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
Matthew Zito	Detective	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2012
Katia Jasmin	Detective	Black female	Black female, 38 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Timothy Mccormack	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	1999
Vincent Maher	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2011
Michael Tarulli	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2011
Joseph Matzinger	Captain	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Ramon Munoz	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	1999
Sergio Delamota	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2013
James Mcgarry	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2007
Melvin Moultrie	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2005
Joseph Durante	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Kenneth Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Cedric Green	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2001
Steven Malone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2013
Mike Civil	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2006
Konrad Zakiewicz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2011
Luis Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Timothy Heines	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2002
Tyler Ehrlein	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2011
James Mccullough	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2015
Lawrence Sanchez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2009
Harish Mansharamani	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2013
Ronald Bolte	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2004
Brian Motyka	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Scott Mateyaschuk	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Edward Reardon	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
David Nisthaus	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2005
Raymond Festino	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 32 years old	Exonerated	2008
James Hart	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2011
Cesar Gomez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2007
John Ferrara	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Edwin Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Exonerated	2006
Edward Scali	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2006
Carlos Viera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2008
Andrew Beirne	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2013
James Lagaris	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 47 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Byran Pitts	Detective	Black male	Hispanic male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2013
Paul Chierico	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Hairo Franco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
James Lee	Sergeant	Asian male	Hispanic female, 34 years old	Exonerated	2013
Hugh Herbert	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Bobby Glover	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2012
Antonio Santana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2008
Rob Lewis	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2012
Osvaldo Nunez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2004
Osvaldo Nunez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Pedro Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2000
Kyle Stanley	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Anthony Pizzo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2003
Ted Holway	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2006
Zul Chowdhury	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2013
Sajit Tomy	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male	Exonerated	2016
Joseph Hayward	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2012
Ronald Hobson	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2010
Christian Addison	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2007
Mobeen Yasin	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2015
Alexis Aguirre	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Christophe Schmidt	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Joey Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2002
Mandeep Singh	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2013
Sandy Polanco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 23 years old	Exonerated	2006
Judith Moreno	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Brian Brannigan	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2004
Dennis Russo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2003
Carlos Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Brian Farrelly	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2005
Dane Stcyr	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2013
Carlos Fabara	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2011
James Williams	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2001
Avis Washington	Sergeant	Black female	Hispanic female, 27 years old	Exonerated	2004
Scott Hamburger	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2011
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2010
Thomas Moroney	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Exonerated	2010
Thomas Kid	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2004
Jose Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Anthony Longobardi	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2007
Kenneth Douglas	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2014
Stephen Loffredo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2016
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
Brian Kovarik	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2015
Louis Depergola	Sergeant	White male	Other Race female, 29 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2019
Steven Weiss	Sergeant	White male	Other Race male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2007
Erik Rubinstein	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2009
Tatiana Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Other Race male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Matthew Lombardo	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Katia Jasmin	Detective	Black female	Refused female, 27 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Anthony Henry	Lieutenant	White male	Refused female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2004
Hector Vargas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Refused male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2015
Andres Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2004
Jorge Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2005
Diery Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2011
Keith Chatterton	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Derrick Kreckmann	Police Officer	White male	Unknown female, 34 years old	Exonerated	2015
Christophe Furda	Police Officer	Asian male	Unknown male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2012
Michael Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2005
Christophe Owen	Sergeant	White male	Unknown female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2008
Katia Jasmin	Detective	Black female	Unknown not described, 24 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Avidan Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2014
Ramiro Burgarelli	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	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.