David J. Camacho

Badge #211, Hispanic Male
Former Detective Grade 3 at Narcotics Borough Bronx
Service started July 2006, ended September 2023, Tax #941488

Lawsuit Settlements:
$15,000   Hodge, Glenda vs City of Ny, et al., 2021 BCSC BCSC 802327/2021E
$25,000   Freeman, Shayna vs City of New York, et al., 2020 BCSC BCSC 021129/2020E
$27,500   Baptiste, Conrad vs City of New York, et al., 2019 BCSC BCSC 032655/2019E
$50,000   Murray, Kendell vs City of New York, et al., 2019 BCSC BCSC 026395/2019E
$47,500   Rosario, Stephanie vs City of New York, et al., 2018 BCSC BCSC 025332/2018E
$19,002   Sosa, Diana, et al. vs City of New York, et al., 2018 SDNY SDNY 17CV09753
View Details

Complaints

1 Complaint
1 Allegation
0 Substantiated
1 Exonerated

Complaint #201802323, January 2018
Allegation: Force: Physical force
Complainant: Black Male, 37
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Documents: Complaint Closing Report
additional details

Complaint #201802323, January 2018
Allegation Complainant CCRB Conclusion
Force: Physical force Black Male, 37 Exonerated
Documents: Complaint Closing Report
additional details

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.

Further details on conclusions.


Lawsuits

Named in 7 known lawsuits, $184,002 total settlements.

Roberts, Jessica vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 029426/2017, Supreme Court - Bronx
Administrative Closing

Hodge, Glenda vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 802327/2021E, Supreme Court - Bronx, February 24, 2021, ended September 5, 2023
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about May 1, 2019, Plaintiff, while inside 54 East 176th Street, was aggressively approached by Defendants, including NYPD Detectives Luis Angeles, David Camacho, and other NYPD officers, who violently grabbed and contorted Plaintiff’s arms behind her back and applied metal handcuffs to her wrists in an excessively tight fashion without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. The Defendants then removed Plaintiff against her will to an NYPD precinct, where the Defendants fingerprinted, photographed and searched Plaintiff, while also subjecting her to various other indignities particular to unjust confinement. The Defendants engaged in the fabrication of evidence in the form of their observations of Plain...

Freeman, Shayna vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 021129/2020E, Supreme Court - Bronx, January 31, 2020, ended August 19, 2022
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 28, 2019, plaintiff was inside the vicinity of 735 East 163rd Street, Apt. 7C in Bronx, and defendant police officers, without search warrants or any other legal justification, entered, searched, and seized plaintiff with tight handcuffs at said location. Plaintiff was not in possession of any controlled substance and was not in violation of any law, yet defendant officers, who at no point observed plaintiff possessing controlled substance, falsely claimed that they found a controlled substance. Plaintiff was arrested and transported to a local precinct, where he was further questioned and strip searched. Plaintiff was later arraigned and charged with two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlle...

Baptiste, Conrad vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 032655/2019E, Supreme Court - Bronx, November 6, 2019, ended December 10, 2020
$27,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about November 30, 2018, Conrad Baptiste ("Plaintiff") was unlawfully stopped, handcuffed and arrested, on the street, by Detective David Camacho, and Undercover Police Officer John Doe and New York City Police Officers John Doe The Plaintiff was strip searched at the Precinct and nothing was found. He was later charged with Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Fourth Degree.

Murray, Kendell vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026395/2019E, Supreme Court - Bronx, June 13, 2019, ended May 19, 2020
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 14, 2017 in the vicinity of Ogden Avenue and West 165th St. in the Bronx, Defendant Officers, without probable cause, stopped, questioned, searched, and arrested Plaintiff by making false accusations. All charges against Plaintiff were dismissed on August 29, 2018.

Rosario, Stephanie vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 025332/2018E, Supreme Court - Bronx, May 10, 2018, ended August 5, 2019
$47,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about May 20, 2017, Detective Peter Simonovic, David Camacho, and other police officers wrongfully touched, grabbed, handcuffed and seized the plaintiff in an excessive manner. Defendants wrongfully arrested the plaintiff without any legal right. The charges against the plaintiff were dismissed on or about November 27, 2017.

Sosa, Diana, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV09753, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 19, 2018, ended May 31, 2018
$19,002 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers grabbed two Plaintiffs off a public bus and then pushed them against a wall and sexually assaulted them. Defendant Officers claimed that one Plaintiff had marijuana on her, tightly handcuffed her, and took her to the 33rd Precinct. Defendant Officers illegally strip searched her and thoroughly inspected her genital areas. The Plaintiff was wrongfully charged with Tampering with Physical Evidence, which was later dismissed.