Case: 2023-28783
Closed: 10/4/2023
Case Details:
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Failed to supervise.
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Failed to conduct an investigation.
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Failed to make proper notifications (IAB/desk officer).
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Failed to make required entries in Department logs (activity logs).
Penalty: A - Command Discipline, forfeiture of time/leave balances, instructions
Recommendation: Charges and Specifications
Forde, Ricardo vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 21CV04989,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 16, 2021
Complaint
Description: On September 3, 2018, the Plaintiff was outside a building in Brooklyn when Defendant NYPD Officer Reginald Smith, Randy Sanchez, Michael Desposito, and unknown officers began to shout and yell at the Plaintiff from an unmarked vehicle. The Defendants chased the Plaintiff and threw, shoved, and slammed him onto the entryway of a building. They punched the Plaintiff in his face, head, neck, and chest. The Defendants slammed the Plaintiff onto the ground and handcuffed him. After handcuffing the Plaintiff, the Defendants continued to beat the Plaintiff, including by punching, kicking, and holding him face down on the sidewalk with the weight of one of the officer's foot/boot on his back. The handcuffs were locked...