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
Ramon Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jacob Newman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2011
Cecilio Ramos	Police Officer	White male	Other Race female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2011
Christophe Alvarado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jaime Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Ramiro Ruiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jay Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2011
Christian Rojas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
David Caro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Mark Vazquez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Allan Taeza	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jonathan Hom	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2011
Yoosup Shim	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Kevin Houst	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Victor Rosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2011
Denise Moroney	Police Officer	White female	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jerry Wolvers	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Edgar Figueroa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jason Santana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2011
Dominick Raso	Police Officer	White male	White male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jessenia Tabb	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2011
Martin Gimenez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2011
Daniel Leek	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jacobo Garay	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
Lydia Figueroa	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 56 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Yevgeniy Zaytsev	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Victor Charles	Police Officer	Black male	Other Race male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Danny Aguilar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Kevin Martin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2010
Angela Polancobrito	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic female, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Carlos Viera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jessenia Tabb	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2010
Andre Blake	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Scott Samarisi	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Carlos Nieves	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2010
Lawrence Sanchez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Keith Silardi	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jason Brunson	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Eastmond	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Cecilio Ramos	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2010
James Mccullough	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Clyde Jasmin	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2010
Natalia Diaz	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2010
Miguel Pierre	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2010
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2010
Carlos Matos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael White	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2009
Robert King	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Elvin Gomez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2009
Duane Percy	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2009
Seth Lynch	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2009
James Mccullough	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2009
Andy Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Juan Pichardo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Joseph Lafata	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2009
Wilson Verdesoto	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Michael Mchugh	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Randolph Price	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2009
Frank Lupo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Johnpaul Slater	Detective	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2009
Johnny Mitchell	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2009
Michael Mitchell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2009
Gerasimos Pyramides	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2009
Alfredo Brewster	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2009
David Afanador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2009
Robert Amaty	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Chad Mack	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Sharif Portee	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Christophe Mcgee	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2009
Christophe Mcgee	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2009
Eric Ruiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2009
Christophe Derco	Police Officer	White male	Not available , 30 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jennifer Mugford	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Jarrod Hebert	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Heriberto Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Steven Malone	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2009
Steven Malone	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2009
Joseph Matzinger	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2009
Keith Gallagher	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Willie Artiles	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	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
Desmund Nichols	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2008
Brian Clements	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2008
Derrick Milligan	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Levon Holley	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jeffrey Maddrey	Deputy Inspector	Black male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2008
Daniel Mufaddi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Adam Helschein	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 49 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Brian Mullen	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2008
Eric Ruiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2008
Eustace Hunte	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Anthony Andino	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2008
Steven Malone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2008
Maurice Harrington	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Jay Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2008
Alex Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Francisco Adames	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2008
Christophe Siani	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2008
Ezequiel Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	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.