Force: HIT AGAINST INANIMATE OBJECT - The NYPD Files

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Force: Hit Against Inanimate Object

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

165

Complaints

167

Allegations

176

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
Jacob Aaronson	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 12 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Isa Abbassi	Sergeant	White male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2003
Ian Abramowitz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2009
Resembric Altamar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
David Alvarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Angel Arroyo	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2002
Christophe Aylward	Police Officer	White male	Refused male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jason Barish	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2018
Anton Bartoldus	Police Officer	White male	Refused female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Christophe Bastos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Pamela Benites	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Scott Berger	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2011
Marlon Bethel	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
David Bleck	Police Officer	White male	White male, 75 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Alexander Bobo	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Franklin Bohr	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Edward Boyle	Police Officer	White male	White female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2017
Edward Boyle	Police Officer	White male	White female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Gerald Breiner	Detective	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2000
Francis Bryant	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2009
William Buchanan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2002
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Frank Bulzoni	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Frank Calafiore	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Nicholas Canepa	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Charles Cavallaro	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2009
Johnny Chalen	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Richard Charles	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
David Cheesewright	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Mike Civil	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
James Cleary	Detective	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2015
Kevin Colvin	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Tonica Corlette	Sergeant	Black female	Black female, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Daniel Coyle	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Thomas Cozart	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Ricardo Cuenca	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Christophe Cunha	Sergeant	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2000
Dana Czvekus	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Michael Daly	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Claymont Defreitas	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Alexis Dejesus	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Kyron Delarosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Ana Delpilar	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Refused male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2008
David Demelia	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Jason Deonarinesingh	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Frank Desiderato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Kenneth Douglas	Police Officer	Black male	Other Race male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Sean Downes	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1998
Eric Droz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Eric Droz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
James Eisert	Detective	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Thomas Enders	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Thomas Enders	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2018
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Richard Ernyey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014
Vaughan Ettienne	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Carlos Fabara	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2006
James Famiano	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Brian Farrelly	Police Officer	White male	White male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Miguel Figueroa	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Edgar Figueroa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Ryan Foy	Police Officer	White male	Not available female	Exonerated	2007
Marcel Francis	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014
Dennis Friendly	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2019
Hector Fuentes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Michael Gaine	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2001
Jacobo Garay	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2017
William Gattis	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2002
Dustin Genco	Detective	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2001
Jonathan Glazer	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Yaris Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Yaris Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
German Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Corey Grable	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Matthew Granahan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Alexander Grandstaff	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Ruben Guerrero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Haigh	Police Officer	White male	White male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Yuseff Hamm	Detective	Black male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Aubrey Henry	Detective	Black male	Black female, 37 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Brian Hickey	Police Officer	White male	White male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Ronald Hobson	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Tyler Howe	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Miguel Iglesias	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Essence Jackson	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2007
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2001
George Katris	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Umar Khitab	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Umar Khitab	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2016
Darin Lazar	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2008
Miguel Leon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Thomas Leonardo	Police Officer	White male	White male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Andrew Lipari	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Sean Liscoe	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Eduard Lucero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Daniel Ludemann	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Shibu Madhu	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
James Mahoney	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Steven Malone	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009

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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.