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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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Thomas Oconnor | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2001 |
Miroslav Maric | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Francisco Pina | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
William Higgins | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2004 |
Nicholas Ferraro | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2002 |
Steven Rubin | Captain | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Vincent Fontana | Sergeant | White male | Not available male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Willy Yankovich | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2006 |
Alan Chau | Sergeant | Asian male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Michael Mchugh | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Christophe Cesarz | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1998 |
James Eisert | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2000 |
Pete Massa | Sergeant | White male | Not available female | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
John Todaro | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2004 |
Alwyn Phillips | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Norberto Tirado | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2002 |
Jacy Reese | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
Christopher McCormack | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Michele Herbst | Police Officer | White female | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Essence Jackson | Detective | Black male | Not available male | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Joseph Hayward | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2005 |
Christopher McCormack | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Luke Denesopolis | Sergeant | White male | Not available male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Herve Francois | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
John Trotta | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2000 |
Joseph Sotira | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
Nicholas Soto | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2005 |
Hector Lopez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
Nicholas Soto | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2005 |
Hassan Raza | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Daniel Guerra | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2005 |
Peter Ahn | Sergeant | Asian male | Asian female, 63 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Eric Shanley | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2002 |
Taejoong Kim | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
James Seder | Police Officer | White male | Asian female, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Alena Aminova | Police Officer | White female | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Emilio Aponte | Police Officer | Black male | Black male | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Flavio Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Milly Matos | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
David Leonardi | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 62 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
John Timpanaro | Detective | White male | Black male, 14 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Mark Kurys | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 1999 |
Leon Batson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
James Hynes | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2005 |
Christopher McCormack | Captain | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Carlos Pacheco | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Angel Gonzalez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Sheldon Malcolm | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 47 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Francis Bryant | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Kristo Cevi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Ching Nieh | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Jason Barish | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 57 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Christophe Hebert | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Mauvin Bute | Lieutenant | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Thomas Geberth | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
Ramiro Ruiz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2013 |
Ramiro Ruiz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Ramiro Ruiz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Daniel Hill | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Eric Ruiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Thomas Trachta | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2013 |
Edgar Veras | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
John Ferrara | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 40 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Nathan Mole | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Jeffry Reyes | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Lydia Figueroa | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
George Taylor | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
Philip Picciano | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
George Taylor | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
Ralph Cilento | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Edward Silvester | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Jonathan Hom | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
John Zorrilla | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Franklyn Aizaga | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 44 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2006 |
Paul Chierico | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Johnpaul Giacona | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Angela Morris | Lieutenant | Black female | Black male, 66 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Dennis Ferrer | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Andre Parker | Detective | Black male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Alexis Fernandez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Ischaler Grant | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2001 |
Dean Garcia | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2014 |
Gary Leite | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Richard Gadson | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 38 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Elizabeth Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 16 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Mark Xylas | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Angel Vasquez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Daniel Mendez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Charles Zwilling | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Calvin Searcy | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Angel Badillo | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 65 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Erek Powers | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Erek Powers | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Michael Miller | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2004 |
Ramon Maldonado | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 49 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
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 |
Anthony Longobardi | Captain | White male | Black male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Johnathan Smith | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Victor Paribello | Police Officer | White male | Black male | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
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.