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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 |
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Ernest Morales | Deputy Inspector | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Ramiro Ruiz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2013 |
Milly Matos | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
Jorge Rodriguez | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | White female, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Thomas Ramirez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Alexander Wancel | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
Alexis Fernandez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Eric Ruiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Osvaldo Nunez | Captain | Hispanic male | Unknown female | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Jose Rodriguez | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
Robin Taveras | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
Jocelyn Peralta | Sergeant | Hispanic female | Other Race female, 53 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
Carlos Viera | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Elvin Gomez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Nicholas Soto | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2005 |
Erika Moore | Police Officer | Hispanic female | White female, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Christian Lopez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
Francisco Pina | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Nicholas Soto | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2005 |
Felix Concepcion | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Matthew Cahill | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Thomas Cropley | Police Officer | White male | White female, 60 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
Joseph Castaldo | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
William Otoole | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Robert Numssen | Police Officer | White male | White female, 57 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Joseph Cruzado | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Mark Sinatra | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 42 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Thomas Martilla | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
John Mcdonnell | Detective | White male | White female, 70 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Timothy Gaven | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Christophe Alikhan | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 60 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2016 |
Edward Scali | Police Officer | White male | White male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Michael Dicecco | Sergeant | White male | White male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Jonathan Kalman | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Joseph Gulotta | Captain | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2012 |
David Grieco | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Patrick Venetek | Police Officer | White male | White male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Paul Mcmahon | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic female, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Robert Backiel | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Louis Guglielmo | Sergeant | White male | White male | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Michael Espenberg | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Robert Graves | Detective | White male | Black female, 34 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
William Higgins | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2004 |
Ralph Cilento | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Thomas Nicoletti | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
Thomas Geberth | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
Brendan Grace | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
John Ferrara | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 40 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Joseph Stynes | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2004 |
James Hynes | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2005 |
John Trotta | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2000 |
Alena Aminova | Police Officer | White female | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Alena Aminova | Police Officer | White female | White male, 58 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Frank Cannone | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Joseph Hayward | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2005 |
Christophe Cunha | Sergeant | White male | White male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Anthony Longobardi | Captain | White male | Black male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Eduard Nogol | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
Eduard Nogol | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
Steven Rubin | Captain | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Gary Leite | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
George Taylor | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
George Taylor | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
George Taylor | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic female, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Carl Scogmanillo | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
Carl Scogmanillo | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
Jason Barish | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 57 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Luke Denesopolis | Sergeant | White male | Not available male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Luke Denesopolis | Sergeant | White male | White male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Thomas Trachta | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2013 |
Justin Caballero | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 51 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Darren Caranella | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 51 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
James Eisert | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2000 |
Todd Hansen | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
William Schumacher | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Victor Paribello | Police Officer | White male | Black male | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Mark Xylas | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Charles Zwilling | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Michael Miller | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2004 |
Michele Herbst | Police Officer | White female | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Armando Cardenio | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2016 |
Matthew Lambert | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
Steve Crozier | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Gregory Lomangino | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Joseph Sotira | Police Officer | White male | Refused female, 51 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Joseph Sotira | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
David Leonardi | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 62 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Lance Walter | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Anton Bartoldus | Police Officer | White male | White male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Thomas Gagliardi | Sergeant | White male | Other Race female, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Thomas Gagliardi | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2019 |
Anthony Gulotta | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2013 |
Samantha Raffo | Police Officer | White female | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Matthew Caulfield | Police Officer | White male | White male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Robert Pepe | Police Officer | White male | White female, 43 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Paul Chierico | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Edward Silvester | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Pete Massa | Sergeant | White male | Not available female | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Randall Litrell | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Willy Yankovich | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
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.