Abuse of Authority: REFUSAL TO OBTAIN MEDICAL TREATMENT - The NYPD Files

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Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment

This page contains all allegations assigned to this category by the CCRB. Multiple similar allegations can appear for the same officer because a complaint received from a civilian can include multiple allegations.

Officers With Complaints

262

Complaints

234

Allegations

276

What the CCRB’s Conclusions Mean

Substantiated: The alleged conduct occurred and it violated the rules. (Here is a breakdown of the types of discipline the CCRB can recommend. The NYPD can choose to ignore those recommendations. It has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.)

Exonerated: The alleged conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD’s rules, which often give officers significant discretion over use of force.

Unsubstantiated: The CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.

Officer	Rank at Time of Complaint	Officer Details	Complainant Details	CCRB Conclusion	Year Received
Gerard Collins	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2000
John Potkay	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2001
Joseph Hayes	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Anna Serrano	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Erik Lubrano	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Elizabeth Oneill	Police Officer	White female	White male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Brian Depalo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 76 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Daniel Palumbo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Brian Depalo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Michael Weber	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Frederick Reyes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Nathaniel Anthony	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Anthony Borelli	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
John Roberts	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Stephen Espinoza	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Mark Cozzi	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Michael Alongi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Freddy Dominguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Kenneth Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Darren King	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Avis Washington	Sergeant	Black female	Hispanic female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Michael Mendez	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
John Curtis	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Joseph Collura	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Jorge Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male	Unsubstantiated	2005
Kenneth Clarke	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Craig Basler	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Warren Barnes	Police Officer	Black male	Other Race female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Eduardo Perezromero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Derrick Mcintosh	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Paul Brauer	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Todd Craven	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Nerys Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Orin Cox	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Ricardo Bocachica	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Justin Cracchiola	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Darryl Chen	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Thomas Smith	Police Officer	White male	White female, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Eric Beckel	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Anthony Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Brendan Obrien	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Patrick Quigley	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Devin Long	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Steven Lawrence	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Frederick Lewis	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Gibbs	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Charles Galletta	Police Officer	White male	White male, 70 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jay Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Christophe Clark	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Charles Brown	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Scott Nuzzi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Enrique Santos	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Samuel Maria	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 28 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Nicholas Digaudio	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Ana Delpilar	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Refused male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Michael Diaz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Daniel Castronova	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Eric Delman	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Timothy Harrington	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Christophe Siani	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Robert Dress	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michael Granshaw	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
James Mahoney	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Derek Sambolin	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
James Trapasso	Police Officer	White male	White male, 61 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Annemarie Murphy	Sergeant	White female	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Dino Tamayo	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female, 47 years old	Exonerated	2009
Joseph Deck	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Waliur Rahman	Detective	Asian male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Francisco Ponce	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Frank Laquidara	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Robert King	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Anthony Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Richard Zacarese	Detective	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Flavio Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Not available male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Antonio Santana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Leslie Anderson	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Gennaro Russo	Detective	White male	Black female, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Gaspar Sciacca	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Alexis Dejesus	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Charles Cavallaro	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Max Rolffot	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Nocerino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jarrett Dill	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Matthew Mccoy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Je Chai	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Brian Fleming	Detective	White male	Other Race male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael White	Sergeant	Black male	Black female, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Claudio Ramirez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Audrey Wise	Sergeant	Black female	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
David Afanador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Matthew Delaney	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Dennis Friendly	Detective	Black male	Black female, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
John Mccrossen	Police Officer	White male	Refused female, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Eric Perez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Todd Hansen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Robert Castillo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Ronald Bolte	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012

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About This Data

For decades, disciplinary records of police officers in New York have been shielded from public view. After the state recently repealed the law that had kept the records secret, ProPublica requested and received a database from New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, which investigates allegations of misconduct against NYPD officers. The database lists the name of each officer, the race of the complainant and the officer, a category describing the alleged misconduct, and whether the CCRB concluded the officers’ conduct violated NYPD rules. Police unions have opposed New York City’s plan to make public data about disciplinary investigations.

This database names about 4,000 of the NYPD’s 36,000 active-duty officers. Every officer in the database has had at least one substantiated allegation. We excluded any allegations that CCRB investigators concluded did not occur and were deemed unfounded. We also removed a small number of officers (62) against whom the CCRB had substantiated allegations, but whose substantiated allegations had not gone fully through the NYPD’s administrative prosecution process. The CCRB was not able to reach conclusions in many cases, in part because the investigators must rely on the NYPD to hand over crucial evidence, such as footage from body-worn cameras. Often, the department is not forthcoming despite a legal duty to cooperate in CCRB investigations. The CCRB gets thousands of complaints per year but substantiates a tiny fraction of them. Allegations of criminal conduct by officers are typically investigated not by the CCRB but by state or federal prosecutors in conjunction with the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau or the FBI. The NYPD’s own findings in cases in this database are not included here.

Read more about what we’ve included in the database and why, and see our answers to questions we have received about this data. If you have information about any of these officers or cases, please fill out our form.

All of the records in this data are from closed cases. But if you see an error, contact the CCRB. If the agency updates its records and lets us know, we'll do so as well.

The data used in this database is downloadable from ProPublica’s Data Store.

Source

This data was obtained through a records request made to the CCRB. It includes fully investigated allegations only for officers who were members of the department as of late June 2020 and against whom the CCRB has substantiated at least one allegation.