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.
'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.
Kennedy, Gretchen vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 150284/2015,
Supreme Court - New York, February 2, 2015, ended December 23, 2019
$1,750,000 Order/Judgment (Verdict)
Complaint
Description: On or about April 12, 2014, New York City Police Officers Eric Lee, Brian Mulkern, Chen Zhan, and John/Jane Does 1-20, Sergeants Barbara Arroyo and Siobhan O'Keefe, Lieutenant Steven Chantel, and Captain James F. Dennehy III (hereinafter "Defendant-officers") individually and collectively wrongfully touched, grabbed, tasered, punched, kicked, searched, and handcuffed Plaintiff. In particular, Defendant-officers were not following a proper policy for use of tasers in situations involving Emotionally Disturbed Persons. Plaintiff was transported against her will to New York Presbyterian Hospital and confined there for approximately 14 hours because Defendant-officers said she was on PCP, physically violent, and an...