windows and told them to stop walking. The officers proceeded to search Mr. May-Shaw and Ms. Morris but discovered nothing. The officers placed both individuals in handcuffs and placed them in separate unmarked cars. The officers then went to search the rental car. Mr. May-Shaw was brought to the precinct, where officers interrogated him and claimed they found narcotics in the rental car. The officers coerced Mr....

Hogan, Robert Aka May-Shaw, Christopher Peyton vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV05591, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 1, 2017, ended February 26, 2021
$65,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 15, 2016, NYPD officers pulled over the plaintiff, falsely alleging that the vehicle he was in (not his own car, but a Porsche he was transporting from Michigan to its new owner in NY) had a forged license plate and illegally tinted windows. Officers arrested plaintiff immediately, searched him, then impounded and searched the vehicle. The one arresting officer, searching the vehicle alone, claimed to have found handgun under the driver seat in front of where plaintiff was sitting, though she had earlier made inconsistent statements about the gun's location. Plaintiff denies having any connection to or knowledge of the gun. NYPD seized plaintiff's personal property, which included electronics, accessori...

Gill, Kevin, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV05513, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 30, 2015, ended March 23, 2017
Zero Disposition
Complaint, Amended Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers forcefully entered Plaintiff's home and searched it. Plaintiff called the 73rd Precinct to make a formal complaint but Defendant Officers Mizra and Anton refused to accept it. On another occasion, Defendant Officers stopped Plaintiff, asked him for ID, searched him, and then let him go. On a third occasion, Plaintiff was stopped ad arrested by Defendant Officers, brought to the 73rd Precinct under an alleged warrant. Any charges and outcomes are not specified.

Colter, Nathaniel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV03214, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 4, 2015, ended July 10, 2017
$62,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Defendant officers chased Plaintiff down the street, assaulted him, took him to the hospital. All charges against Plaintiff were dismissed.