Overview
- Deputy Commissioner for Trials Rosemary Maldonado advised dropping disciplinary charges against Officer Wayne Isaacs, citing a lack of CCRB jurisdiction because he was off duty in the 2016 shooting.
- Commissioner Jessica Tisch now must decide whether to accept the recommendation, a move that could halt the Nov. 19 administrative trial.
- The CCRB argues Isaacs previously claimed he acted as a police officer in civil litigation and used his NYPD-issued service weapon, which it says undercuts the off-duty rationale.
- Delrawn Small’s siblings condemned the recommendation and urged Tisch to fire Isaacs, while the Police Benevolent Association praised the ruling and accused the CCRB of overreach.
- Isaacs was acquitted at a 2017 state trial, later cleared by the NYPD’s Force Investigation Division, and remains on full duty in the office of the Chief of Special Operations.