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.
'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 3 known lawsuits, $115,000 total settlements.
Gonzalez, Guadalupe vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 702993/2021,
Supreme Court - Queens, February 9, 2021, ended April 30, 2021
$75,000 Settlement
Gonzalez, Joe W. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 720756/2020,
Supreme Court - Queens, November 12, 2020, ended December 29, 2022
$25,000 Settlement
Dudley, Galvin vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV04820,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 26, 2015, ended December 5, 2017
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint,
First Amended Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers pulled Plaintiff over while he was driving, ordered him out of his vehicle and brutalized him. Plaintiff was taken to the hospital, then a police precinct where he was charged with reckless endangerment in the first degree, OGA, resisting arrest, and a summons for littering. On a second occasion, the same officer Lai approached Plaintiff while he was in his parked car, ordered him out, assaulted him, took him to a precinct, and charged him with criminal impersonation, OGA and resisting arrest, which was ACD'd.