Force: CHOKEHOLD - The NYPD Files

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Force: Chokehold

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

223

Complaints

236

Allegations

244

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
Jared Dietzel	Police Officer	White male	Not available male	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Kyle Stanley	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jaspreet Gill	Police Officer	Asian male	Asian male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Anthony Peters	Sergeant	Black male	Asian male, 0 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Kyle Stanley	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Fernando Caches	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Kenneth Douglas	Police Officer	Black male	Asian male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Francisco Perez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Nicholas Smith	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Fernando Centenotalavera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Cesar Reyes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
William Diab	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Carlos Matos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Dion Edwards	Detective	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Rudy Anzalone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Erick Erdaide	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Michael Ardolino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jose Acevedo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Derrick Boyd	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Tyrone Thompson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Robert Orlando	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Mirjan Lolja	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jonathan Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Omar Habib	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
Jose Garcia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jorge Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jeremiah Williams	Detective	Black male	Black male, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Mourad Mourad	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Carlos Lewis	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Satinderpa Singh	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Stephen Berardi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Melanie Culpepper	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jerry Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Daniel Sitruk	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
David Mercado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
David Mercado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Christophe Ianno	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Jeremy Demarco	Detective	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Colin Mcguire	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Paul Dieugenia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Anthony Demonte	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Neil Zuber	Captain	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
John Ryan	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Filastin Srour	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Gary Messina	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Jason Barish	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Sharif Portee	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Francisco Pina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Adam Dumelle	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Armando Cardenio	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Eric Ruiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Roman Goris	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Charles Cadiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
David Afanador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Fitzroy Vigilance	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Fitzroy Vigilance	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Joseph Foss	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Luis Pena	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Theresa Callahan	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Joseph Redmond	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Steven Weiss	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Sean Phillips	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Joseph Reyes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Thomas Gagliardi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Ryan Hoffmann	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
David Leonardi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jose Vasquezmiranda	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Brian Lapp	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Amit Dua	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Kevin Martin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
John Baumeister	Detective	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Charles Stewart	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Christophe Sanchez	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Christophe Esposito	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jeffrey Mota	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Matthew Starrantino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Frank Diaz	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Pete Massa	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Christian Addison	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Thomas Morton	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Remy Jeanfrancois	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Juan Moreno	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Dustin Dimpflmaier	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Leonardo Deoliveira	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Alvin Pizarro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Lyndon Providence	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
John Ferrara	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Neil Zuber	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Richard Turk	Detective	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
James Haviland	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Franky Joseph	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
James Mccullough	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
James Slavin	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Eliot Arias	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Patrick Cortright	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Michael Greaney	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010

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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.