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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Daverin | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Christophe Sanchez | Police Officer | White male | Not available male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Christophe Sanchez | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Edgar Veras | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Elijah Austin | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Edgar Veras | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Matthew Lambert | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Teddy Duroc | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| William Dugan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Mayko Matos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Michael Butler | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male | Exonerated | 2016 |
| David Miller | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Vincent Fontana | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Momen Attia | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| Thomas Smith | Captain | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Mikael Djam | Police Officer | White male | White male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Christophe Musa | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Thornton Booker | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Vicente Vivar | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Justin Simms | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Keenen Adamsedwards | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Wilson Verdesoto | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Matthew Cahill | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Gabriel Cuevas | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| John Moise | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Shibu Madhu | Sergeant | Asian male | Black female, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Matthew Hart | Police Officer | White male | White male, 79 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Michael Laborde | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Vito Poliseno | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Joseph Signorile | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Gabor Kolman | Police Officer | White male | White male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Michael Furrs | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Brian Raghoenathsingh | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Michael Furrs | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Brian Raghoenathsingh | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Declan Ludington | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| William Taylor | Deputy Inspector | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Felix Baez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Mathew Reich | Detective | White male | Unknown male | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Vincent Agostino | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Ahsan Zafar | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Darrell Lowe | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| Darrien King | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Yilson Melendez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Joseph Licata | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 14 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Julio Meyreles | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Jonathan Taveras | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Stephen Schoefer | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Michael Mccarthy | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Daniel Callinan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 54 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Terrance Lloyd | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 58 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Daniel Callinan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 56 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Fidel Rosario | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Joseph Franco | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Fidel Rosario | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Timothy Finn | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| George Taylor | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 15 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Thomas Ramirez | Detective | Hispanic male | Asian male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Fidel Rosario | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Christophe Schlitt | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Henry Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Adnan Radoncic | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Fidel Rosario | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Michael Lunetta | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Kevin Morgan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Johnny Chalen | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Edward Mcbride | Detective | White male | Asian male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Frederic Ortiz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Michael Ustick | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| David Mercado | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| Thomas Napolitano | Detective | White male | Unknown male, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Herbert Medina | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Michael Romeo | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Matthew Demaio | Police Officer | White male | White male, 55 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Brian Green | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Jonathan Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Stephen Hillmann | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Alex Cruz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Stephen Hillmann | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Robert Lenihan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Luis Martinez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Michael Ustick | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| David Quattrocchi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Kevin Martin | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Donald Sehl | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Marlon Sanchez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Oscar Nunez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Rosemary Wanzer | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Yahkeem White | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Risel Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Samuel Hui | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Derrick Kreckmann | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 14 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Tanya Bucknor | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Jesus Capo | Detective | Hispanic male | White male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Tanya Bucknor | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Tanya Bucknor | Police Officer | Black female | Black male | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Michael Ustick | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Brian Holshek | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Nicholas Rios | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Jose Santory | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
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.