Conclusion Meanings:
'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'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.
Case Details:
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Wrongfully discourteous to an individual known to the Department.
Penalty: A - Command Discipline, forfeiture of time/leave balances
Recommendation: Command Discipline - A
Lasalle, Fernando vs City of Ny
Case # 816471/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 17, 2022, ended July 31, 2024
$245,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 5, 2021, the plaintiff was lawfully walking down avenue in Bronx holding a can o paper confetti near the 46th Pct. The Defendants LOUIS ORTIZ, CLAUDE STATEN, ANGEL BALANAVOV, JUSTIN SAMPATH, AMY E. POLANCO, NEILRODIC DEY, LAWRENCE DUNLAY, TIAGO GOMES, and other unknown police officers .asked him to turn around accusing him to be a protestor but the Plaintiff kept walking in respect of all laws. Subsequently, he was forcibly grabbed and punched. On the floor, he suffered from the Defendant's weights and was violently handcuffed, stroked and dragged against a car. In the precinct, he was also humiliated, insulted and battered. Plaintiff was falsely accused of crimes, spent 24h without food and spe...