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.
'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 2 known lawsuits, $35,000 total settlements.
Bates, Hilton vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 532689/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, January 14, 2022, ended November 30, 2023
$35,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 11, 2019 at approximately 11:00 p.m. in the area of 3705 Church Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, , Plaintiff was attending a barbeque event in an open-air lot with a private gated entrance. Plaintiff was one of approximately nine individuals attending the event. Plaintiff was not engaged in any criminal activity, nor was he in possession of any contraband, narcotics or weapons.
Numerous police officers in plainclothes from the NYPD 67th Precinct, and other unknown police commands, including, defendant NYPD Officer Sergeant Brian Schulman, NYPD Sergeant David Grieco, and P.O. John and Jane Does #1-12, and other as yet unknown police officers, at times acting in concert Steven Lavin and NYPD Officer Dav...
Caille, Dieuverson vs City of New York
Case # 515413/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 25, 2021
Complaint
Description: On August 12, 2019, while lawfully sitting in a car parked at the intersection of Beverley Road and East 28th Street in Kings, NY, the plaintiff was unlawfully approached, searched, seized, battered, assaulted, arrested, and detained by the defendants, including Lavin, Gierlachowski, and John Does 1-10, in an excessive manner without legal justification and solely because of his race and national origin. The defendants aggressively approached the plaintiff with a gun pointing at him without any warning or explanation, and they grabbed and violently dragged the plaintiff out of the vehicle by his hair and applied extremely tight handcuffs. Defendants unlawfully searched and seized the plaintiff and unlawfully qu...