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
Alexander Bobo	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Barbara Fischer	Sergeant	White female	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Katrina Forrester	Police Officer	Black female	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Victor Reyes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Christophe Esposito	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jason Brunson	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Dedrick Hall	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Clifford Louis	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Clifford Louis	Sergeant	Black male	Unknown male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Donnell Powell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Peter Borukhov	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2009
Joseph Scialabba	Detective	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Alfredo Skelton	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2008
Kelvin Peralta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Milly Matos	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Benjamin White	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Bryant Pineda	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 67 years old	Exonerated	2008
Kristy Abbasciano	Police Officer	White female	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2008
Stephen Berardi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Anthony Desposito	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jose Rodriguez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2008
Zoilo Encarnacion	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Maribel Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Frank Galati	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michaelang Hidalgo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 61 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Hariton Marachilian	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 61 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Dany Fana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2008
Brian Clements	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2008
Anthony Leitao	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2008
Michael Pellegrin	Sergeant	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Carlos Velez	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michael Pellegrin	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Eli Slavkin	Police Officer	White male	White male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2008
Gerald Cucchiara	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Eric Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2008
Natasha Friday	Sergeant	Black female	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2008
William Falcone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Simon Rashid	Police Officer	Asian male	Refused male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Franklin Pierrelouis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Justin Cracchiola	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2008
Pedro Rios	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Wayman Manning	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Anthony Carter	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Marlon Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2008
Donnell Powell	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Osvaldo Maldonado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Timothy Brovakos	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2008
Steven Weiss	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jennifer Lavelle	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Charles Awani	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Kaz Daughtry	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jamie Blandeburgo	Police Officer	White female	White female, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Michael White	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Howard Zweben	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Howard Zweben	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2008
John Cascone	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 36 years old	Exonerated	2008
Thomas Napolitano	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2008
Marc Klausner	Sergeant	White male	White male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Michael Burbridge	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Louis Bertuccio	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Michael Tarulli	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2008
Andre Figueiredo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2008
Alfredo Skelton	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Michael Burbridge	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Florencio Arquer	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Pedro Rios	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
James Donovan	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2008
Christophe Esposito	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Robert Romano	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2008
James Gale	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 62 years old	Exonerated	2008
Nino Lama	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2008
Amaury Soriano	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Ryan Foy	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Brian Davis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 6 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Robert Admirand	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
James Mcgarry	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2008
Dennis Ferrer	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Daniel Young	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Patrick Kennedy	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2008
Patrick Kennedy	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Jacy Reese	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Heriberto Sifonte	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Diego Dotres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2008
Nicholas Albano	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Joshua Konen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
John Rajan	Sergeant	Asian male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michael Kelly	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Gabriel Cuevas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2008
John Rajan	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2008
Juan Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Adan Munoz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Radoslaw Terepka	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2008
Hairo Franco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Paul Aparo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2008
Alonzo Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Brian Query	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2008
Derrick Boyd	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Miguel Iglesias	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Trevor Baronette	Detective	Black male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008

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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.