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.
'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.
'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.
'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 4 known lawsuits, $420,000 total settlements.
Bradley, Jonathan, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 812599/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 17, 2021, ended November 22, 2022
$235,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 1, 2021, at approximately, 12:45 a.m., the Plaintiff Jonathan Bradley
was lawfully in the vicinity of 221 Bruckner Boulevard, County of the Bronx, City and State of New York and doing nothing illegal, improper or acting suspicious in anyway, when the Defendants, absent an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification, approached him, and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner. The Defendants transported Mr. Bradley to a police station in the County of Bronx and entered him on the records as under arrest, to have his fingerprints and photographs to be taken without his consent and in accordance wit...
Misk, Santia vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 034231/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 30, 2020
Complaint
Description: Defendants include Police officer Rosado, Sergrant Lamey, Sergeant Perez, Police Officers John Does 1-10.
On March 19, 2018, Defendant Officers sprayed mace into Santia Misk's ("Plaintiff") face further to a verbal dispute (Plaintiff was not involved). The Plaintiff was then unlawfully stopped, questioned and frisked before being willfully and maliciously battered, when the Defendant Officers, in a hostile and/or offensive manner handcuffed the Plaintiff excessively tightly without his consent with the intention of causing harmful and/or offensive bodily contact to the plaintiff and caused such battery.
The Plaintiff suffered serious physical injuries, included but not limited to, burning to her eyes and fa...
Mccallum, Joshua vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026843/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 13, 2018, ended August 29, 2019
$90,000 Settlement
Brown, Abdullah, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV01897,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, April 1, 2014, ended October 27, 2015
$95,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Complaint
Description: On August 2, 2013 at approximately 10:10pm Ronald Wilfred ("Wilfred") was in the vicinity of 155 Seigel Street, Brooklyn, Ne York. Several NYPD officers including Police Officer Tanisha Hussey (“Hussey”) and Police Officer Jamar Lamey (“Lamey”) stopped Wilfred. The officers allegedly had a warrant for Wilfred related to an arrest for riding his bicycle on a sidewalk. When Wilfred saw the police, he ran towards his apartment. One of the police officers threw a pair of handcuffs at Wilfred, hitting him on the head and causing injury. Fearful that the police would further assault him, Wilfred ran towards his apartment and banged on the door. Abdullah Brown and Raquel Reed-White were asleep inside the apartment. Br...