Officer Detail: CHRISTOPHER J. BARBER

Assignment History

Job Title	Badge No.	Unit	Start Date	End Date
Investigator	1949		2020-01-13

Salary

Annual Salary	Overtime	Total Pay	Year
$83,910.12	$932.38	$84,842.50	FY2019
$75,606.16	$1,808.33	$77,414.49	FY2018

Incidents

Incident 123
Date	May 08, 2016
Department	Rochester Police Department
Officers	Christopher J. Barber
Description	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
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Address	Gregory St Rochester, NY
Incident 124
Date	Sep 04, 2015
Department	Rochester Police Department
Officers	Christopher J. Barber
Description	After dispute with convenience store clerk, wherein clerk admitted to assaulting victim, officers Drake, Kester, and Mitchell detained victim and slammed his head into a metal bench, according to lawsuit. Officer Mitchell allegedly beat victim for 2 minutes, handcuffed victim, brought victim to police car, and punched victim in face while victim was handcuffed. Mitchell then pepper sprayed victim, according to suit, continued beating him, then officers Mitchell, Kephart, and either Brodskey or Dempsey slammed victim back on sidewalk. Sgt. Lafave denied medical service to victim after EMS recommended it, according to suit, bringing victim to jail and continued to beat victim there. Officer Barber, along with other RPD officers and technicians, selected only small portion of convenience store footage. Incident caught on store video. Outcome Lawsuit is ongoing, Officer Barber is being charged with failure to intervene against Drake, Mintz, Barber, Dempsey, LaFave, and Angelo and denial of the right to a fair trial, charges dismissed include malicious abuse of process and Violation of the Privacy Protection Act
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Address	South Ave near Comfort St Rochester, NY