Force: PEPPER SPRAY - The NYPD Files

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Force: Pepper Spray

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

266

Complaints

297

Allegations

324

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
Jose Vasquezmiranda	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2007
Hugh Herbert	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Parks	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2007
Ricardo Bocachica	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2007
Ricardo Bocachica	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2007
James Mcgarry	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2007
Cesar Gomez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2007
Nerys Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2007
Patrick Quigley	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2007
Wilson Alba	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2007
Edward Reardon	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Robert Dress	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2007
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	White male	White male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2007
Richard Vetrano	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2007
Davey Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male	Exonerated	2007
Jorge Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2008
Carlos Viera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2008
Anthony Romero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2008
Raymond Festino	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 32 years old	Exonerated	2008
Andrew Beirne	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2008
Christophe Owen	Sergeant	White male	Unknown female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2008
Julian Coston	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Essence Jackson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2008
Anthony Davila	Detective	Hispanic male	Black female, 17 years old	Exonerated	2008
John Ferrara	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2008
Antonio Santana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2008
Antonio Santana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2008
Thomas Napolitano	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2008
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2008
Roberto Suarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michael Whooley	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2008
Matthew Wright	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2008
Lorenzo Jones	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 61 years old	Exonerated	2008
Christophe Mcgee	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2008
Ramiro Burgarelli	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Richard Charles	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2008
Keith Dsouza	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2009
Anthony Davila	Detective	Hispanic male	Black female, 17 years old	Exonerated	2009
Erik Rubinstein	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2009
Daryl Melhado	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Christophe Mcgee	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2009
Joseph Durante	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Michael Cusumano	Police Officer	White male	White male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2009
Thomas Gagliardi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Steven Malone	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2009
Brian Motyka	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Luis Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jason Brunson	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2009
Wilson Alba	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Eduardo Vite	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2009
Lawrence Sanchez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2009
Darrin Smalls	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 27 years old	Exonerated	2009
Joseph Lafata	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2009
Migdalia Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2009
John Slavinsky	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 62 years old	Exonerated	2009
Joseph Cordones	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2009
Christophe Owen	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2009
Thomas Moroney	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Exonerated	2010
Justin Ellis	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2010
Justin Ellis	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jeffrey Fitterman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Exonerated	2010
Christophe Ianno	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2010
Darren King	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2010
Ronald Hobson	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jon Derise	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 61 years old	Exonerated	2010
Anthony Lee	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown female, 44 years old	Exonerated	2010
Ramiro Ruiz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Ryan Scannell	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2010
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2010
Diery Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2010
Carlos Nieves	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jeffrey Fitterman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2010
Colin Austin	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2010
Mervin Montalban	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2010
Clyde Jasmin	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2010
Carlos Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Ramon Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 14 years old	Exonerated	2010
Christophe White	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Davis Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2011
Michael Tarulli	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2011
Victor Rosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2011
Tyler Ehrlein	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2011
Joseph Bermudez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jason Santana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2011
Carlos Fabara	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2011
James Hart	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2011
Duane Atkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Christophe Schmidt	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Vincent Maher	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jeffrey Fitterman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
Diery Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jessenia Tabb	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jose Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Scott Hamburger	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2011
Vitaliy Zelikov	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
David Terrell	Detective	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Thomas Manning	Police Officer	White male	White male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2011
Judith Moreno	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Bernard Corso	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2011
Angel Vasquez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2011

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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.