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
Roy Abounaoum	Detective	White male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Adam Acosta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	American Indian female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Taiwo Adeleke	Detective	Black female	Black female, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
David Afanador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jean Alejandro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Farid Aliyev	Sergeant	White male	Asian female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Francesco Allevato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Michael Alongi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Leslie Anderson	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Nathaniel Anthony	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Elijah Austin	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Joel Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Kenneth Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Douglas Ayres	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Ritchie Baez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jeremy Banfield	Sergeant	White male	Other Race male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Warren Barnes	Police Officer	Black male	Other Race female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Craig Basler	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
John Baumeister	Detective	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Eric Beckel	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Keith Beddows	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Wilfredo Benitez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Eric Bernard	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Ricardo Bocachica	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Eric Bolger	Detective	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Ronald Bolte	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Irene Bonicadelgado	Detective	Hispanic female	Asian female, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Anthony Borelli	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Joel Boyce	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Paul Brauer	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Timothy Brovakos	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Charles Brown	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Nercy Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Anthony Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Patrick Burnett	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Patrick Burnett	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Edward Caceres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Daniel Campbell	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Christophe Cantelmi	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Gary Capellan	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Armando Cardenio	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Oliver Castillo	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Robert Castillo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Daniel Castronova	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Charles Cavallaro	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Je Chai	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Richard Charles	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Darryl Chen	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Brian Christen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Vincent Ciardiello	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Anthony Cimmino	Police Officer	White male	Refused male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Christophe Clark	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Clifton Clarke	Detective	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Kenneth Clarke	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Sean Claxton	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Sean Collins	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Gerard Collins	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2000
Joseph Collura	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Orin Cox	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Mark Cozzi	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Justin Cracchiola	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Todd Craven	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
John Curtis	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Richard Danese	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Joseph Deck	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Alexis Dejesus	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Matthew Delaney	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Eric Delman	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Eric Delman	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Ana Delpilar	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Refused male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Monica Delvalle	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Brian Depalo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 76 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Brian Depalo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Michael Diaz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Nicholas Digaudio	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jarrett Dill	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Vincent Dima	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Francisco Diodonet	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Freddy Dominguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
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
Matthew Escudero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Stephen Espinoza	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Brian Fleming	Detective	White male	Other Race male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jorge Flores	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Megan Fortunato	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Dennis Friendly	Detective	Black male	Black female, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Charles Galletta	Police Officer	White male	White male, 70 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Steven Gansrow	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Jorge Garcia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Delvis Garcia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 64 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
John Gergis	Police Officer	White male	White male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Michael Gibbs	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Manuel Gomez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 73 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2014
Michael Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Brendan Grace	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Michael Granshaw	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Maurice Grant	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015

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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.