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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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
Nikolaos Stefopoulos Sergeant White male White male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Elvis Duran Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2016
Brian Raghoenathsingh Police Officer Asian male Black male, 18 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2016
Vicente Vivar Police Officer Hispanic male Asian male, 39 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2016
Stephen Hillmann Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 31 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2016
Dmitry Brush Sergeant White male Unknown male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Matthew Levy Police Officer White male Asian male, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Paul Kearon Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Brian Alexander Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
James Burpoe Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Elijah Austin Police Officer Black male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
John Musante Sergeant White male White male, 27 years old Exonerated 2015
Jesus Capo Detective Hispanic male Black male, 15 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Donald Kipp Sergeant White male American Indian male, 32 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Daniel Guida Sergeant White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Thomas Kelly Lieutenant White male Unknown male, 17 years old Exonerated 2015
Cory Smith Police Officer White male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 2015
Cory Smith Police Officer White male Black male, 37 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Cory Smith Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 18 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Frank Amill Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2015
Daniel Dallemand Sergeant Black male Unknown male, 28 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Thomas Reo Detective White male Refused male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Andre Figueiredo Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2015
Daniel Mezynski Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Jose Ramos Police Officer Hispanic male Other Race male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Matthew Palmieri Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2015
Konrad Zakiewicz Police Officer White male Not available male, 25 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Angel Gonzalez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Guy Gargano Detective White male Hispanic male, 38 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Daniel Marussich Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 44 years old Exonerated 2015
Angel Gonzalez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Glenda Wajer Detective Hispanic female Black male, 36 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Raymond Higgins Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Daniel Marussich Sergeant White male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Thomas Casey Sergeant White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2015
John Mcloughlin Police Officer White male Black male, 15 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Hector Justinico Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Angel Gonzalez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Mack Lipinski Detective White male Hispanic male, 38 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
William Beattie Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Hugh Mchugh Detective White male Unknown male, 20 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
John King Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 37 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Sherrod Stuart Police Officer Black male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2015
Edouard Merant Police Officer Black male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Christophe Greiner Detective White male White male, 43 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Essence Jackson Detective Black male Not available male Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Daniel Kern Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 37 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Essence Jackson Detective Black male White male, 32 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Paul Oconnor Detective White male Hispanic male, 39 years old Exonerated 2015
Frank Kish Sergeant White male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Brandon Gembecki Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2015
Ian Gallagher Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 21 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Jolan Lewis Police Officer Black male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Matthew Palmieri Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Kenneth Sepulveda Police Officer Hispanic male Other Race male, 20 years old Exonerated 2015
Dalsh Veve Police Officer Black male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Frank Calafiore Police Officer White male Refused male, 36 years old Exonerated 2015
Thomas Cozart Police Officer Black male Black male, 48 years old Exonerated 2015
John Galbo Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Exonerated 2015
Mark Brinadze Police Officer White male White male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
James Dick Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Robert Musolino Police Officer White male White female, 34 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
John Galbo Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Joshua Marte Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Carlos Nieves Police Officer White male Unknown male Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Christophe Mcdonald Police Officer Black male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
James Donovan Detective Asian male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2015
Anthony Fernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 31 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
David Small Detective Black male Black male, 41 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Dwight Powell Police Officer Black male Refused male, 30 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Jason Cira Detective White male Black male, 31 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
David Sammarco Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2015
Nolan Lauterborn Police Officer White male Black male, 12 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Bennett Shelley Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Philip Tsang Police Officer Asian male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2015
Roman Israilov Lieutenant White male Unknown male, 30 years old Exonerated 2015
John Zanca Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Ricardo Cuenca Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Jack Dagnese Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 32 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Delcar Savage Detective Hispanic female Black female, 53 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Jeremy Grossman Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 52 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Derek Sambolin Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Denisha Pierre Police Officer Black female Black female, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Michael Raso Lieutenant White male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Bennett Shelley Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
George Katris Detective White male Black male, 43 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Richard Vargas Detective Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2015
Julio Lasalle Detective Hispanic male Black male, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Gary Calhoun Sergeant White male Black male, 50 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Lauren Au Police Officer Asian female White male, 19 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Dominic Cappiello Police Officer White male Other Race male, 17 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Juan Morales Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Ronald Robinson Police Officer Black male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2015
Robert Marshall Police Officer White male Black male, 65 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
James Cleary Detective White male Black male, 20 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Pamela Benites Police Officer Hispanic female Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Jean Seder Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 53 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Gregory Smith Police Officer White male Black male, 13 years old Exonerated 2015
Darion Francis Police Officer Black male Other Race male, 38 years old Exonerated 2015
Michael Mcdonnell Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 31 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
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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