From 1996 to 2008, Tartaglione worked for the Briarcliff Manor Police Department, where he was accused of harassment, stalking, and police brutality by local activist and television show host Clay Tiffany. After Tartaglione retired from policing, he became involved in steroid and cocaine trafficking.
Tartaglione's time at the Briarcliff Manor Police Department was heavily impacted by a years-long conflict with local political activist and cable television host Clay Tiffany. The dispute began in March 1997, when Tartaglione issued Tiffany a $50 traffic violation ticket for having an expired inspection sticker.Following this incident, Tiffany, who was well known for scrutinizing local government officials and police officers, began criticizing Tartaglione on his local cable television show Dirge for the Charlatans. Tiffany stated that during the arrest, Tartaglione made racist comments, threatened Tiffany with violence, and stated that he could use his Italian American Mafia connections to harm Tiffany. In May 1998, Tiffany claimed that while he was filling out a police complaint form in his car, Tartaglione forced him out of the vehicle and physically carried Tiffany over his shoulder into the police station. He also claimed in December of that year, Tartaglione followed him in his police vehicle after Tiffany attended a hearing where Tartaglione was testifying and broke Tiffany's nose after he pulled over. On the afternoon of May 16, 1999, Tartaglione arrested Tiffany after he entered the municipal building's parking lot while shouting at passersby that there was a conspiracy against him orchestrated by Tartaglione and the village government. Tiffany was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, the former of which he was convicted though this decision was later overturned.
In August 1999, Tartaglione was suspended from the police force and charged with first-degree perjury. According to the complaint, Tartaglione stated during a Department of Motor Vehicles hearing that a defendant suspected of driving under the influence was not read their Miranda rights because both Tartaglione and his partner thought the other had done so. However, prosecutors argued that Tartaglione was not scheduled to work with a partner that night and thus the mix-up could not have occurred as stated. Following Tartaglione's suspension, all open charges against Tiffany were dropped. Tartaglione was acquitted of the perjury charges in November 1999. Despite the acquittal, the Briarcliff village trustees fired Tartaglione in March 2001. In November of that year, a judge ruled that Tartaglione had been denied due process and the village must either reinstated him with back pay or negotiate a settlement package.[4][15][28] Following the ruling, Tartaglione filed two lawsuits against the village: a $3 million civil suit regarding the violation of his due process rights and a case to get his job back. In November 2002, the civil suit was dismissed[24] but in 2003, Tartaglione won reinstatement and $320,000 in back pay.
In 2000, Tiffany filed a civil suit against the village of Briarcliff Manor and Tartaglione, claiming they engaged in a "persistent pattern of intentional negligence [and] reckless indifferent to [his] constitutional rights," specifically citing the alleged instances of police brutality by Tartaglione. Tiffany was represented by lawyers Omar Mohammedi and Deveraux Cannick, who had the previous year sued the New York City Police Department on behalf of the family of Amadou Diallo. In 2003, Briarcliff Manor settled with Tiffany for $2 million.
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