Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - The conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'Unable to Determine': The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
'Within NYPD Guidelines': The conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
Further details on conclusions.
Polonsky, Gennady vs Police Department, Nyc, et al.
Case # 14CV02519,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 8, 2014, ended February 20, 2015
Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 13, 2011, Plaintiff proceeded to take the subway after completing a shift at his work. While in the transfer tunnel, a man in civilian clothes approached him from behind on his left side, reached into his right-side pants pockets, removed a knife without cause or legal justification, and without identifying himself as a police officer, detained Plaintiff. He carried the knife with him every day to use it as a tool at his job. He purchased the knife from a catalogue, which did not market or describe the knife as a gravity knife. Defendant Fleischhauer arrested Plaintiff following his sergeant's order, although both the arrest and the order lacked cause or legal justification.
Plaintiff was issued a su...