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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Prinston | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| William Pugliese | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Michael Demonda | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Keith Figueroa | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Amjad Kasaji | Detective | White male | Black male | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Andrew Nash | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Steve Crozier | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Timothy Terrillion | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Dany Fana | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Daniel Callinan | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Edwin Lau | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Artur Espenberg | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Gregg Minardi | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Joseph Reyes | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Joshua Navarro | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Eric Iocco | Police Officer | White male | White male, 62 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Bennett Shelley | Detective | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Kristina Lopez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Unknown not described | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Roodly Demorcy | Police Officer | Black male | Not available , 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Sean Collins | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Andrew Belcher | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 52 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| James Argila | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Michael Mccarthy | Police Officer | White male | White male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Daniel Gerardi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Julio Ramos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Charles Cavallaro | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Steven Lopez | Detective | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Christophe Chin | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Thomas Trachta | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Daniel Gasperetti | Detective | White male | Black male, 15 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Daniel Oh | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Stephen Barounis | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| James Holder | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Franklin Diaz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Michael Duggan | Police Officer | White male | Not available , 18 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
| Adam Katrincic | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Francisco Diaz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Dwight Powell | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Thomas Geberth | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| James Zozzaro | Detective | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Elijah Boyle | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Stephen Schmitt | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Sean Gardner | Police Officer | White male | White male, 52 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Andrew Fago | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Louis Villegas | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Pedro Lezcano | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Charles Cavallaro | Sergeant | White male | Refused male, 55 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Nicholas Corrado | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Andre Morris | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown male | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Mark Mobarek | Police Officer | White male | Black male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Carmine Demieri | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Merita Hoxha | Police Officer | White female | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Gabriel Cuevas | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Ashley Griffith | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Steven Rupnick | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Gregory Vasquez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Brian Alexander | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Daniel Fitzpatrick | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Matthew Librizzi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Christophe Ryan | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 53 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Daniel Fitzpatrick | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Gary Leite | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Robert Eysel | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Frank Recca | Police Officer | White male | White male, 52 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| John Diaz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Paul Mallilo | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| James Holder | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 60 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Brian Mahon | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Lance Walter | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Brian Muldowney | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Brian Mahon | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| James Gale | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| James Lee | Lieutenant | Asian male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Robert Barnett | Sergeant | White male | Black male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Louis Dambrosio | Detective | White male | Unknown not described, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Daniel Haggerty | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Frank Ryan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Frank Ryan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 11 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Gabriel Cuadros | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Gabriel Cuadros | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Pedro Lezcano | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| John Becerra | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available , 59 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Aleksandr Kovalenko | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Darion Francis | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Lawrice Crawford | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Justin Ortiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| John Hall | Captain | White male | Not available male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Harris Haskovic | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Sandra Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
| Kevin Mccarthy | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Tricia Thomas | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 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 |
| Michael Hansson | Sergeant | White male | Black male | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Saquoi Harris | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic female, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Soney Varghese | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Artur Espenberg | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Thomas Mccue | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 51 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Charles Goff | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Carlos Pacheco | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
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.