Schoolcraft v. The City Of New York et al
Filing
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DECLARATION of Suzanna Publicker Mettham in Support re: 223 MOTION to Compel Graham Rayman to Produce Documents.. Document filed by Christopher Broschart(Tax Id. 915354 in his official capacity), Christopher Broschart(Tax Id. 915354 Individually), Timothy Caughey(Tax Id. 885374 Individually), Timothy Caughey(Tax Id. 885374 in his official capacity), Kurt Duncan(Shield No. 2483, Individually), Kurt Duncan(Shield No. 2483 in his official capacity), William Gough(Tax Id. 919124, Individually), William Gough(Tax Id. 919124, in his Official Capacity), Thomas Hanley(Tax Id. 879761, in his Official Capacity), Thomas Hanley(Tax Id. 879761, Individually), Elise Hanlon(in her official capacity as a lieutenant with the New York City Fire Department), Elise Hanlon(individually), Shantel James(Shield No. 3004 in his official capacity), Shantel James(Shield No. 3004 Individually), Theodore Lauterborn(Tax Id. 897840 in his official capacity), Theodore Lauterborn(Tax Id. 897840, Individually), Michael Marino, Michael Marino, Gerald Nelson(Assistant Chief Patrol Borough Brooklyn North, Tax Id. 912370 in his official capacity), Gerald Nelson(Assistant Chief Patrol Borough Brooklyn North, Tax Id. 912370, Individually), Robert W. O'Hare(Tax Id. 916960, Individually), Robert W. O'Hare(Tax Id. 916960, in his Official Capacity), Frederick Sawyer(Shield No. 2576 in his official capacity), Frederick Sawyer(Shield No. 2576, Individually), Timothy Trainer(Tax Id. 899922, in his Official Capacity), Timothy Trainer(Tax Id. 899922, Individually), Richard Wall, Sondra Wilson(Shield No. 5172, in her Official Capacity), Sondra Wilson(Shield No. 5172, Individually). (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D, # 5 Exhibit E, # 6 Exhibit F, # 7 Exhibit G, # 8 Exhibit H, # 9 Exhibit I, # 10 Exhibit J, # 11 Exhibit K, # 12 Exhibit L, # 13 Exhibit M, # 14 Exhibit N, # 15 Exhibit O)(Mettham, Suzanna)
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The boss added, "On occasion, he needs to be reminded to dernon_
strare courresy whe' dealing with fi.ustrated civilians, however,
his overall
demeanor is very respectful."
Meyet''s lieutenant, Leighton Myrie, conculred.
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"PO. Schoolcraft is a
lst Precinct. His disposition
is consistently cour-
teous and we expect great things from PO. Schoolcraft in the future."
Pe'haps in some way'eJated to his mother.'s death,
schoolcr.aft racked up
the most civilian complaints of his career: five in all, but
he was found not
guilry or the allegation was proved u'substantiatecl in all
of them. The cloak
of protection was still around him.
But in November 2004,he was placed in what was known ,,Level
as
I fo'ce monitoring" for "negative performance/behavior" until November
2005' This designatio' had two significant elemenrs:
one, it meant that
Schoolcraft would receive more attention from bosses
about his work, and
two, it also was a way for his bosses ro conrrol him. Like
the Marine Corps
drill instructors at Lejeune, the Nypn found ways ro conrrol
its officers and
insist on their "activiry."
By the end of 2005, crime in the Blst Precinct had dropped by 3.5 percent.
Commissionel Kelly had sent Impact cops to the area for six months to patrol
what was known as the Fulton-Nostrand Avenue business district and then
ordered another six-month stint. Community activists started a campaign to
change the neighborhood's unofficial motto from "Bed-Stuy
l)o or Die" ro
"Bed-Stuy and Proud Of It." The effort failed because the original slogan was
so internvined
with the lore of the
area.
In April 2006, Schoolcraft made his first formal foray into raising
in the command, when
issues
he wrote a memo to Depury Inspector Robert Brower.
about forced overtime. "This 49 is to noti$' you of a serious problem within
the precinct, that
I
feel has now become a chronic safety issue. The problem
other
But it was all smoke and mirrors. Nothing really came
of it, and that
outcome would stand in conrrasr to what happened
in 2009. At the end
of 2004, his patrol sergeant, Michael Miller, gave him
a rating of 3.5_or
more than competent-sayrng he was "resourceful,
never complacent,
a well
"Forced overtime is issued by department civilians who don't seem ro be
ruthl
rounded officer capable of fulfilling any task
given to him. He is an asser ro rhe
concerned about the safery of police officers and the public they serve. I'm
Com.
department."
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This trend continued into 2005. schoorcraft's March 2005
monthly
evaluation written by Lieutenant De La Fuente read, ,,He
is highry
by working so many days without a day off .I feel that this policy is leading to
vated and a hard worker. He maximizes the limited
patror duty lre has.,,
In September 2005, he requested and received a rwo-monrh
leave to
care for his father, who was stiil depressed and
seeing a psychologist after the
death of suzanne, and to winterize the
Johnstown home. Adrian rerurned ro
How the commander reacted to this memo is unclear from the record,
but nothing changed. Schoolcraft was tilting at windmills.
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