Conclusion Meanings:
'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, $23,000 total settlements.
Pottinger, Carol vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV05243,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 13, 2016, ended April 3, 2017
$3,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: ON Aug. 23, 2015, plaintiff was at her sister's private residence for a family reunion inn the backyard. As the party was winding down, three plain clothes officers jumped out of a marked NYPD car and asked who was in charge. When the plaintiff said she was, the officers demanded to be let into the backyard, which she refused as they lacked a warrant or probable cause to enter. Officers asked for her id and then slammed her against the gate and placed her under arrest. Officers then illegally entered the backyard and told everyone else to leave.
Plaintiff was then brought to the precint, where she was unlawfully strip searched and forced to bend over and cough. Nothing illegal was found. Officers misrepresente...
Augustin, Garvey vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV05260,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 30, 2016, ended June 20, 2017
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: The plaintiff was rounding the corner of the street looking for a cab when an unmarked car pulled up next to him and 5 officers in plain clothes chased down and arrested him. They searched him and found nothing, but brought him to the nearby precinct anyway and searched him again. With nothing to charge the plaintiff with, the defendant officers charged him with a traffic violation for being on a roadway instead of sidewalk in violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 1156.A. The charge was later dismissed.