Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers

This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date. For more recent information, visit the city's database of civilian complaints against the NYPD.

Abuse of Authority: Frisk And/Or Search

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
176
Complaints
203
Allegations
241

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
John Rajan Sergeant Asian male Hispanic male, 18 years old Exonerated 2002
David Cheesewright Sergeant Asian male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
David Casey Detective Asian male Other Race male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
David Cheesewright Sergeant Asian male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
David Cheesewright Sergeant Asian male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Harjit Singh Police Officer Asian male Hispanic male, 15 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
David Cheesewright Sergeant Asian male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
David Cheesewright Sergeant Asian male Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Yuseff Hamm Police Officer Black male Black male, 51 years old Exonerated 2002
Willie Johnson Police Officer Black male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2003
Clifton Clarke Police Officer Black male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2002
Jacy Reese Police Officer Black male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2004
Willie Johnson Police Officer Black male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Scott Henderson Detective Black male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 1999
Douglas Carr Police Officer Black male Black male, 39 years old Exonerated 2004
Darryl Mack Police Officer Black male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
David Terrell Police Officer Black male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Ischaler Grant Sergeant Black male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2002
Derrick Milligan Sergeant Black male Black male, 15 years old Exonerated 2004
William Powell Police Officer Black male Black male, 86 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2000
Rudolph Hall Police Officer Black male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Phillip Atkins Police Officer Black male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Colin Austin Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Karl Richards Police Officer Black male Black male, 25 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Phillip Atkins Police Officer Black male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Paul Perodin Police Officer Black male Black female, 43 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Darnay Harris Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Darnay Harris Police Officer Black male Black male, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Nathan Mole Police Officer Black male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2001
Scott Henderson Detective Black male Not available Substantiated (Instructions) 1999
Selwyn Fonrose Police Officer Black male Black male, 14 years old Exonerated 2000
Michael Ingram Detective Black male White male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2001
Michael Ingram Detective Black male White male, 22 years old Exonerated 2001
Karl Richards Police Officer Black male Black male, 38 years old Exonerated 2002
Christophe Jones Detective Black male Hispanic male, 17 years old Exonerated 2004
Jermaine Matos Police Officer Black male White male, 25 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2004
Alan Gaspard Detective Black male Black male, 32 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Selwyn Fonrose Police Officer Black male Black male, 34 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Michael Ingram Detective Black male Black male, 32 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2001
Fernando Espindola Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 36 years old Exonerated 2002
Christophe Bastos Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Jorge Tavarez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 48 years old Exonerated 2003
Fernando Espindola Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2003
Fernando Espindola Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Frank Vega Captain Hispanic male Not available Substantiated (Charges) 2001
Rafael Vega Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 27 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Jaime Arroyo Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2000
Rodrigo Caballero Detective Hispanic male Not available Exonerated 2004
Daniel Perez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 16 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
John Zamot Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2004
Manuel Matos Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 39 years old Exonerated 2000
Julio Delgado Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Wilbert Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 20 years old Exonerated 2004
Julio Delgado Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic female, 28 years old Exonerated 2003
Mario Morales Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2003
Christophe Bastos Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Hector Lopez Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 25 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2004
Edwin Martinez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Roberto Melendez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Andres Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 54 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Alberto Arce Detective Hispanic male Black male, 65 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2000
James Baez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Alberto Arce Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Fabio Nunez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Dino Tamayo Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic female, 48 years old Exonerated 2003
Federico Martinez Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Lissette Torres Police Officer Hispanic female Not available Exonerated 2001
Michael Mendez Detective Hispanic male White male, 44 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Angel Leon Police Officer Hispanic male Not available Exonerated 2000
James Ross Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 40 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2000
Rafael Vega Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Ernest Morales Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 48 years old Exonerated 2000
Jose Rodriguez Detective Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2004
Michael Diaz Police Officer Hispanic male Not available Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Jose Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2000
Osvaldo Nunez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2000
Jose Caban Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
David Nisthaus Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Cesar Marinelli Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Hector Rodriguez Detective Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Claudio Ramirez Sergeant Hispanic male White male, 42 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Maricela Galindez Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 15 years old Exonerated 2003
Dustin Genco Detective White male Black male, 14 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2001
Christophe Cooke Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Richard Bergin Lieutenant White male Black female, 18 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Richard Bergin Lieutenant White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2000
Donald Kipp Sergeant White male Black male, 15 years old Exonerated 2003
Richard Warner Police Officer White male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 2003
Patrick Gaines Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Patrick Cherry Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Richard Mccarty Detective White male Not available Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2000
Patrick Cherry Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Patrick Cherry Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Richard Mccarty Detective White male Black male Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2000
Patrick Brown Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Mitchell Eisenberg Police Officer White male Not available Exonerated 1999
Michael Alleva Detective White male Black male, 45 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Dana Czvekus Police Officer White female Black male, 14 years old Exonerated 2002
John Fogelman Detective White male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
John Fogelman Detective White male Black male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
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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.
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