Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - the alleged conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'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, $2,000 total settlements.
Navana, Elad, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV06004,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, September 10, 2015, ended January 16, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: Defendant officers approached plaintiffs and physically abused plaintiffs. Defendant officers tightly handcuffed plaintiffs and placed them in chokeholds. Plaintiffs were taken to the precinct, transferred to central booking and were charged with resisting arrest and criminal trespass in the third degree. All charges were dismissed.
Smith, Thomas vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV01062,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, April 3, 2015, ended October 27, 2016
$2,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 6, 2013, plaintiff was in Times Square and stopped to buy water from a vendor. While there, he asked a bystander for a light for a smoke, and then proceeded to smoke a cigarette. He begun to walk away when P.O. Daniel Fitzpatrick and Sgt. Kenneth Monahan approached and placed him up against the wall and begun to pat him down. They handcuffed him, and told plaintiff to "shut the fuck up, you know what you did" when he asked what was happening. A black unmarked police van pulled up and plaintiff was arrested and taken to the precinct. At the precinct, plaintiff again asked what he was being arrested for and P.O. Fitzpatrick told him "promoting prostitution." Plaintiff was charged for promoting prostitutio...