Conclusion Meanings:
'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.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'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.
Case: 2023-29602
Closed: 1/10/2024
Case Details:
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Wrongfully threatened to remove an individual to the hospital.
Recommendation: Command Discipline - B
Case: 2023-27807
Closed: 3/25/2023
Case Details:
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Wrongfully discourteous to an individual known to the Department.
Penalty: A - Command Discipline
Recommendation: Command Discipline - A
Vesprey, Andrew vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 514328/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 17, 2022, ended April 24, 2024
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 17, 2020, while lawfully inside the building at 376 East 94th Street in Kings County, NY, the plaintiff was illegally stopped, searched, assaulted, detained, and excessively arrested by defendants, including Henriquez and John Does 1-10, solely because of his race and without legal justification. Although a limited order of protection allowed the plaintiff to visit his mother's apartment where his brother resided, the brother falsely accused him of violating the order and called the police. The defendants, ignoring the plaintiff's explanations and exculpatory evidence, violently contorted his arms, applied tight handcuffs, and arrested him, while other officers present failed to intervene. The plaint...