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
Anthony Gulotta	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2011
Dennis Jaeger	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Mark Vazquez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Eric Samuels	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Dennis Friendly	Detective	Black male	Black female, 23 years old	Exonerated	2011
Dion Edwards	Detective	Black male	Black male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2011
James Giamboi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2011
Vitaliy Zelikov	Sergeant	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2011
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Vitaliy Zelikov	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Carlos Cano	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2011
Steven Lopez	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2011
Lawrence Fiorello	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2011
Trifon Anagnostos	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2011
Victor Rosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2011
Essence Jackson	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2011
Matthew Mccoy	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 29 years old	Exonerated	2011
Bilal Ates	Police Officer	White male	White female, 38 years old	Exonerated	2011
Robert Reed	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Exonerated	2011
Justin Simms	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Anthony Andino	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Patrick Quigley	Sergeant	White male	White male, 57 years old	Exonerated	2010
Steven Ramunno	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2010
Albert Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2010
Robert Belle	Police Officer	White male	Not available male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2010
Miguel Pierre	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2010
Francis Bryant	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2010
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2010
Vitaliy Zelikov	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2010
Burt Antoine	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2010
William Tergesen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2010
Daniel Barreto	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
William Glynn	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2010
Mark Vazquez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2010
Sophia Clarke	Sergeant	Black female	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Richard Tarver	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2010
Todd Keyes	Police Officer	White male	White male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2010
Joseph Albertini	Police Officer	White male	White male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2010
Robert Barnett	Sergeant	White male	White male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2010
Phillip Atkins	Detective	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2010
Matthew Zito	Detective	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2010
Michael Cintron	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2010
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Tyrone Thompson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
David Cowan	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Brian Holshek	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2010
Damon Martin	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2010
Edward Moore	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Michael Whiteman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2010
David Barker	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2010
Essence Jackson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2010
John Lindsey	Detective	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Stephen Jones	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jorge Tavarez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2010
Marcin Drozniak	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2010
Joseph Azevedo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Cesar Cid	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2009
Michael White	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2009
Kevin Gallagher	Lieutenant	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2009
Joseph Spalding	Detective	Black male	Black female, 29 years old	Exonerated	2009
Rolando Carbonell	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Mack Lipinski	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2009
Vincent Trozzi	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2009
Juan Quiroz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Nathaniel Anthony	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2009
Maria Bocachica	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Joel Rosenthal	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2009
Phillip Atkins	Detective	Black male	Black female, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jose Vasquezmiranda	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Alexandros Kalogiros	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2009
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 35 years old	Exonerated	2009
Miguel Iglesias	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2009
Nicholas Ventimiglia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2009
Angel Arroyo	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Anthony Proscia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Franklyn Sepulveda	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Michael Cusumano	Police Officer	White male	White male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2009
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2009
Phillip Atkins	Detective	Black male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Frank Galati	Detective	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Andy Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2009
David Afanador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2009
Dennis Jaeger	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Michael Lennihan	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jason Forgione	Detective	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2008
Nathan Mole	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2008
Dominick Vasaturo	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 46 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jay Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2008
Jose Caban	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2008
Michael Raso	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Kaisser Surriga	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2008
Sean Mchugh	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2008
Shapiro Lecorps	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Justin Cracchiola	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2008
Patrick Cain	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2008
Nino Lama	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Patrick Sullivan	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Christopher McCormack	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jorge Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 35 years old	Exonerated	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.