Eugene H. Otton

Eugene H. Otton

Eugene H. Otton
Badge #1623, White Male
Police Officer at Highway Unit 03 since March 2020, active
Also served at Highway Unit 02
Service started January 2005, made $133,000 last year, Tax #937231

Lawsuit settlements:
$12,000   Elsayed, Adam vs Sgt. Borgard, Jonathan, et al., 2020 KCSC KCSC 525086/2019
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Complaints

1 Complaint
2 Allegations
0 Substantiated
1 Exonerated
1 Unfounded

Complaint #201106291, May 2011
Allegation: Offensive Language: Ethnicity
Complainant: Asian Male, 35
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
Complainant: Asian Male, 35
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
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Complaint #201106291, May 2011
Allegation Complainant CCRB Conclusion
Offensive Language: Ethnicity Asian Male, 35 Unfounded
Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Asian Male, 35 Exonerated
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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.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.

Further details on conclusion definitions.


Lawsuits

Elsayed, Adam vs Sgt. Borgard, Jonathan, et al.
Case # 525086/2019, Supreme Court - Kings, January 2, 2020, ended October 6, 2020
$12,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 20, 2017, plaintiff was driving to his girlfriend's house from dinner and he was stopped by defendant POs at a DWI checkpoint. Defendant POs claimed that plaintiff speech was incoherent, and swaying when he was told to exit the vehicle, and failed the coordination tests at the scene. Defendant POs searched plaintiff's vehicle and did not find any marihuana but falsely stated that plaintiff told them that he had smoke marihuana 45 minutes earlier. Defendant POs conducted a SFST using the Drager machine test at the scene which has been deemed unreliable for given false positives in other states in the country. Plaintiff was taken to the IDTU and passed three coordination tests. Despite this information, th...