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Abuse of Authority: Other
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
400
Complaints
373
Allegations
461
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Lee | Lieutenant | Asian male | White female, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Eugene Choi | Police Officer | Asian male | White female, 67 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
| Shahel Miah | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Peter Ahn | Sergeant | Asian male | Asian female, 63 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Aman Rana | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 47 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
| Deodat Urprasad | Deputy Inspector | Asian male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Hassan Raza | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
| Jonathan Trossi | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 14 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
| Herawattie Jeeuth | Police Officer | Asian female | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
| Hadi Saifi | Police Officer | Asian male | White male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Alan Chau | Sergeant | Asian male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Taejoong Kim | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Jonathan Hom | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Johnpaul Vinculado | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
| Novaidul Neon | Sergeant | Asian male | White male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Deodat Urprasad | Deputy Inspector | Asian male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Joby Thomas | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic female, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Thomas Varghese | Police Officer | Asian male | Unknown male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2005 |
| Roy Secharan | Police Officer | Asian male | White male, 27 years old | Substantiated (No Recommendations) | 2007 |
| John Donovan | Police Officer | Asian male | White male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
| Laurent Mede | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Erek Powers | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Calvin Searcy | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
| Jeffrey Brown | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Steve Lafortune | Detective | Black male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| John Moise | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Steve Lafortune | Detective | Black male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Collin Gordon | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Daniel Dallemand | Sergeant | Black male | Unknown male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Alwyn Phillips | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
| Dean Campbell | Detective | Black male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Francis Bryant | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
| Steve Lafortune | Detective | Black male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Kendo Kinsey | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Bruce Solomon | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
| Erek Powers | Sergeant | Black male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Damion Brown | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Bobby Mohip | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2005 |
| Maurice Fyffe | Police Officer | Black male | Black male | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
| David Johnson | Police Officer | Black male | White female | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Clyde Jasmin | Sergeant | Black male | White male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
| Ronald Robinson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Damion Brown | Sergeant | Black male | Black female, 14 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Damion Brown | Sergeant | Black male | Black female, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Erek Powers | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Leon Batson | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Lamont Gibson | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Jena Leocadio | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Dean Campbell | Detective | Black male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Herve Francois | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
| Nadia Morant | Sergeant | Black female | Black male, 61 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| David Johnson | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Leon Batson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Niles Prince | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 15 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
| Latisha Wilder | Police Officer | Black female | White male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2004 |
| Edouard Merant | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Jeffrey Brown | Police Officer | Black male | White female | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Abiola Errico | Police Officer | Black female | White male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Ischaler Grant | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2001 |
| Emilio Aponte | Police Officer | Black male | Black male | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
| John Lindsey | Detective | Black male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (No Recommendations) | 2010 |
| Johnathan Smith | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Jeffrey Brown | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Daniel Shaw | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Nathan Mole | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
| David Miller | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Dennis Westbrook | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Claymont Defreitas | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| Carlos Lewis | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
| Gabriel Baaith | Police Officer | Black male | Other Race female, 67 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
| Essence Jackson | Detective | Black male | Not available male | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Charles Stewart | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2004 |
| David Johnson | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| James Stgermain | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Eddie Mcdonald | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2001 |
| Jermaine Matos | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
| Jeffrey Maddrey | Deputy Inspector | Black male | Black female, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
| Angela Morris | Lieutenant | Black female | Black male, 66 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Colin Austin | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
| Andre Parker | Detective | Black male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Sheldon Malcolm | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 47 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Jamaal Miller | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
| Natasha Purrier | Police Officer | Black female | Other Race male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Richard Gadson | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 38 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
| Arthur Golfphin | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 61 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Willie Johnson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2003 |
| Mauvin Bute | Lieutenant | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Jacy Reese | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
| Flavio Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Phillip Reyes | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2002 |
| Eric Ruiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Ramiro Ruiz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Ramiro Ruiz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Milly Matos | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
| Ramiro Ruiz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2013 |
| Daniel Baca | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White female, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
| Jasen Perez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Andrew Bershad | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
| Robert Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Jasen Perez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male | Unsubstantiated | 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.