The district provided the reviews in response to a public-records request, but blacked out sections analyzing whether Ciarciaglini’s actions were reasonable and what the department concluded. The records document 14 encounters involving juveniles and two involving adults during traffic stops. The district has not said whether Ciarciaglini was disciplined or whether investigators found his actions justified.

Ciarciaglini, who has worked for the district since 2014, is currently assigned to home with pay, a district spokesperson said. The spokesperson did not elaborate. Ciarciaglini and his attorneys could not be reached for comment.

The reviews apply the “Graham” standard, a legal test used to assess whether an officer’s use of force was reasonable. The district argues that the redacted portions are protected by deliberative-process privilege and involve confidential juvenile and employment information. It has said disclosure could expose the officer to embarrassment, harassment and stigma, and could harm morale or impede investigations.

The district has also refused to provide reports and video in 13 of the 16 cases, saying they contain confidential juvenile-justice information that cannot be separated from the rest of the records. A lawyer for the requester argued that any protected information should be redacted while the remaining material is released.

The withheld files leave significant gaps in the public record of several encounters. In a 2022 incident at Legacy High School, Ciarciaglini was looking for a student accused of making a shooting gesture toward a class. Police later determined the student was not responsible. A department review said the officer handcuffed the boy, then threw him to the ground with significant force after he tensed and leaned away. The student cried out in pain; medical personnel did not find a need to transport him for treatment.

At a Centennial High School homecoming football game on Sept. 3, 2021, Ciarciaglini grabbed a student by the neck during a fight, pushed him against a fence and brought him to the ground before handcuffing him, according to the review. Minutes later, he pepper-sprayed a crowd during another fight. The review said he was concerned people might trample him; officers could not identify who was fighting.

Ciarciaglini is a defendant in at least three lawsuits that allege excessive force, battery, false arrest or other misconduct. One suit alleges he unlawfully arrested a man who stopped to film a traffic stop. Another says he hit a student riding a motorized bike with an unmarked patrol car and failed to include the collision in his report. The district and Ciarciaglini have denied the claims in court filings.

A separate lawsuit concerns an April 10, 2025, traffic stop near Legacy High School. The plaintiff alleges he was pulled over for driving 6 mph over the school-zone limit and was injured when Ciarciaglini drove him chest- and knee-first into the concrete. The officer’s report said four of his fingers were scratched during the arrest. Body-camera footage reviewed in connection with the case appeared to show Ciarciaglini fist-bumping another school police officer afterward.

The district has not disclosed the conclusion of the review in that case. Its records show a section titled “Unlawful Arrest / Detention & Excessive Use of Force” was redacted in full.