 | The department stripped guns and shields from Sgt. Carlos Cruz, 41, Sgt. Louis Failla, 49, Sgt. Cliff Nieves, 37, Officer Steven Nieves, 32, Officer Giancarlo Raspanti, 43, Detective Giovanny Rojas-Acosta, 40, and Detective Rene Samaniego, 43. Police Commissioner James O'Neill said that members of the NYPD who fail to meet the highest standard will face "swift and severe" penalties. "Today, those who swore an oath and then betrayed it have felt the consequences of that infidelity. There is no place in the NYPD for criminal or unethical behavior." |  |