Conclusion Meanings:
'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
Further details on conclusions.
Named in 2 known lawsuits.
Mullins, Edward vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV05578,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, June 25, 2021, ended August 22, 2021
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: The plaintiff, Edward Mullins, has served as the president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) since 2022. In May 2020, during the pandemic, the plaintiff engaged in twitter exchanges with the NYC Health Commissioner, Oxiris Barbot, as Barbot's tweet(s) expressed a lack of care or protection for NYPD officers, leading to Barbot's public apology to NYPD for her remarks. Also in May 2020, the plaintiff tweeted about and addressed public concerns about then-Mayor de Blasio's failure to adequately equip NYPD officers to respond to violent protests that took place in that month. In September 2020, the plaintiff also responded/exchanged twitter with the NYC councilman Richard Torres and Brooklyn Borough Pre...
Brown, Michael vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV00570,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 1, 2018
Complaint
Description: On "numerous occasions" beginning in November 2011 Plaintiff was ordered by his precinct captain (Defendant Veneziano) to withdraw, falsify, and or alter properly classified felony complaints reported in the NYPD crime statistic reports. When Plaintiff did not comply Veneziano threatened Plaintiff with retaliation in December 2011 with discipline and failure to issue complaint reports. In or around November 2012, a felony complaint for grand larceny was written up due to a stolen granite countertop worth $3000 but Veneziano did not allow the report to be entered. In December 2012, after a citizen came to the 122nd precinct to obtain a record for stolen power tools but when Plaintiff tried to prepare a report Ve...