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.
'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, $15,000 total settlements.
Pena, Jonathan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV00755,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 7, 2017, ended July 31, 2018
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 5, 2015, Plaintiff was wheeling his bicycle over the sidewalk and into a private residence in Queens, New York. Two defendant NYPD officials stopped Plaintiff and his uncle and asked if they had been in the vicinity of a nearby park. Plaintiff responded that they had not been. The officers asked for IDs from both men and then cited Plaintiff for riding his bicycle on the sidewalk, which he had not done. Later the same day, the same two officers stopped Plaintiff again. Four plainclothes officers then exited another vehicle and pulled Plaintiff from his bicycle and handcuffed him. Three of the officers were familiar to Plaintiff as they had previously arrested Plaintiff multiple times. Plaintiff was ...
Cerda, Ruben D., et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV05371,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 22, 2015, ended December 6, 2018
Zero Disposition
Complaint,
Amended Complaint,
Second Amended Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers stopped Plaintiffs' car and searched the car and their persons.
Pena v. The City of New York et al
Case # 17CV00755,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was going to his grandmother's residence on his bicycle when he was pulled over by an NYPD patrol vehicle. The officers asked them both for identification and subsequently issued him a summons for riding a bike on a sidewalk. Later that day, the plaintiff rode his bike from his grandmother's to a store on 104th Street and 49th. On his way home, the same officers stopped him with four other plain clothes officers. One of the officers flashed a light on his face and four other officers pulled him from his bike and walked him towards a police van. They handcuffed him and put him in the vehicle. The same officers had arrested the plaintiff a year earlier, and charged him with robbery and marijuana possess...
