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
Neil Zuber	Captain	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Anthony Longobardi	Captain	White male	Hispanic female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Dion Edwards	Detective	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Daniel Herzog	Detective	White male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Fabio Nunez	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
Darrel Oneill	Detective	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Gerard Delprete	Detective	White male	Other Race male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michael Friedman	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Charles Ingrassia	Detective	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jeremy Demarco	Detective	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Roy Abounaoum	Detective	White male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Mark Holder	Detective	Black male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Ricardo Bocachica	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jeremiah Williams	Detective	Black male	Black male, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Richard Turk	Detective	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Alberto Pizarro	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Thomas Mcdonnell	Detective	White male	White male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Frank Diaz	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
John Baumeister	Detective	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Christophe Greiner	Detective	White male	White male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Peter Valentin	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Simon Rashid	Detective	Asian male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Patrick Cortright	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Gary Messina	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Jorge Tavarez	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Daniel Campbell	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Dino Tamayo	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Paul Gaglio	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Paul Gaglio	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Paul Mcmahon	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Bekim Kalicovic	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Paul Gaglio	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 11 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
William Diab	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Neil Zuber	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Risel Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2016
Satinderpa Singh	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Michael Greaney	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Ricardo Otero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Eric Ruiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Michael Greaney	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Paul Dieugenia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Eric Ruiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jose Garcia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Edmundo Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Francisco Pina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Sharif Portee	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Scott Nuzzi	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
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
James Mccullough	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Roman Goris	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Fermin Bueno	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
David Afanador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
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
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
Franky Joseph	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Omar Habib	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
Jerry Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
James Haviland	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Alexander Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014
Fernando Caches	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
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
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Brian Ellensohn	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Remy Jeanfrancois	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Daniel Callinan	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Flavio Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2017
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Matthew Starrantino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Colin Mcguire	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Charles Awani	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Charles Cadiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Keynes Pena	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
Philip Picciano	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Thomas Morton	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Richard Aseng	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Antonio Cannata	Police Officer	White male	White male, 53 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Dustin Dimpflmaier	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
James Lee	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Christophe Esposito	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
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
Luis Bellapianta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Michael Eschmann	Police Officer	White male	White male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jeffrey Mota	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Christophe Sanchez	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Christophe Sanchez	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Charles Stewart	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Jason Barish	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Eliot Arias	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Luke Gasquez	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Kevin Martin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008

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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.