February 16, 2025
Eric Sanders, the lawyer representing Rodriques, mentioned in an announcement that the grievance exposes rank corruption on the higher ranges of the NYPD.
A federal Equal Employment Alternative Fee grievance filed on Feb. 13 by NYPD Lieutenant Emelio Rodriques alleges that James Caban, the dual brother of former police commissioner Edward Caban, sometimes impersonated him with the assistance of Inspector Aneudy Castillo.
As The Gothamist studies, Rodriques’ grievance describes the events that the Caban switched locations have been made doable by the deception of Castillo, the thirty fourth Precinct’s commanding officer.
As Rodriques advised The New York Publish, “The CO would all the time say ‘Caban is coming.’ We simply thought it was the commissioner. I saluted him. Different cops additionally saluted him.”
Per Rodriques’ grievance, each Castillo and different officers impressed upon him that any nightclubs or different institutions that have been tied to James Caban have been “off limits to police oversight,” and that officers have been advised to shut out complaints from the general public concerning these companies with out really investigating them.
Rodriques, a Jamaican man, mentioned that in his makes an attempt to report this misconduct, he confronted discrimination and retaliation based mostly on his race and nationality; Rodriques additionally maintained that he was charged with guaranteeing that different officers complied with the regulation as a part of his obligation because the precinct’s integrity management officer till he was eliminated by Castillo.
Castillo, nonetheless, forcefully maintained that the allegations in opposition to him from Rodriques are false in an announcement he issued by way of electronic mail to The Gothamist.
“Nothing would please me greater than to answer these lies,” Castillo mentioned, earlier than noting that for him to reply in any official capability, he wanted clearance from the NYPD press workplace.
The NYPD selected to not remark to the outlet on the file, however Rodriques’ grievance units forth that there’s “widespread corruption and abuse of energy” within the thirty fourth Precinct.
Edward Caban’s resignation got here in September, after the Biden Administration’s Justice Division individually started to look into corruption fees in opposition to New York Mayor Eric Adams, whereas Caban was being investigated by the IRS and the US Legal professional’s Workplace in Manhattan.
In accordance with a press launch issued by The Sanders Agency, the regulation agency representing Rodriques, the NYPD “engaged in racial discrimination, subjected him to a hostile work setting, and retaliated in opposition to him for exposing corruption and misconduct inside the division.”
Eric Sanders, the lawyer representing Rodriques, mentioned in an announcement that the grievance exposes rank corruption on the higher ranges of the NYPD.
The press launch additionally notes that the NYPD has 10 days to answer the grievance, which in keeping with the date on the press launch, provides them till Feb. 23.
The press launch reads, “Lieutenant Rodrigues has devoted over 20 years to defending and serving the folks of New York, solely to be repaid with retaliation, racial discrimination, and office harassment for doing the appropriate factor. His case is a evident instance of the corruption inside the NYPD’s higher ranks. No officer needs to be punished for refusing to have interaction in selective enforcement, payroll fraud, and cover-ups. We’re calling for a full federal investigation into the practices of the NYPD and people accountable for Lieutenant Rodrigues’ mistreatment.”
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