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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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

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
Anthony Bomparola Police Officer White male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Anthony Bomparola Police Officer White male Black male, 49 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Wojciech Czech Police Officer White male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Brandon Gembecki Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Jose Cordero Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2017
Jose Cordero Police Officer Hispanic male Black male Exonerated 2017
Nikolaos Stefopoulos Sergeant White male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2017
Nicholas Rios Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 18 years old Exonerated 2017
Sicelin Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 45 years old Exonerated 2017
Hassan Gheith Police Officer White male White male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Elmer Pastran Police Officer Hispanic male Asian male, 23 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Jose Caban Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2017
Charles Senat Sergeant Black male Refused not described, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Richard Aseng Sergeant Hispanic male Unknown not described Unsubstantiated 2017
Ronald Remo Police Officer Asian male Black male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2017
Cesar Reyes Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 45 years old Exonerated 2017
Manolin Molina Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 23 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Stephen Hillmann Sergeant White male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Manolin Molina Police Officer Hispanic male Not available , 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
David Poggioli Lieutenant White male Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2017
James Ludvick Police Officer Black male Not available Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Kevin Morgan Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 32 years old Exonerated 2017
David Cheesewright Sergeant Asian male Not available Unsubstantiated 2017
Darrien King Sergeant Black male Black male, 48 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2017
Eric Dym Lieutenant White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Nicholas Kane Police Officer White male Unknown male Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2017
David Poggioli Lieutenant White male Black male, 27 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2017
Richard Browne Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2017
David Poggioli Lieutenant White male Black male, 48 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2017
David Poggioli Lieutenant White male Black male, 31 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2017
Carlos Santiago Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 29 years old Exonerated 2017
Daniel Gasperetti Detective White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2017
Jeffrey Liu Sergeant Asian male Hispanic male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Matthew Escudero Police Officer Hispanic male Not available male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Anthony Stabile Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2017
Angelo Pizzarro Detective Hispanic male Black male, 45 years old Exonerated 2017
Leon Pedigo Police Officer White male Unknown not described, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Thomas Bates Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 34 years old Exonerated 2017
Stephen Santoro Police Officer White male Asian male, 24 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2017
Juan Rodriguez Detective Hispanic male Other Race male, 32 years old Exonerated 2017
Nicolas Mahuad Police Officer Hispanic male Black male Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2017
Stephen Lalchan Detective Asian male Asian male, 27 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Jhonny Milfort Police Officer Black male Not available male, 46 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2017
Michael Becker Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Daniel Guida Sergeant White male Black male, 20 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2017
Darren Sukennikoff Police Officer White male Asian male, 23 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2017
Richard Browne Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2017
Michael Becker Police Officer Hispanic male Not available Unsubstantiated 2017
Mayko Matos Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 31 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Malik Mccloud Police Officer Black male Black male, 53 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2017
Noel Alphonso Police Officer Black male Black male, 25 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Robert Gallagher Police Officer White male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 2017
Michael Becker Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 39 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2017
Erick Flores Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Michael Gonzalez Detective Hispanic male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 2017
Michael Fitzgibbon Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2017
Anderson Ortiz Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Joshua Marte Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Antoine Gilkes Police Officer Black male Black male, 40 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2017
Alejandra Perez Police Officer Hispanic female Unknown female, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Joel Ayala Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Phillip Johnson Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2017
Jermaine Scott Police Officer Black male Black male, 12 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Richard Browne Police Officer White male Not available Substantiated (Charges) 2017
Edward Pellerano Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Heriberto Sifonte Police Officer Hispanic male Black male Unsubstantiated 2017
Ernesto Bautista Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 53 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2017
Thomas Mccue Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Joseph Franco Detective Hispanic male Black male, 31 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2017
Peter Guido Sergeant White male Unknown male, 34 years old Exonerated 2017
Phillip Johnson Police Officer Black male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2017
Vitaliy Zelikov Lieutenant White male Black male, 54 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Phillip Johnson Police Officer Black male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2017
Jerry Sukhnandan Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 16 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2017
Harris Haskovic Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 56 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Rainard Wroten Police Officer Black male Unknown male, 35 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2017
Miroslav Maric Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 37 years old Exonerated 2017
David Poggioli Lieutenant White male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2017
Miroslav Maric Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 30 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2017
Randy Sanchez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Farid Aliyev Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2017
Jose Collazo Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Louis Villegas Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Daniel Boylan Police Officer White male Not available Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Louis Villegas Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Darren Sukennikoff Police Officer White male Unknown male, 20 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2017
Juan Pichardo Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 38 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Anthony Hyde Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2017
Ariel Eusebio Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 19 years old Exonerated 2017
Peter Besse Police Officer White male Black male, 14 years old Exonerated 2017
Jack Dagnese Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Jack Dagnese Police Officer White male White male, 73 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Ariel Eusebio Police Officer Hispanic male Not available male, 18 years old Exonerated 2017
Juan Cabrera Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2017
Ariel Eusebio Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 27 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Jose Tejada Police Officer Hispanic male Not available Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Ariel Eusebio Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2017
Joseph Campbell Police Officer White male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Christophe Mcdonald Police Officer Black male Not available not described Exonerated 2017
Jack Dagnese Police Officer White male Black male, 28 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.
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