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 4 known lawsuits, $70,000 total settlements.
Drayton, Donovan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV07091,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 8, 2017
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was arrested after Defendant Officers learned that he was on parole and claimed that they saw Plaintiff holding a "twist containing a quantity of cocaine." Plaintiff was stopped without reasonable suspicion and arrested without probable cause.
Stewart, Selwyn, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 713138/2015,
Supreme Court - Queens, January 15, 2016
Edwards, Martane, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV06557,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 19, 2015, ended April 18, 2018
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Original Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was having a party in her backyard when defendant officers entered, demanded ID, and then assaulted her. Plaintiffs were brought to a local precinct and charged with false charges that were eventually dismissed.
Norman, Cheyenne vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV06542,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 19, 2014, ended April 9, 2015
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 14, 2013, at approximately 1:00 a.m., plaintiff was sitting with a friend on the front porch in front of plaintiff's home, within the fenced-in front yard. Two unknown men were walking near the home when two NYPD police officers pulled up beside the men. One of the men ran into plaintiff's front gate and exited out of a side gate, dropping a gun in plaintiff's front yard in the process. Plaintiff and her friend did not move from the porch. The defendant officer Brian Volpi cavalierly entered plaintiff's front yard and found the gun. Defendant Volpi was rude to plaintiff and her friend, at which time plaintiff asked Volpi to leave the yard. Volpi subsequently arrested plaintiff and her friend, to...