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.
'SRAD Closure': Strategic Resource Allocation Determination - due to citywide budget cuts, CCRB is no longer able to fully investigate certain cases within its jurisdiction and suspended investigating some types of complaints.
'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.
'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 2 known lawsuits, $97,500 total settlements.
James, Egobeda vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 718489/2024,
Supreme Court - Queens, January 2, 2025
Mitchell, Scarlet vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 22CV07437,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$97,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 8, 2021, plaintiff, SCARLET MITCHELL, a domestic violence victim, was without cause or justification, unlawfully and unreasonably arrested by defendant NYPD officers, LAUREN LUCIANO, JOSE GUTIERREZ, CHRISTOPHER DOUSE, and MICHAEL PALAGONIA, for possession of the firearm that she herself had been assaulted and threatened with by her then boyfriend. Despite plaintiff’s claim that she was victim, her reports of injuries, and that defendants possessed information from dispatch via the multiple 911 calls that had been made that plaintiff was the victim, all of which confirmed there was a reason to doubt that the gun belonged to plaintiff, defendants conducted no further investigation, including making e...