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
Dustin Genco	Detective	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2001
Nicholas Neve	Detective	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
James Eisert	Detective	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Mark Scarlatelli	Detective	White male	White male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2013
Simon Rashid	Detective	Asian male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Detective	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
James Cleary	Detective	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2015
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
Paul Robinson	Detective	Black male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2017
David Demelia	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Gerald Breiner	Detective	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2000
Neil Zuber	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Anthony Ronda	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Flavio Rodriguez	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Thomas Smith	Police Officer	White male	White female, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Marcel Francis	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014
Jason Barish	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2018
Ramiro Ruiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2008
Alexander Bobo	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Michael Nocerino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Tiery Samuels	Police Officer	Black female	Black female, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Daniel Sitruk	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2014
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
Victor Paribello	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2001
Andres Rosario	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Sasha Rosen	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Tyler Howe	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Shaun Tanner	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
David Alvarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Miguel Leon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Claymont Defreitas	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Christophe Aylward	Police Officer	White male	Refused male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Shawn Phillips	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 61 years old	Exonerated	2015
Thomas Enders	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2018
Thomas Enders	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Brian Timmons	Police Officer	White male	White male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Daniel Rivas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 75 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Richard Ernyey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014
Robert Morris	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2009
Rhea Tiwary	Police Officer	Asian female	White female, 61 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Nicholas Canepa	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Andrew Lipari	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Ricardo Cuenca	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Thomas Leonardo	Police Officer	White male	White male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Scott Berger	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2011
Kenneth Oconnor	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2000
Kenneth Oconnor	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 44 years old	Exonerated	2005
Luis Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Harjit Singh	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Dennis Russo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2006
Pamela Benites	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Sean Liscoe	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Johnny Chalen	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jonathan Glazer	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Konti Markvukaj	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2006
Kyron Delarosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Alexis Dejesus	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Richard Mcknight	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2018
James Mahoney	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Frank Bulzoni	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
German Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Gaspar Sciacca	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Edward Boyle	Police Officer	White male	White female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Edward Boyle	Police Officer	White male	White female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2017
Anthony Ricciardi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Canisius Xavier	Police Officer	Asian male	Other Race male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Hector Fuentes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
William Gattis	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2002
Michael Raso	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jacob Aaronson	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 12 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Sean Downes	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1998
Michael Daly	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Jacobo Garay	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2017
Corey Grable	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Eduard Lucero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Frank Calafiore	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Thomas Cozart	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Ruben Guerrero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Ronald Hobson	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Umar Khitab	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2016
Umar Khitab	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Anton Bartoldus	Police Officer	White male	Refused female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Brian Hickey	Police Officer	White male	White male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Sean Pallone	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Joseph Nicosia	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Lawrence Thomas	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Dana Czvekus	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Steven Ramunno	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Alexander Grandstaff	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Daniel Young	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Christophe Bastos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
John Zamot	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Mccaffrey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014
Brian Farrelly	Police Officer	White male	White male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Michael Haigh	Police Officer	White male	White male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012

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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.