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Abuse of Authority: Frisk
This page contains all allegations assigned to this category by the CCRB. Multiple similar allegations can appear for the same officer because a complaint received from a civilian can include multiple allegations.
Officers With Complaints
1,327
Complaints
1,597
Allegations
1,926
What the CCRB’s Conclusions Mean
Substantiated: The alleged conduct occurred and it violated the rules. (Here is a breakdown of the types of discipline the CCRB can recommend. The NYPD can choose to ignore those recommendations. It has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.)Exonerated: The alleged conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD’s rules, which often give officers significant discretion over use of force.
Unsubstantiated: The CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
| Officer | Rank at Time of Complaint | Officer Details | Complainant Details | CCRB Conclusion | Year Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Cuevas | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| John Diaz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Gregg Minardi | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| John Hall | Captain | White male | Not available male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Julio Ramos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Saquoi Harris | Police Officer | Black male | Black male | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Saquoi Harris | Police Officer | Black male | Other Race female, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Stephen Barounis | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Saquoi Harris | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic female, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Kristina Lopez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Unknown not described | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Gabriel Cuadros | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Andrew Fago | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Franklin Diaz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Pedro Lezcano | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| James Holder | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 60 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Farid Aliyev | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Joby Thomas | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Bryan Scheblein | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Joel Ayala | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Noel Alphonso | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Michael Gonzalez | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Stephen Hillmann | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Juan Rodriguez | Detective | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jose Collazo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Yaritza Casul | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jose Tejada | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Nicholas Rios | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Vitaliy Zelikov | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 54 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jose Tejada | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Gina Mestre | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jerry Sukhnandan | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Mayko Matos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Gina Mestre | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Kevin Maloney | Lieutenant | White male | Refused male, 46 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Manolin Molina | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Juan Castillo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Triston Trunk | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available , 37 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Steve Crozier | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Charles Senat | Sergeant | Black male | Refused not described, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Richard Aseng | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Unknown not described | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Cesar Reyes | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Stephanie Perez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jose Cordero | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Stephen Lalchan | Detective | Asian male | Asian male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Daniel Guida | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Dany Fana | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Andrew Nash | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Edward Pellerano | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jose Cordero | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Louis Villegas | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Louis Villegas | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Ariel Eusebio | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Ariel Eusebio | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Ariel Eusebio | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Thomas Mccue | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Eric Dym | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Anthony Stabile | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Miroslav Maric | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Angelo Pizzarro | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Miroslav Maric | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Elmer Pastran | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Connor Walsh | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Carlos Santiago | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Daniel Callinan | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| David Poggioli | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Stephanie Mazza | Police Officer | White female | Not available male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Daniel Shaw | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Leon Pedigo | Police Officer | White male | Unknown not described, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Manolin Molina | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available , 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Ernesto Bautista | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Randy Sanchez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Daniel Gasperetti | Detective | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Matthew Escudero | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Nicholas Kane | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Christophe Mcdonald | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Christophe Mcdonald | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| James Ludvick | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Tony Ip | Police Officer | Asian male | Unknown male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Hassan Gheith | Police Officer | White male | White male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Daniel Nunez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Daniel Nunez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Daniel Nunez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jose Villafane | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| David Cheesewright | Sergeant | Asian male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Sicelin Ortiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Brian Nelson | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| David Poggioli | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Darren Sukennikoff | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Rainard Wroten | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Mordecai Austrie | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| David Cheesewright | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Peter Besse | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 14 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| David Grieco | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Joshua Marte | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Timothy Terrillion | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Edwin Lau | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jack Dagnese | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Heriberto Sifonte | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Michael Demonda | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Kevin Morgan | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
About This Data
For decades, disciplinary records of police officers in New York have been shielded from public view. After the state recently repealed the law that had kept the records secret, ProPublica requested and received a database from New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, which investigates allegations of misconduct against NYPD officers. The database lists the name of each officer, the race of the complainant and the officer, a category describing the alleged misconduct, and whether the CCRB concluded the officers’ conduct violated NYPD rules. Police unions have opposed New York City’s plan to make public data about disciplinary investigations. This database names about 4,000 of the NYPD’s 36,000 active-duty officers. Every officer in the database has had at least one substantiated allegation. We excluded any allegations that CCRB investigators concluded did not occur and were deemed unfounded. We also removed a small number of officers (62) against whom the CCRB had substantiated allegations, but whose substantiated allegations had not gone fully through the NYPD’s administrative prosecution process. The CCRB was not able to reach conclusions in many cases, in part because the investigators must rely on the NYPD to hand over crucial evidence, such as footage from body-worn cameras. Often, the department is not forthcoming despite a legal duty to cooperate in CCRB investigations. The CCRB gets thousands of complaints per year but substantiates a tiny fraction of them. Allegations of criminal conduct by officers are typically investigated not by the CCRB but by state or federal prosecutors in conjunction with the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau or the FBI. The NYPD’s own findings in cases in this database are not included here.
Read more about what we’ve included in the database and why, and see our answers to questions we have received about this data. If you have information about any of these officers or cases, please fill out our form.
All of the records in this data are from closed cases. But if you see an error, contact the CCRB. If the agency updates its records and lets us know, we'll do so as well.
The data used in this database is downloadable from ProPublica’s Data Store.
Source
This data was obtained through a records request made to the CCRB. It includes fully investigated allegations only for officers who were members of the department as of late June 2020 and against whom the CCRB has substantiated at least one allegation.