Teodoro Tejada

Teodoro Tejada

Teodoro Tejada
Badge #7628, Hispanic Male
Detective Grade 3 at 5th Precinct Detective Squad since December 2024
Also served at 5th Precinct
Service started January 2020, made $101,000 last year, Tax #969389

Lawsuit Settlements:
$30,000   Suares, Richard vs City of Ny, et al., 2024 NYCSC NYCSC 152175/2024
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Complaints

2 Complaints
2 Allegations
0 Substantiated
1 SRAD Closure
1 Unfounded

Complaint #202510953, July 2025
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card
Complainant: Black Male, 25-29
CCRB Conclusion: SRAD Closure
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Complaint #202302368, June 2022
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: False official statement
Complainant: Age 35-39
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Documents: Complaint Closing Report
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Complaint #202510953, July 2025
Allegation Complainant CCRB Conclusion
Abuse of Authority: Failure to provide RTKA card Black Male, 25-29 SRAD Closure
additional details
Complaint #202302368, June 2022
Allegation Complainant CCRB Conclusion
Abuse of Authority: False official statement Age 35-39 Unfounded
Documents: Complaint Closing Report
additional details

Conclusion Meanings:

'SRAD Closure': Strategic Resource Allocation Determination - due to citywide budget cuts, CCRB is no longer able to fully investigate certain cases within its jurisdiction and suspended investigating some types of complaints.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.

Further details on conclusions.


Lawsuits

Named in 3 known lawsuits, $30,000 total settlements.

Suares, Richard vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 152175/2024, Supreme Court - New York, March 14, 2024, ended September 2, 2025
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 30, 2022, plaintiff was shopping on Canal Street in Manhattan. He was approached by Defendant NYPD Officers Teodoro Tejada, Vincent Cheung, and a number of John Doe officers. The officers stopped him and handcuffed him without probable cause or reasonable suspicion of any unlawful activity. Plaintiff was taken to a local precinct, where he was detained for several hours and strip searched. he was then arraigned and released. The charges were later dropped on April 28, 2023.

Read, Natalya vs Tejada, Teodoro et al.
Case # 155978/2023, Supreme Court - New York, October 24, 2023
Complaint
Description: On July 18, 2022, Defendant Tejada, Defendant Tong, and the unnamed Police Defendants subjected the Plaintiff to an unlawful stop, which culminated in a violent arrest, which was based on an unfounded suspicion.

Read, Natalya vs Tejada, Teodoro et al.
Case # 159978/2023, Supreme Court - New York, October 24, 2023
Complaint
Description: On July 18, 2022, Plaintiff was lawfully by her apartment when she was approached by officers without cause. The officers then illegally searched, seized, detained, and arrested Plaintiff without cause. Plaintiff was never charged or taken to the precinct after the illegal search and seizure.