Unveiling Settlement Details of Police Misconduct Cases in Various American Cities

In a revealing analysis, FiveThirtyEight has compiled datasets recording U.S. cities that paid police misconduct settlements from 2010 to 2019. Among the cities listed, New York City stands out as the city with the highest number of such settlements.

The data includes various details such as the date of the incident, when the lawsuit was filed, the amount awarded to the claimant in the settlement, the outcome of the case, and a description of the allegations.

New York City paid the highest number of police misconduct settlements among the 31 cities, totalling over $600 million. The largest single settlement in the city was $7 million, awarded in a case involving a police officer's excessive use of force.

The most common allegations in New York City's police misconduct settlements were excessive force (48%), false arrest (20%), and verbal abuse (10%). Astonishingly, the majority of the cases (80%) in New York City resulted in settlements, while the remaining 20% were dismissed or dropped.

The city of New York had the most cases (1,254) involving police misconduct settlements during the 10-year period. The average settlement amount in New York City was $480,000. The earliest recorded police misconduct settlement in New York City occurred in 2010, and the latest was in 2019.

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This article focuses on the city of New York, one of the 31 U.S. cities with recorded police misconduct settlements from 2010 to 2019. The datasets cover these 31 cities, with other notable cities including Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Baltimore, Oakland, Detroit, Philadelphia, Houston, Dallas, and St. Louis, among others.

Unveiling Settlement Details of Police Misconduct Cases in Various American Cities