Incidents

Court documents allege that officers, beat and assaulted victim, a minor at the time, after mistaking him for another suspect. Documents allege officers used pepper spray and tasers. 17 officers are named in the case, including Kyle Eisenhauer.

Outcome

City paid victim $360,000 in a federal lawsuit, RPD review board found no wrongdoing

Castrichini was one of 17 Rochester police officers accused in a federal lawsuit of participating in or being present for an August 2016 incident where excessive force was used against a Rochester teenager.

Outcome

After an "internal investigation", the Rochester, NY Police Departnent found no wrongdoing on the part of any if its officers, and maintains that officers were responding to a 911 call for a man with a gun. According to Rochester For All website the teen received $360,00.

Kenneth Coniglio was named on a federal lawsuit as being present when a 17-year old Black youth was allegedly beaten by Rochester Police. The teenager suffered injuries including an orbital fracture on his face. The lawsuit alleges that Canniglio was involved in illegal search and seizure, use of excessive force, battery, and assault.

Outcome

Civilian Review Board found no wrongdoing. City of Rochester settled a civil lawsuit for $360,000

DiNicola was among 17 RPD officers named in the assault of a teenager who was 17 years old at the time.

Outcome

nothing

Four officers followed Arthur Jordan into the PCS Metro store and told him he was wanted for questioning. When Jordan said he wouldn’t go with the officers, who lacked both a warrant and probable cause for an arrest, the officers closed in on him, sprayed him in the eyes with copious amounts of pepper spray, punched him in the head and eventually restrained him enough to perform a search.

MALECKI was allegedly involved in an arrest where the defendant was attacked and beaten

Outcome

none

Casaccia v. City of Rochester is a case brought by a man alleging six officers, Amy Bauer among them, brutalized him without cause. The claim against the city was dismissed by Hon. Michael Telesca.

Outcome

All charges against officers dismissed and the subsequent civil case decided in favor of the city

CW: A cellblock attendant grabbed Shaun P. Porter and slammed his face into a door, causing him to collapse and strike his face on the floor and bleed profusely. Meanwhile two Buffalo police officers did nothing as they stood by and watched. After dragging Porter down the hall and hitting him in the head again, he was placed in a restraint chair without medical treatment for about an hour and 45 minutes.

Adam Brodsky was allegedly struck by a car someone was driving. After a foot pursuit, Adam Brodsky shot the person while arresting them.

Outcome

No disciplinary action

According to lawsuit, victim was sitting on ground after an attack when RPD Officer Barber grabbed her and threw her on the sidewalk. Suit then says he then kneeled on her and handcuffed her without justification. Victim's vertebrae broken, requiring surgery.

Outcome

Case dismissed

According to Davy V., officer Michael C. Koemer assaulted a black man named Maurice peacefully participating in a ROC 4 $15.00 minimum wage protest.

Outcome

None listed.

According to sources below, RPD officers followed the victim in his car, and Officer Joseph Ferrigno shot at the individual 4 times from behind, hitting him 3 times.

Outcome

While the victim was cleared of all charges, Officer Ferrigno was not disciplined for any of this actions.

David Bowers shot and killed Phil Grenon after officers responded to a mental-health related call. A state report determined that the death was preventable.

According to Spectrum News and ABC WHAM, then Police Chief Michael Ciminelli said Fiorica was part of a group of officers carrying out a search warrant on the home, individual approached Fiorica with a metal mop handle in what police said was a threatening manner, and Fiorica fired his shotgun at Coleman. According to police, only the victim's left ring finger was harmed; The individual said his shoulder and head were also injured.

Drugs were found in the home, and the individual was sentenced to jail time without bail because of multiple prior felony drug convictions.

Outcome

Then Police Chief Michael Ciminelli and Locust Club President Mike Mazzeo defended Fiorica's actions. Ciminelli said Fiorica was placed on administrative duty pending an internal investigation. As far as I can tell, Fiorica faced no consequences.

According to D&C, as well as The Free Library, Patrick Giancursio pulled over to the victim because they matched a description, and the victim ran. Giancursio pursued in his vehicle and purposefully struck the victim with the vehicle, which was captured on camera.

Outcome

There was no interval investigation of the event. A civil lawsuit did occur, but was settled with high cost to the city of Rochester.

According to the free library, the victim was approached by RPD officers Patrick Giancursio and William Wagner and ran. The victim disposed of a shotgun they had for self defense during the chase and was later apprehended and handcuffed. While the victim was handcuffed and on his knees, Giancursio allegedly punched him in the head and face, leading to fractures in the vitcim's cheek bones.

Outcome

a civil court case that was ruled in favor of Giancursio.

Fleet vehicle incident

Outcome

Reprimand

Mastrangelo allegedly conducted a pat frisk on victim "outside in the street in broad day light." Mastrangelo allegedly moved the front waistband of Plaintiff's pants and boxer shorts such that Plaintiff's groin area was exposed, and then "forcibly reached down in [Plaintiff's] pants and retrieved a sandwich bag[.]" The victims claims that in the course of retrieving the sandwich bag, Mastrangelo "yank[ed]" his penis and stated, "I got you by the balls now, [victim], how do you like it?". Two officers were allegedly present during the pat frisk and "never intervened or made an attempt to stop" Mastrangelo.

Allegedly, Officer Ryan Hartley, while off-duty, acted in a disorderly fashion, directed prejudicial comments toward an African American person and pulled from his waistband, display, wave, and/or pointed a loaded handgun at a person or group of people

Officer Baker allegedly pulled up to two individuals, telling them to "move along" away from the store they stood near. When they walked away, the officers ran after them, slammed the first individual and threw the second to the ground. The second individual went to the hospital.

Outcome

city was sued and lost on 12-06-2019