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.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusions.
Price, Kelly vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV05871,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 7, 2016
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff is the victim of physical, mental and economic abuse. Beginning in 2010 and into early 2011, Plaintiff sought protection from members of the criminal justice community for assistance in her attempts to extricate herself from her batterer (and in November 2010 was even issued an order of protection). Rather than investigating her claims, Plaintiff was arrested and charged with hundreds of counts of aggravated harassment towards her batterer and one count of contempt of court resulting in Plaintiff's false arrest, malicious prosecution, unlawful imprisonment and defamation. In connection with this, the NYPD instructed and coerced witnesses to give false or unreliable testimony through their misuse of th...