by Daniel Johnson
February 16, 2025
Eric Sanders, the lawyer representing Rodriques, stated in a press release that the criticism exposes rank corruption on the higher ranges of the NYPD.
A federal Equal Employment Alternative Fee criticism filed on Feb. 13 by NYPD Lieutenant Emelio Rodriques alleges that James Caban, the dual brother of former police commissioner Edward Caban, often impersonated him with the assistance of Inspector Aneudy Castillo.
As The Gothamist reviews, Rodriques’ criticism 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 Put up, “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’ criticism, 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 truly investigating them.
Rodriques, a Jamaican man, stated 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 responsibility 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 a press release he issued by way of electronic mail to The Gothamist.
“Nothing would please me greater than to reply to these lies,” Castillo stated, 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 report, however Rodriques’ criticism 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 costs in opposition to New York Mayor Eric Adams, whereas Caban was being investigated by the IRS and the US Lawyer’s Workplace in Manhattan.
In line 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 surroundings, and retaliated in opposition to him for exposing corruption and misconduct throughout the division.”
Eric Sanders, the lawyer representing Rodriques, stated in a press release that the criticism exposes rank corruption on the higher ranges of the NYPD.
The press launch additionally notes that the NYPD has 10 days to reply to the criticism, which in line 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 precise factor. His case is a evident instance of the corruption throughout the NYPD’s higher ranks. No officer must be punished for refusing to interact in selective enforcement, payroll fraud, and cover-ups. We’re calling for a full federal investigation into the practices of the NYPD and people liable for Lieutenant Rodrigues’ mistreatment.”
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