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
Roy Abounaoum	Detective	White male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jose Acevedo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Christian Addison	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
David Afanador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Melchor Alban	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Justin Allen	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 21 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Francesco Allevato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Numael Amador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
Numael Amador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
Nathaniel Anthony	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2003
Rudy Anzalone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael Ardolino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Eliot Arias	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Majeed Arif	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Richard Aseng	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Emrah Ates	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Charles Awani	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Anthony Baresi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jason Barish	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
John Baumeister	Detective	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Ernesto Bautista	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Andrew Beirne	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Arland Belande	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
Luis Bellapianta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Stephen Berardi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Andre Blake	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Ricardo Bocachica	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Derrick Boyd	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Karanlall Brijbukhan	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Fermin Bueno	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Patrick Burnett	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Fernando Caches	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Charles Cadiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Colin Caesar	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Frank Calafiore	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Theresa Callahan	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Daniel Callinan	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Daniel Campbell	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Thomas Cancilla	Police Officer	White male	White male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
Antonio Cannata	Police Officer	White male	White male, 53 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Robert Carbone	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Armando Cardenio	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Fernando Centenotalavera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Victor Charles	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Darryl Chen	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Elvis Cole	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Patrick Cortright	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Robert Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Tatiana Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Other Race male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Melanie Culpepper	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Francesco Cusimano	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Richard Danese	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Felix Delcarpio	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Gerard Delprete	Detective	White male	Other Race male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jeremy Demarco	Detective	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Anthony Demonte	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Luke Denesopolis	Sergeant	White male	White male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Leonardo Deoliveira	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
William Diab	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Franklin Diaz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael Diaz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Frank Diaz	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jared Dietzel	Police Officer	White male	Not available male	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Paul Dieugenia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Dustin Dimpflmaier	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Dustin Dimpflmaier	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Kenneth Douglas	Police Officer	Black male	Asian male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Amit Dua	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Adam Dumelle	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Deshawn Edmonds	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Dion Edwards	Detective	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Brian Ellensohn	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Erick Erdaide	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Michael Eschmann	Police Officer	White male	White male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Christophe Esposito	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Carlos Fabara	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Paul Farella	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Joseph Fernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Joseph Fernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
John Ferrara	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Blake Ficken	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Lawrence Fiorello	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Erick Flores	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Selwyn Fonrose	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Joseph Foss	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Jean Francisco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Michael Friedman	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Thomas Gagliardi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Paul Gaglio	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 11 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Paul Gaglio	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Paul Gaglio	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Charles Galletta	Police Officer	White male	White male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jose Garcia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Luke Gasquez	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Brandon Gembecki	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jaspreet Gill	Police Officer	Asian male	Asian male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Martin Gimenez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Wilson Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Alexander Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014

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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.