Force: NIGHTSTICK AS CLUB (INCL ASP & BATON) - The NYPD Files

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Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton)

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

218

Complaints

242

Allegations

260

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
Eric Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Thomas Kid	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Paul Viar	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2004
Kwame Kipp	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Daniel Young	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Ricardo Bocachica	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Colin Caesar	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Michael Straniere	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2004
Mark Vazquez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2005
Joseph Redmond	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2005
Ralph Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Colin Caesar	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Colin Caesar	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2005
Robert Reed	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Vincent Fontana	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Andrew Valenzano	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2005
Matthew Cahill	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Robert Clark	Detective	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Casey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Mike Civil	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Exonerated	2006
Timothy Schultz	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Mark Offenbacher	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Washington Zurita	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2006
Kevin Paynter	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2006
Ralph Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2006
Michael Miller	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Brett Allen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 53 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Eddy Gutierrez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Timothy Schultz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Osvaldo Nunez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Thornton Booker	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2006
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Duane Atkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2006
Thornton Booker	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Thomas Kid	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2006
Osvaldo Nunez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 0 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Sekou Bourne	Detective	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2006
Justin Caballero	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2006
Lahmar Sanders	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2006
Theodore Lauterborn	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Robert Oswald	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Victor Appel	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Timothy Schultz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2007
Christophe Crain	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Mikal Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2007
Timothy Jaycox	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Kaz Daughtry	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2007
Christian Addison	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2007
Frederick Reyes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Derek Barreto	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2007
Daniel Mufaddi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2007
Vito Nicoletta	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2007
Shaun Grossweiler	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Edward Moore	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2007
Justin Farren	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Avidan Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Parks	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2007
Osvaldo Nunez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2007
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2007
Eric Ruiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2008
Adam Helschein	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 49 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Jeffrey Maddrey	Deputy Inspector	Black male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2008
Alex Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Eustace Hunte	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Steven Malone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2008
Christophe Mcgee	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Milton Diaz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2008
Anthony Andino	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2008
Keith Gallagher	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Christophe Siani	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2008
Desmund Nichols	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2008
Levon Holley	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Francisco Adames	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2008
Willie Artiles	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Daniel Mufaddi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Jay Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2008
Brian Mullen	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2008
Derrick Milligan	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Ezequiel Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Brian Clements	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2008
Maurice Harrington	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Eric Ruiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2009
Chad Mack	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
David Afanador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2009
Michael Mitchell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2009
Duane Percy	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jennifer Mugford	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Sharif Portee	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Robert King	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Juan Pichardo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Wilson Verdesoto	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Johnpaul Slater	Detective	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2009
Michael Mchugh	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Michael White	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2009
Heriberto Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Frank Lupo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Steven Malone	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2009
Robert Amaty	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Steven Malone	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	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.