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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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
Joseph Seminara Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 35 years old Exonerated 2005
Joseph Durante Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2005
Blas Colon Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Robert Nugent Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Jean Louis Police Officer Black male Black male, 18 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Michael Granshaw Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 21 years old Exonerated 2006
Christopher McCormack Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 31 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Philip Fioranelli Police Officer White male Other Race female, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Stephen Espinoza Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 43 years old Exonerated 2006
Michael Licitra Lieutenant White male Black male, 15 years old Exonerated 2006
Christopher McCormack Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Miguel Alvarez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2006
Vincent Candela Police Officer White male White male, 54 years old Exonerated 2006
John Chavatte Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Donald Abrams Sergeant White male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2006
Michael Carleo Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2006
Michael Cousinhayes Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Malcolm Freeman Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Joseph Lafata Police Officer White male Asian male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
David Barker Police Officer Black male Unknown male, 18 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Thomas Alps Sergeant White male Black male Exonerated 2006
Vaughan Ettienne Police Officer Black male Not available Exonerated 2006
Darrien King Police Officer Black male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2006
Jorge Ulloa Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2006
Paul Insauto Police Officer White male Not available male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Clement Krug Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 34 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2006
Sean Downes Sergeant White male Black male, 50 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Richard Lavelle Police Officer White male Not available male, 16 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Jason Sharp Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Kevin Gallagher Lieutenant White male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Timothy Jaycox Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Exonerated 2006
David Terrell Police Officer Black male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
James Donovan Police Officer Asian male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2006
Robert Simms Police Officer Black male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
John Todaro Sergeant White male Black male, 44 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
John Caruso Police Officer White male Black male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Zoilo Encarnacion Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Sean Mccarthy Sergeant White male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Jaime Pedraza Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2006
John Caruso Police Officer White male Black male, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Edgard Calderon Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 41 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Nela Gomez Police Officer Hispanic female Hispanic female, 37 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2006
Ivan Kolovic Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 41 years old Exonerated 2006
Manolin Molina Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Rudolph Hall Sergeant Black male Black male, 47 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Carlos Fabara Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Titus Parham Sergeant Black male Hispanic female, 12 years old Exonerated 2006
Nestor Velez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 14 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Jonathan Hom Police Officer Asian male Black female, 48 years old Exonerated 2006
Carl Lai Police Officer White male Asian male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Carlos Fabara Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Joseph Bieniewicz Police Officer White male White male, 24 years old Exonerated 2006
Shawn Gallagher Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Jay Wolsky Police Officer White male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Jaime Pedraza Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 45 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Radoslaw Terepka Police Officer White male Black male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Wilfredo Acevedo Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Joel Roman Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 46 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Erik Lubrano Police Officer White male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Michael Valva Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Exonerated 2006
Michael Miller Sergeant White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2006
Niles Prince Police Officer Black male Black male, 15 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Niles Prince Police Officer Black male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2006
Adrian Ashby Sergeant Black male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2006
Raymond Molloy Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Maricela Galindez Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2006
Marco Balboni Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Kevin Devine Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2006
Stacyann Vega Police Officer Black female Hispanic male, 20 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Leandro Castro Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Kevin Matthews Sergeant White male Black male, 14 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Jeremy Demarco Police Officer White male Black female, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Alberto Pizarro Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 21 years old Exonerated 2006
Josh Kaveney Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 23 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2006
William Simon Police Officer White male White male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Jason Valentino Police Officer White male Black male, 49 years old Exonerated 2006
Jose Camacho Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2006
Zoilo Encarnacion Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 53 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Rafael Iturralde Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Washington Zurita Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2006
Sean Mitchell Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 27 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Christophe Greiner Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Jason Reynolds Police Officer Black male White male, 20 years old Exonerated 2006
Luis Perez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Joseph Lessard Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Thomas Casey Sergeant White male Black male, 25 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Robert Dipaola Detective White male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Matthew Granahan Police Officer White male Black male, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Carl Scogmanillo Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2006
Joel Roman Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Joseph Metsopulos Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Dominick Bizzarro Police Officer White male White male, 18 years old Exonerated 2006
Ralph Gonzalez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2006
Ryan Foy Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Exonerated 2006
Dennis Harrigan Police Officer White male Asian male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Larry Burnham Lieutenant White male Black male, 27 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Emilio Aponte Police Officer Black male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Brian Nyhus Sergeant White male Unknown male, 20 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Ezequiel Gutierrez Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male Exonerated 2006
Kevin Colvin Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Exonerated 2006
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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