Irma Marquez

Yonkers officer Wayne Simoes was acquitted of violating the civil right of Irma Marquez (above) when he body slammed her on a tile floor causing serious injuries. (HANDOUT)

By PIERRE BONNY wpix.com

3:57 p.m. EDT, June 19, 2009
YONKERS, N.Y. (WPIX)—
It seems that a federal investigation of the Yonkers Police Department for use of force is over.

City officials issued a statement Thursday afternoon which stated that no systemic civil rights violations or wrongdoings have been found by investigators.

Officials released the U.S. Department of Justice report at City Hall Thursday.

The report is known as a "technical assistance memorandum" and is the product of an almost two-year review of Yonkers police practices. City officials did not give details about the memorandum.

Federal investigators began their investigation of the Yonkers Police Department in August 2007, after receiving several complaints against officers in the department.

A federal jury acquitted Yonkers policeman Wayne Simoes of violating Irma Marquez' civil rights this past May. Simones had been caught on video body-slamming the woman to a restaurant's tile floor. Marquez' case was one of many that supported investigators' claims that excessive force was rampant within the Yonkers Police Department.