Abuse of Authority: FRISK - The NYPD Files

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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
Dana Ladson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2008
Richard Lavelle	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2007
Thomas Trachta	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2018
Samuel Hui	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2019
William Schumacher	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2019
Railyng Frias	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2009
Luke Denesopolis	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 30 years old	Exonerated	2014
Daniel Guida	Lieutenant	White male	Unknown male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2019
Tanya Bucknor	Police Officer	Black female	Black male	Exonerated	2016
Andrew Hayes	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jorge Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2009
Joseph Reyes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2018
Daniel Callinan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 56 years old	Exonerated	2016
Philip Tsang	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2015
Tomas Janciauskas	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2019
Louis Villegas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2018
Dany Fana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2008
Thomas Kelly	Lieutenant	White male	Unknown male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2015
Zoilo Encarnacion	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Louis Aponte	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 36 years old	Exonerated	2019
Tanya Bucknor	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2016
Vincent Dandraia	Police Officer	White male	American Indian male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2019
Michael Nocerino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2010
Radoslaw Terepka	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2008
Joshua Bienvenue	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Exonerated	2010
Lawrence Perrotta	Police Officer	White male	Not available male	Exonerated	2009
Jerome Teahan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2007
Kyle Stanley	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Daniel Callinan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 54 years old	Exonerated	2016
Gabriel Cuevas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2008
Ariel Eusebio	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2017
Gregory Vasquez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2018
Michael Lunetta	Police Officer	White male	White male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2013
Junaid Saeed	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2019
Kevin Maloney	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2004
Christophe Cunha	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2005
Daniel Nunez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2017
Michael Gonzalez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2017
Connor Walsh	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2017
Titus Parham	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic female, 12 years old	Exonerated	2006
Christophe Mcdonald	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2017
Louis Aponte	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2019
Elvis Alcivar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2013
Tanya Bucknor	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2016
Timothy Brovakos	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2008
Carl Scogmanillo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2006
Junaid Saeed	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2019
Junaid Saeed	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male	Exonerated	2019
Michael Nocerino	Sergeant	White male	Not available male	Exonerated	2019
Waziri Rumala	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2009
James Gale	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 62 years old	Exonerated	2008
Burt Antoine	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2009
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2017
Kevin Morgan	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2017
Miguel Alvarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2006
Anthony Lustica	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2005
Yaritza Casul	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male	Exonerated	2017
Manolis Kambouris	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2019
Alexis Dejesus	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2013
James Giamboi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2011
Justin Cracchiola	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jose Camacho	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2006
Steven Ramunno	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2013
Kristy Abbasciano	Police Officer	White female	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2008
Ariel Eusebio	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2017
Thomas Alps	Sergeant	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2006
Albert Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2011
Ariel Eusebio	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2017
Jorge Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2007
Andre Morris	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2019
Matthew Demaio	Police Officer	White male	White male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2016
Steven Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2019
David Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2019
David Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2019
Kevin Maloney	Lieutenant	White male	White male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2010
Daniel Nunez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 26 years old	Exonerated	2017
Kevin Maloney	Lieutenant	White male	Refused male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2017
Shameeka Cummings	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2012
Christophe Mcdonald	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2017
Gary Leite	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2018
Edmundo Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2016
Andre Morris	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2018
Kevin Mockel	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2009
Gary Leite	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2014
Frank Bulzoni	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2011
Steven Cohan	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2004
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2015
Leonel Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2010
Alexis Fernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2004
Daniel Davidoff	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2019
Joseph Stynes	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2007
Marlon Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2008
Alexis Fernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Christophe Muller	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2014
Kyron Delarosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2019
Kelvin Peralta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2014
Kyron Delarosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2019
Milly Matos	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 52 years old	Exonerated	2010
Christophe Alvarado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
Michael Valva	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2006

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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.