Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - the alleged conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
'Substantiated': The alleged conduct 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' - CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Named in 2 known lawsuits, $10,000 total settlements.
Suares, Olivia vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV05832,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, September 10, 2019, ended September 9, 2022
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On March 23, 2018 plaintiff was asleep in her home at 4:30 AM. Police knocked on the door and plaintiff's daughter opened the door. Police barged in explaining someone had been shot the floor below them, although no one had heard any shots. Then NYPD officer Chabert brought plaintiff and her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend in for questioning to the police station. Plaintiff and her daughter were allowed to leave the police station after 2 hours but then the daughter's boyfriend was arrested for shooting a gun causing an injury to someone in the floor below it. Plaintiff was forced to sign a permission to search form before she could enter her apartment - she was forced under duress. Charges were later dro...
Lopez, Sasha vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV05197,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 19, 2013, ended April 3, 2014
$10,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 6, 2009, Sasha Lopez (the plaintiff), then a 16-year-old female, was arrested without probable cause, incarcerated, and charged with five felonies, five misdemeanors, and a violation. The charges stemmed from an incident where Jim Ocampo was robbed of a watch by three individuals in the Bronx. At the time of the robbery, the plaintiff was several blocks away from the scene with her boyfriend. The plaintiff and her boyfriend were visiting his ill mother. When they came downstairs from the mother's apartment, they were accosted by two uniformed NYPD officers on the sidewalk. The plaintiff was wearing a watch similar to the one that had been stolen. The defendant police officer handcuffed the plaintiff a...