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.
'Unable to Determine': The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'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.
Named in 3 known lawsuits, $1,500 total settlements.
Harley, Frankie & Livingston, Sharae vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 153971/2024,
Supreme Court - New York, May 1, 2024
Complaint
Description: On or about May 5, 2022, the plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, seized, searched, assaulted and arrested by the defendant PO including POs Mohamed Islam, Matthew Grieve and Karen Zhao without any reasonable suspicion of unlawful behaviour. The defendants falsely accused the plaintiff of crimes illegally searched the plaintiff. The plaintiff's hands were then contorted behind his back and then handcuffed in an excessively tight fashion. The plaintiff was then taken to the 28th Precinct before being transported to the New York County Central Booking where the plaintiff was fingerprinted, photographed and searched again and detained for six days.
Wright, Jequelle vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 155613/2023,
Supreme Court - New York, June 23, 2023
Complaint
Description: On February 12, 2022, at approximately 8:00pm, Plaintiff JEQUELLE WRIGHT was driving his vehicle in the vicinity of 21 Lenox Avenue, Bronx, NY when he was stopped because of his ethnicity, questioned, assaulted and seized by Defendant NYPD officer MOHAMED ISLAM and ten other unidentified officers. Plaintiff was subjected to an illegal search of his person by the Defendant officers including ISLAM, had his arms contorted behind his back and was placed in overly tight handcuffs. Defendants ignored Plaintiff's pleas to loosen the cuffs which resulted in injuries to Plaintiffs wrists. Plaintiff was transported to the 42nd Precinct where he was subjected to a degrading strip search and confined to a cell. Defendants...
Smith, Thomas E. vs City of New York et al.
Case # 21CV06833,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 4, 2021, ended November 20, 2023
$1,500 Settlement