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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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
Osvaldo Maldonado Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Joseph Scialabba Detective White male Black male, 39 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
James Gale Police Officer White male Black male, 62 years old Exonerated 2008
Dana Ladson Police Officer Black male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2008
James Mcgarry Sergeant White male Black male, 18 years old Exonerated 2008
Ryan Foy Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Amaury Soriano Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Florencio Arquer Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Roberto Suarez Police Officer Hispanic male Other Race male, 51 years old Exonerated 2008
Michael White Sergeant Black male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
William Falcone Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Anthony Proscia Police Officer White male Black female Unsubstantiated 2008
Timothy Brovakos Police Officer White male Black male, 49 years old Exonerated 2008
Zoilo Encarnacion Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 27 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Bryant Pineda Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 67 years old Exonerated 2008
Jason Cira Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Adam Katrincic Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Franklyn Sepulveda Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Angel Colon Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Eric Delman Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 25 years old Exonerated 2009
Denise Moroney Police Officer White female Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2009
Elias Nikas Captain White male Not available Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Christophe Esposito Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Ronnie Morales Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Peter Borukhov Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2009
Johnnie Rosario Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 52 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2009
Clifford Louis Sergeant Black male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Mourad Arslanbeck Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2009
Clifford Louis Sergeant Black male Unknown male, 18 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Robert Bracero Sergeant Hispanic male Black female, 30 years old Exonerated 2009
Bruce Ceparano Sergeant White male Black male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Brian Holshek Police Officer White male Unknown male Exonerated 2009
Kristopher Martin Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
David Cussen Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 28 years old Exonerated 2009
Frank Desiderato Police Officer White male White male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Michael Moyer Police Officer White male Black male, 31 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Sean Mchugh Sergeant White male Black male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Joshua Faranda Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Jason Brunson Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 40 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2009
Dedrick Hall Police Officer Black male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
James White Detective White male Black male, 50 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Robert Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Christophe Dede Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2009
Jamie Blandeburgo Police Officer White female White female, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Petr Janak Police Officer White male Black male, 13 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2009
Joseph Azevedo Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 25 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Roberto Cordero Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 35 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2009
Keith Weber Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (No Recommendations) 2009
Mark Oconnell Detective White male Black male, 32 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
James Simpson Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2009
Christian Rojas Police Officer Hispanic male Black male Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Theohari Koumniotes Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Paul Mcmahon Lieutenant White male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2009
Raymond Kwong Sergeant Asian male Black male, 40 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2009
Luke Denesopolis Sergeant White male White male, 60 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Julio Delgado Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic female, 19 years old Exonerated 2009
Wesley Fradera Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 62 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Sharif Portee Police Officer Black male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Steven Gansrow Detective White male Black female, 51 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Dedrick Hall Police Officer Black male Black male, 42 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Brian Clements Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 16 years old Exonerated 2009
Jessica Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Brian Clements Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Franky Joseph Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2009
Gregory Pekera Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Exonerated 2009
Joseph Wernersbach Police Officer White male Other Race male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
David Demelia Detective White male Unknown male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Christophe Friscia Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Jacy Reese Police Officer Black male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2009
Glenn Ziminski Police Officer Asian male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Michael Servino Police Officer White male Black male, 57 years old Exonerated 2009
Richard Zacarese Detective White male Black male, 1 years old Exonerated 2009
Michael Boehm Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Daniel Barreto Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Eric Konoski Sergeant White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Kirk Boone Police Officer Black male Not available Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Peter Russo Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Sasha Rosen Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Katrina Forrester Police Officer Black female Hispanic male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Marcy Velez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Evangelos Galatas Police Officer White male White male, 28 years old Exonerated 2009
Robert Nugent Sergeant White male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Juan Ventura Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Railyng Frias Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 47 years old Exonerated 2009
Jonathan Lovera Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Michael Bellagamba Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Exonerated 2009
Wilson Quiles Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 41 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Kevin Mockel Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2009
Michael Bellagamba Police Officer White male Not available Exonerated 2009
Gilbert Barkman Sergeant White male Other Race male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Min Kim Police Officer Asian male White male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Anthony Proscia Police Officer White male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2009
Matthew Fried Police Officer White male White male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Lawrence Perrotta Police Officer White male Not available male Exonerated 2009
Danny Hernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (No Recommendations) 2009
Timothy Nugent Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2009
Christophe Derco Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Jennifer Laskykuehn Police Officer White female White male, 28 years old Exonerated 2009
Jennifer Brown Police Officer White female Not available Substantiated (No Recommendations) 2009
Kevin Deleon Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 32 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
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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