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
Flavio Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Not available male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Sanchez	Police Officer	White male	Not available male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Adam Acosta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	American Indian female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
John Keane	Sergeant	White male	Asian male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Patrick Quigley	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Irene Bonicadelgado	Detective	Hispanic female	Asian female, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Christian Rojas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Frank Tornabene	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Farid Aliyev	Sergeant	White male	Asian female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Claudio Ramirez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Waliur Rahman	Detective	Asian male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Richard Zacarese	Detective	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael Weber	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Gregory Kennedy	Detective	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Taiwo Adeleke	Detective	Black female	Black female, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Kevin Stewart	Detective	White male	Black male, 56 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Oliver Castillo	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Nerys Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Matthew Wright	Detective	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Robert Dress	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Dion Edwards	Detective	Black male	Black male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Stephen Espinoza	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Adrian Ramon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Patrick Quigley	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Waliur Rahman	Detective	Asian male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
John Baumeister	Detective	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
John Oconnor	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Antonio Santana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Max Rolffot	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Andrew Ho	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Timothy Brovakos	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Joseph Collura	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
James Mahoney	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Brian Mccloskey	Detective	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Gustavo Medina	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Luis Lopez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 50 years old	Exonerated	2018
Luis Lopez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 50 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2018
Jasen Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Roberson Tunis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Steven Gansrow	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Brian Christen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Charles Cavallaro	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Gennaro Russo	Detective	White male	Black female, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Satinderpa Singh	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Juan Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Brendan Grace	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Daniel Castronova	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Ludwig Narcisse	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Andres Rosario	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Daniel Nunez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Eric Bernard	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Michael Ohare	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 56 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Carl Scogmanillo	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Gazi Sharif	Police Officer	Asian male	Black female, 65 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Kevan Williams	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 65 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Michael York	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Michael York	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Craig Basler	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Freddy Dominguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Paul Brauer	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Nercy Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Frankie Hernandez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
John Curtis	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Steven Lawrence	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Armando Cardenio	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Scott Nuzzi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Matthew Delaney	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
David Afanador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Delvis Garcia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 64 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
David Leonardi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Michael Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Alexis Dejesus	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Samantha Raffo	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Orin Cox	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Raymond Ip	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Daniel Mendez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael Gibbs	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Derrick Mcintosh	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Brian Depalo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Joseph Hayes	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Mark Kistoo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Luis Machado	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Christophe Siani	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Kenneth Clarke	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Radoslaw Terepka	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
John Zanca	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jorge Garcia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Frank Laquidara	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Wilfredo Benitez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Michael White	Sergeant	Black male	Black female, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Francisco Perez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Keith Beddows	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Dennis Friendly	Detective	Black male	Black female, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
John Roberts	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Todd Craven	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Eric Delman	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Matthew Mccoy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Kenneth Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004

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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.