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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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