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.
'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 3 known lawsuits, $60,000 total settlements.
Woods, Justin vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 500990/2026,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 2, 2026
Torres, Herbert vs The City of Ny, et al.
Case # 502483/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, March 21, 2024
Complaint
Description: The complaint details two incidents involving the plaintiff's interactions with NYPD officers referred to as Brovakos I and Brovakos II. In the first incident on November 3, 2020, the plaintiff was arrested without cause after briefly stopping to see a friend. The officers demanded his driver's license, accused him of parking in a no-standing zone, and then escalated the situation by forcibly removing him from his vehicle, conducting a warrantless search, and physically assaulting him. Despite no contraband being found, the plaintiff was detained, strip-searched, and falsely charged with various crimes, which were later dismissed in court.
In the second incident on January 24, 2021, a similar pattern occurred....
Smith, Natasha, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 706018/2013,
Supreme Court - Queens, January 6, 2014, ended August 4, 2016
$60,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 13, 2013, Plaintiffs were wrongfully touched, grabbed, assaulted, searched, handcuffed, seized, and arrested by NYPD Defendant Officer Hasad Baksh and Defendant Sergeant Ghalen. Plaintiffs were criminally processed and arraigned on the charges of obstruction of governmental administration and resisting arrest. On July 15, 2013, the Plaintiffs were arraigned and released on their own recognizances.