Incidents

Upon seeing pit bull inside the home on a call, Perrone shot and killed the dog through the open front door from his position on the porch.

Outcome

Lawsuit settled

According to D&C officer was involved in a shootout with no injuries.

Outcome

None found

According to Davy V., several RPD officers (including Matthew Klinkman) surrounded a black man who was pumping gasoline. They claimed he matched the description of someone they were searching for, but then left. Davy V. asked Officer Klinkman why he questioned the man, and Klinkman got into his police car and left.

According to Davy V’s blog, a total of 5 Rochester Police cruisers had pulled over an African-American motorist. When asked for his badge number and more information, Officer Mooney replied: "I'm doing my job, get out of my way!”

Outcome

None

According to discipline database, on October 10 2014, Jimenez allegedly was involved in a third avoidable fleet incident within a year's time. Jimenez allegedly followed another fleet vehicle too closely and struck the rear of the other fleet vehicle. The accident caused $1612.16 of damage.

Outcome

Reprimand

Court case: Man alleged that various Rochester Police Department ("RPD") officers used excessive and unlawful force against him, falsely arrested him, and subsequently fabricated official police paperwork and committed perjury in an attempt to cover-up this wrongdoing. Officer Boskat was named in this court case that was connected to another incident the Plaintiff was involved on date above . The focus of the incident on 9/18/14 was on Officer Masic ( investigate him !!) Defendent

Outcome

none

According to the Davy V. Blog, Officer Allen was tailgating an individual who eventually pulled over to let the RPD vehicle pass. Officer Allen pulled up next to the individual and asked why they had pulled over; the individual asked Officer Allen for her badge number, but she refused, saying it was "none of your business."

According to a complaint and lawsuit filed, RPD Officer Donald M. Flood, together with Officers Michael Feldman and Evan Henry, pulled over a civilian, handcuffed him, and then beat him. The man "sustained several injuries during the beating, including a concussion, permanent blindness in his right eye, orbital fractures, diminished vision in his left eye, and multiple bruises."

Outcome

The City of Rochester paid the victim $750,000, which was only revealed later through an open records request

According to video from DavyV Officer was parked, in traffic lane, impeding vehicle traffic

Outcome

none

An individual brought a false arrest and excessive force lawsuit against Goodfriend. According to the court documents Goodfriend pursued the individual into his house without a warrant and they punched him and kneed him.

Outcome

Goodfriend's motion for summary judgement to dismiss excessive force was denied.

New African American recruit was reprimanded/suspended for 20 days for asking for fries at Arby's without paying for them, for violating . He alleged that the day before at Perri's Pizza he was told by his training officer that they never have to pay there.

Outcome

20 day suspension

Goodfriend shot an individual in the back. According to the Dem & Chronicle the police claimed the individual was armed, fled and turned to display the gun to officers. Goodfriend was assigned to administrative duty

Outcome

None

According to video, Lucas Krull hit the victim in the head and wrestled her to the ground after she told him and other officers she was pregnant.

Outcome

the victim was sentenced to 6 months in jail and 5 years probation for injuring Krull while he arrested her. On September 20th, her bail was increased from $7,500 to $25,000. The officers received no consequences, and Police Chief James Sheppard praised the officers' “restraint”.

According to ROC IndyMedia, RPD Officers Baldauf and Harris were dispatched to a non-violent domestic dispute incident where an individual and his girlfriend were splitting up. When the individual asked Officer Baldauf a question, Officers Baldauf and Harris responded by beating the individual repeatedly. The incident was partly caught on video by cameras at the individual's home.

Outcome

4 charges dismissed, 4 still pending

According to Wikipedia and D&C an individual was shot multiple times and survived after a high speed chase and shootout with police according to D&C. The individual filed an excessive use of force suit against Gorman, Balch and Rizzo and the officers moved for summary judgement and Individual did not respond to the motion. The motion was granted and complain dismissed.

According to the defendant officers, plaintiff continued to scuffle and was sprayed in the face with pepper spray by Officer Marone. Plaintiff was ultimately taken to the ground with one officer on each side of her performing a hold, after which she was handcuffed. When plaintiff complained of asthma symptoms, she was transported by ambulance to Strong Memorial Hospital. Plaintiff alleges this was a false arrest.

RPD officer Christopher Burgstrom was responding to a dispute at someone's home. When the homeowner's dog came out the front door, Brugstrom allegedly told the owner to "get your dog" and then shot and killed the dog.

According to Rodriguez v. City of Rochester, Officer Mason and three other officers participated in a multi-agency warrant detail along with probation officers. Officer Mason allegedly saw the victim running straight down a steeply pitched roof. Another officer announced he was with law enforcement and directed the victim to come down off the roof. According to Officer Mason, the victim did not heed his instructions and continued descending the roofline, grabbing onto the fire escape ladder with one hand. The victim states, upon seeing that the building was surrounded by law enforcement officers, he decided to end his flight and began climbing down from the roof via a fire escape. According to the victim, one or more of the officers allegedly pulled him off the fire escape, which caused a portion of one of his fingers to be severed. The victims states he remained on the ground until he was moved by the officers whom allegedly struck him on his head and body.

Outcome

Two of the officers motions for dismissal were granted after the victim did not oppose the dismissal from his action. Victims causes for actions against Mason, the city, and one other officer remain.

Lieutenant Jeremy Anzalone wrote an internal correspondence on 05-08-13 about a meeting he held with Officer Anthony Liberatore and Sgt Kenneth Coniglio about Liberatore's use of an elbow strike to the face of the man who was thrown from his wheelchair by RPD officers (see link to source correspondence in sources section). Anzalone was not involved in the incident.

Outcome

No evidence from the correspondence whether Jeremy Anzalone was involved in the decision of whether or not to discipline the officers.

According Davy V. , Boskat stopped a man with a broken ankle on his bike , because as he "looked like a white guy with a black shirt" reported to have been "looking in cars" at Frontier Field. The man had pepper spray and a small knife, both were legal for the man to have. He tells the man he is "danger to him", even though the man willingly handed over the pepper spray and the knife. Officer Boskat does realize he has the “wrong man” at some point but decided to issue the man a ticket for not having a bell on his bicycle.

Outcome

none found