accused Esposito of using inappropriate language when Esposito attempted to quell individuals who entered a police station house during a riot in Borough Park. Felder indicated that he personally heard the chief say, "Get the fucking Jews out of here." However, the Civilian Complaint Review Board, which investigates police misconduct, later found the accusation against Esposito unsubstantiated, but did reprimand Chief Esposito for using profanity. When subsequently asked to comment on the Review Board's finding, Felder's office stated that Felder had "no comment" about the incident and that he "wants to put the matter behind him". In 2011, Esposito directed the arrests of hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters during a march across the Brooklyn Bridge. In the civil litigation that followed, Esposito tried to avoid being deposed in one of the related cases. In a video taken on St. Patrick's Day in 2012 and later obtained by the Daily News, Esposito was seen shoving protesters and, at least once, using a nightstick to strike a protester. In September 2012, Esposito was photographed while restraining a slim-build female Occupy Wall Street activist. The photograph was noted in the Letters to the Editor section of the Daily News, since it appeared that Esposito had placed the activist into a "chokehold." In 2015, the NYPD was accused of destroying evidence related to a federal class action lawsuit regarding the department's alleged practice of issuing "850,000 bogus summonses" according to a quota system. Amongst the e-mails that the department was accused of refusing to deliver to plaintiffs in the lawsuit were communications sent by Esposito regarding the summons' program. Dates of Rank Sworn in as a Police Trainee - 1968 Appointed as a Patrolman - 1971 Promoted to Detective - 1983 Promoted to Sergeant - 1983 Promoted to Lieutenant - 1986 Promoted to Captain - 1989 Promoted to Deputy Inspector - 1993 Promoted to Inspector - 1994 Promoted to Deputy Chief - 1996 Promoted to Assistant Chief - 1997 Chief of Department - 2000 See also New York City Police Department Chief of Police Notes New York City Police Department officers American people of Italian descent Living people 1950 births Commissioners in New York City New York City Emergency Management