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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 |
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David Cheesewright | Sergeant | Asian male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Ryan Galvin | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Exonerated | 2013 |
Richard Browne | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
Michael Pellegrin | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
Milly Matos | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
Kyron Delarosa | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Chad Mack | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2014 |
Rashan Lacoste | Detective | Black male | Not available male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Danny Williams | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male, 60 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2014 |
Paul Insauto | Police Officer | White male | Not available male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Ralph Cilento | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Darrell Lowe | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
Daniel Boylan | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
Ariel Eusebio | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Derrick Kreckmann | Police Officer | White male | Not available , 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
James Ludvick | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
Manolin Molina | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available , 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Jose Tejada | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
David Fitchik | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Derrick Kreckmann | Police Officer | White male | Not available , 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Canisius Xavier | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Jeremy Demarco | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Piero Lasaponara | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Exonerated | 2014 |
Elias Nikas | Captain | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
Joby Thomas | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Triston Trunk | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available , 37 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Christophe Greiner | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Andrew Valenzano | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2005 |
Douglas Carr | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2005 |
Christophe Mcdonald | Police Officer | Black male | Not available not described | Exonerated | 2017 |
Eduardo Ledesma | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2011 |
Derek Almeida | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available male | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Lawrence Perrotta | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Exonerated | 2009 |
Joshua Navarro | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
Wayman Manning | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
Rafal Korycki | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Jose Tejada | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
Jose Santory | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Omar Elsayed | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
David Fitchik | Police Officer | White male | Not available male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Christian Flores | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available male | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Matthew Shaw | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
Alexis Alvarez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Konrad Zakiewicz | Police Officer | White male | Not available male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Vaughan Ettienne | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2006 |
Kirk Boone | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
Michael Duggan | Police Officer | White male | Not available , 18 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
Robert Orlando | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Michael Perez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Amaury Gonzalez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Matthew Escudero | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
David Grieco | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Nicholas Neve | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Thomas Reo | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Brendan Owens | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2005 |
Michael Bellagamba | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2009 |
Erick Flores | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Michael Becker | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Essence Jackson | Detective | Black male | Not available male | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Jolan Lewis | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male, 12 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Pasquale Dethomas | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Jason Valentino | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
Michael Nocerino | Sergeant | White male | Not available male | Exonerated | 2019 |
Jose Villafane | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
Jean Prinston | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
Elijah Boyle | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
Roodly Demorcy | Police Officer | Black male | Not available , 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
Sandra Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
Justin Grieco | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2008 |
Jhonny Milfort | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
Richard Lavelle | Police Officer | White male | Not available male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Winston Willabus | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
David Ramirez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Michele Herbst | Police Officer | White female | Not available female, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Jose Santory | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
David Leonardi | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Darryl Schwartz | Detective | White male | Not available male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Jennifer Brown | Police Officer | White female | Not available | Substantiated (No Recommendations) | 2009 |
Christophe Chin | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
Christophe Sanchez | Police Officer | White male | Not available male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Paul Chierico | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
David Fitchik | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Aldo Yubini | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
Gabriel Cuadros | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Melissa Eger | Sergeant | White female | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2007 |
Stephanie Mazza | Police Officer | White female | Not available male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
John Becerra | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available , 59 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
John Hall | Captain | White male | Not available male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Christophe Carlin | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Daniel Sbarra | Sergeant | White male | Not available male | Exonerated | 2005 |
Niles Prince | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2005 |
James Trapasso | Police Officer | White male | Not available male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
Victor Robalino | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available , 34 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
Paul Oconnor | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Steven Rupnick | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Paul Scocca | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Forrest Hirsch | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Michael Romeo | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Donald Kipp | Sergeant | White male | American Indian male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Vincent Dandraia | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
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.