Overview

• The department formally served charges Thursday after Commissioner Jessica Tisch directed action ahead of the statute-of-limitations cutoff, a spokesperson said.
• Filing before Sept. 26 preserves the lower burden at an administrative trial, requiring proof of NYPD policy violations rather than criminal conduct.
• The CCRB last week substantiated four counts against each officer and, in a 9–3 vote, found improper deadly force that carries termination as the penalty, overruling its own investigators.
• Body-camera footage shows Rozario in mental distress repeatedly picking up scissors, being tased by both officers, and being shot multiple times by Officer Matthew Cianfrocco.
• The Police Benevolent Association criticized the rare departure from staff findings as the state attorney general’s criminal investigation remains open.