in court case file, victim alleges improper or illegal police conduct in approaching, attempting to stop, and in pursuing and arresting

Outcome

no discipline

(Fourth) avoidable fleet accident

According to complainant's hand-written letter, complainant was verbally abused, wrongfully arrested, and taken into custody with a loaded handgun. Complainant alleges officer reported other false allegations against the complainant.

Outcome

A letter of reprimand was filed against Mark Allen

According to Davy V Blog and other sources, Officer Simmons responded to a call from family members to assist with a 13 year old threatening suicide. He shot the child in the pelvis three times, claiming self defense.

Outcome

Acting Police Chief Cedric Alexander said victim "acted in an appropriate manner, "The way he was trained to act." He was not disciplined.

CW: More than two dozen Buffalo police officers attacked a peaceful group of bicyclists at 6:30 p.m. They kicked some and beat several with clubs and Mag-Lites. They arrested nine of them on the kind of trumped-up felony charges.

According to City misconduct databse, Costello was involved fleet vehicle accident ; 3rd avoidable accident

Outcome

suspended 2 days without pay , removal of 16.5 hrs from comp bank

According to RPD Misconduct Database, Coniglio was involved in an avoidable fleet vehicle accident.

Outcome

letter of reprimand

(Third) Avoidable car accident

Outcome

Reprimand

According to court documents, RPD officer DiVincenzo used profane language against and then physically slapped an individual while he was handcuffed and being identified at the Police Records counter. The incident was reported by a civilian employee on 01-11-2001.

Outcome

John DiVincenzo pleaded guilty to inappropriate use of force and failing to properly report the event. The officer was sentenced to 5 days suspension without pay and remedial training.

RPD Officer (now Lieutenant) David Gebhardt shot and killed an unarmed Jamaican father of three young children as he was sitting on a couch. According to D&C, "Gebhardt said he tripped or stumbled and his shotgun accidentally discharged".

Outcome

Gebhardt was cleared of all wrongdoing by the Civilian Review Board.

Use of improper tactics according to City of Rochester RPD Misconduct database.

Outcome

suspension

According to the City of Rochester RPD Misconduct database, Officer Elwood used force while taking person into custody, failed to report the incident.

Outcome

suspended

avoidable fleet vehicle accident (3rd incident of avoidable fleet vehicle accident

Outcome

Reprimand

According to the city misconduct database, Costello was involved in a fender bender: he backed into a garbage can, and it was avoidable.

Outcome

reprimanded because violated Rules and Reg Section 4.18 Departmental Property and Equipment

According to a complaint associated with city's disciplinary record, victim was allegedly cap-stunned, and punched and kicked while handcuffed on the ground

In a car chase, Hill allegedly pursued a civilian and shot the civilian in the shoulder.

Outcome

The civilian was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in state prison and released in 2015

Accoriding to the City RPD misconduct database, officer fabricated information regarding a warrant and asked victim to lift her shirt to see if she had a tattoo like the person who was supposedly in the database with a warrant that matched the victims description. He also made several inappropriate comments and drove her home in his vehicle.

Outcome

Letter of reprimand on file after investigation

Individual filed complaint that after being chased by police, he was hit, kicked, and punched by officers including officers Mario Correia, Yodice, and Sofia. CRB and RPD sustained complaint that Correia struck the individual in the head with flashlight and lied about it.

Outcome

Other officers testified that Correia hit individual with the flashlight, Correia denied it. Disciplinary letter states his untruthfulness and violation of procedure could have resulted in termination but he's being given "a second chance", and 60 days unpaid leave. Correia appealed and lost.

According to the City RPD misconduct database, Officer Correia pulled out personal firearm while off duty and threatened an individual with it after he thought the individual had pulled the hair of another female. He continued to wave the firearm around and make claims that the individual was all done now and he could end him now.

Outcome

5 day suspension without pay, report filed with professional standards section

Derold Jamison, an 18 year old high school student, was sitting in a friend's car on Fougeron Street when a car with three white Buffalo Police Officers in plain clothes pulled up next to him. They shined a flashlight in the car and told him to put his hands where they could see them.

The officers told Jamison to get out of the vehicle. He was searched, asked what he was doing there, handcuffed and told to "get down on my knees." Once on his knees, he was hit on the side of his face with a flashlight.

At that point, Jamison's friend came out of the alley, saw what was happening to his friend, and took off running with two officers in pursuit, leaving one officer with Jamison.

The officer that stayed behind put Jamison in the back seat of his friend's car, and the officer got in the front seat behind the wheel. Jamison informed the officer that the back door that he was sitting next to was still open. The officer ignored him. The officer then started the car and pulled away from the curb, making a sharp left turn causing him, with his hands still handcuffed behind his back, to fall out of the car and onto the street.

As Jamison lay in the street, the officer put the car in reverse and attempted to run him over. Jamison ran out of the way and into a nearby yard. The officer then caught up with him and began to beat him again. The officer then pulled his gun out and placed it next to Jamison's head and said, "I would blow your brains out but it's too close to Christmas." With the gun still next to Jamison's head, the officer fired a shot into the ground, and then continued beating him again with his flashlight.

When the sound of the shooting started to draw attention, the officer brought Jamison back to the car until another witness noticed. Throughout the assault, the officer referred to Jamison using racial slurs.

Shortly after, the other officers returned and put Jamison in the car where the beating and name calling continued, forcing him to tell them where his friend lived. On arrival at his friend's house the officers had a short conversation with the friend and released him in his mother's presence. At this point Jamison was also released, and the officer who had assaulted him wiped the blood from his face and said, "Merry Christmas."

All three officers then drove away.

After notifying his father, Derold Jamison. Sr, they went to police headquarters and reported the incident to Internal Affairs. According to Mr. Jamison, Sr.. members of Internal Affairs later identified the officers as detectives Thomas McDonald, Gerald Skinner and Mark Lauber of the Streets Crime Unit.