Conclusion Meanings:
'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 2 known lawsuits, $18,000 total settlements.
Ortiz-Silva, Miguel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026805/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 8, 2020, ended November 5, 2021
$18,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 5, 2020, at approximately, 3:00 p.m., in the vicinity of 848 Hunts Point Avenue, County of Bronx, NYPD Officer Geraldine Ozuna, along with other NYPD officers, approached plaintiff without legal justification and detained him by means of excessive force. The officers subjected plaintiff to a strip search before he was arraigned and falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime. As a result of the officers’ excessive force, plaintiff suffered severe physical and mental injury. Plaintiff also alleges that his arrest was a result of NYPD’s “Stop and Frisk” policy, which encourages racial profiling. All charges against the plaintiff were terminated favorably.
Perez, Noheme vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 023441/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 16, 2020
Complaint
Description: On March 30, 2019, Plaintiff Perez contacted the police in regards to a dispute between her and her neighbor, Ms. Vergara. Officers questioned the two women. After the Plaintiff had explained that Ms. Vergara was lying to them, notified them that she had filed a complaint with the police department, and pleaded with them to consider reviewing the security tapes, the Defendants refused to acknowledge her statements and left. An hour later, the Defendants returned to the apartment building because Ms. Vergara had, in the time since the first incident, formally filed a complaint against her. Both Plaintiff Perez and Ms. Vergara were arrested. Plaintiff Perez was handcuffed too tightly, shoved into a police car, an...