Conclusion Meanings:
'Substantiated': The alleged conduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'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.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Named in 3 known lawsuits, $35,000 total settlements.
Berrio, Michelle vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 154336/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, June 13, 2019, ended February 7, 2023
Zero Disposition
Berrio, Michelle vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV09570,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 15, 2015, ended March 29, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On February 25, 2015, 911 dispatchers received a call reporting an assault on the corner of 145th St. and St. Nicholas Ave., near the subway entrance, where a black woman was beating up a white woman and shouting racial slurs. Michelle Berrio exited this stop shortly after and walked on 145th St. toward her son's child care provider. Plaintiff was approached by NYPD officer Gellison Flores despite her not matching the description of the assailant. Flores asked her if she had been in a fight, and she replied that she hadn't. Approximately 10 minutes later, officer Tommy Keung arrived in a police car with the woman who had been assaulted in the back seat. Keung stated that the woman who had been assaulted, who h...
Stevens v. The City of New York
Case # 12CV06823,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$35,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers approached Plaintiff's legally parked car, demanded to see ID, forcibly removed Plaintiff from his car, assaulted him, sprayed him with mace, and searched his person and the car. Plaintiff was taken to the 32nd precinct and charged with unspecified crimes, which were later dismissed.