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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felix Baez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Yilson Melendez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Daniel Callinan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 54 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Daniel Callinan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 56 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Herbert Medina | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Adnan Radoncic | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Kevin Morgan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| John Moise | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| David Quattrocchi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Joseph Licata | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 14 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Marlon Sanchez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Oscar Nunez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Risel Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Julio Meyreles | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Samuel Hui | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Tanya Bucknor | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Darrien King | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Tanya Bucknor | Police Officer | Black female | Black male | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Terrance Lloyd | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 58 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Johnny Chalen | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Daniel Guida | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Darrell Lowe | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| Declan Ludington | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Daniel Dallemand | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Joseph Signorile | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Justin Simms | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Thornton Booker | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Christophe Musa | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Vito Poliseno | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Keenen Adamsedwards | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Gabriel Cuevas | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Tomasz Pulawski | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Elijah Austin | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| George Taylor | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 15 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Christophe Schlitt | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Michael Lunetta | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Michael Romeo | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Dmitry Brush | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Darnell Forrester | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Nikolaos Stefopoulos | Sergeant | White male | White male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Bryan Scheblein | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Bryan Scheblein | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Steve Lafortune | Detective | Black male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Edmundo Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Edmundo Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Edmundo Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Kevin Maloney | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Jose Genao | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Refused male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Brian Holshek | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Yurantz Assade | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Christophe Furegno | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Robert Lenihan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Jonathan Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Robert Lenihan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Edward Mcbride | Detective | White male | Asian male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Tony Cuoco | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Henry Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Fidel Rosario | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Fidel Rosario | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Fidel Rosario | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Fidel Rosario | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Jonathan Taveras | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Ahsan Zafar | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Connor Walsh | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Brian Nelson | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Alessandro Negri | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Daniel Shaw | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 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 |
| Stephanie Perez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jose Tejada | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Kevin Maloney | Lieutenant | White male | Refused male, 46 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Gina Mestre | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Tony Ip | Police Officer | Asian male | Unknown male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 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 |
| Harris Haskovic | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Mordecai Austrie | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Stephen Santoro | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Gina Mestre | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Aldo Yubini | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 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 Grieco | Sergeant | White male | Other Race female, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Aldo Yubini | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| David Cheesewright | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Matthew Shaw | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Yaritza Casul | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Matthew Shaw | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Joby Thomas | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Philip Smith | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Triston Trunk | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available , 37 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Juan Castillo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| David Grieco | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Pedro Vallecillo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Bryan Scheblein | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| William Palmer | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Anthony Cassase | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Stephanie Mazza | Police Officer | White female | Not available male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Anthony Bomparola | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 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.