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.
'Substantiated': The misconduct 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' - The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusions.
Cardenas, Leugarda and Flores, Ricardo vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 500407/2016,
Supreme Court - Kings, January 20, 2016, ended March 7, 2017
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 18, 2014, Defendant Officer Hernandez and his partner, unknown Defendant officer Doe, approached Plaintiff Ricardo Flores at his car in front of the apartment building. The Defendant officers asked whether Flores "had anything in his car." Flores admitted to having a small amount of marijuana in his car. The officers asked Flores where he had been coming from, and Flores admitted that he had just kissed Plaintiff Leugarda Cardenas and their daughter goodnight. After consulting with each other, the Defendant officers ordered Flores to place his hands behind his back and then roughly placed Flores under arrest. Shortly thereafter, the Defendant officers called the New York State Office of Children and ...