Force: GUN POINTED - The NYPD Files

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Force: Gun Pointed

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

531

Complaints

548

Allegations

628

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
Ryan Puglisi	Detective	White male	Black male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Matthew Demaio	Detective	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Michael Laborde	Police Officer	Black male	Refused male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2019
Daniel Garcia	Police Officer	White male	White male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2019
Nathaniel Beck	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2019
Sean Mcdonnell	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2019
Lance Walter	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Carlos Velez	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2018
Christophe Sanchez	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Roodly Demorcy	Police Officer	Black male	Not available , 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Gregory Vasquez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2018
Carlos Velez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2018
Hugh Herbert	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2018
Adriano Deleon	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2018
Michael Perez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2018
Mark Xylas	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2018
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2018
Frank Desiderato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2018
Christian Calvagna	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2018
Michael Gargano	Police Officer	White male	White male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Volodymyr Burdeynyy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Jason Garcia	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2018
Kimberly Lucas	Police Officer	Black female	Other Race female, 68 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Thomas Leonardo	Police Officer	White male	White male, 56 years old	Exonerated	2018
Nicholas Albergo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Christina Anderson	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2018
Gregory Piro	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Emilio Estevez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2017
Matthew Lambert	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Andreas Sargent	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
William Pugliese	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2017
Robert Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Vitaliy Zelikov	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 75 years old	Exonerated	2017
Stephen Furno	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2017
Jose Caban	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2017
Raymond Tomins	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
James White	Detective	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2017
Jonathan Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 59 years old	Exonerated	2017
Kimm Cruse	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Daniel Golat	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2017
Thomas Napolitano	Detective	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
Piero Lasaponara	Detective	White male	White male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2017
Jonathan Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jonathan Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Thomas Manning	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2017
Thomas Manning	Sergeant	White male	Unknown female, 3 years old	Exonerated	2017
Joseph Franco	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2017
Joseph Mcevoy	Detective	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Richard Ernyey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2017
Jason Ribeiro	Detective	Asian male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2017
Robert Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Davon Alston	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Eric Ortiz	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jack Dagnese	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Pablo Taveras	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2016
William Pugliese	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2016
Matthew Hart	Police Officer	White male	White male, 79 years old	Exonerated	2016
Louis Sorrentino	Police Officer	White male	White male, 62 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jaipaul Ramdat	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
James Hickman	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Hassan Darwiche	Sergeant	White male	White male, 76 years old	Exonerated	2016
Robert Kelly	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael Romeo	Police Officer	White male	American Indian male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2016
Jason Sanders	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Anis Nikocevic	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
William Rojas	Detective	Hispanic male	Black female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Patrick Cortright	Deputy Inspector	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2016
Sajit Tomy	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2016
Gerald Cucchiara	Detective	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2016
Patrick Reilly	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2016
Rosemary Wanzer	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Jose Moreno	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Eliot Arias	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jamar Goddard	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2016
Joseph Franco	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
James Walsh	Detective	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2016
Vincent Fontana	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2016
Andres Libreros	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male	Unsubstantiated	2016
Charlie Harvell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Mandeep Singh	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Mark Sinatra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jose Moreno	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 11 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Joel Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Edmundo Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2016
Manuel Gutierrez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male	Unsubstantiated	2016
Edmundo Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Juan Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2016
Davinder Singh	Police Officer	Asian male	American Indian male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2016
Nicholas Rios	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2016
Anthony Davila	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2016
Starlin Dominguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 36 years old	Exonerated	2016
Vito Poliseno	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Andres Libreros	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Rosemary Wanzer	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Risel Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2016
Paul Kogan	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Shawn Wilkinson	Detective	Black male	Black female, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Charles Cavallaro	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2016
Mandeep Singh	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Janson Pena	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	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.