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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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: 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
Isabelo Adames Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Peter Ahn Sergeant Asian male Asian female, 63 years old Exonerated 2017
Franklyn Aizaga Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 44 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2006
John Albertelli Sergeant White male Black female, 34 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Michael Algerio Police Officer White male Black male, 46 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2019
Christophe Alikhan Police Officer White male Black female, 60 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2016
Derek Almeida Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Numael Amador Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 25 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Alena Aminova Police Officer White female White male, 58 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Alena Aminova Police Officer White female Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Angel Andujar Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 49 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2018
Emilio Aponte Police Officer Black male Black male Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Rafael Aquino Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 37 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Rafael Aquino Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 37 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Paul Arico Police Officer White male White female, 20 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Karla Arvayo Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 46 years old Exonerated 2017
Colin Austin Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Gabriel Baaith Police Officer Black male Other Race female, 67 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Daniel Baca Police Officer Hispanic male White female, 17 years old Exonerated 2006
Robert Backiel Police Officer White male Black female, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Angel Badillo Sergeant Hispanic male Black female, 65 years old Exonerated 2016
Michael Balicki Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 45 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Jason Barish Police Officer White male Black male, 57 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Anton Bartoldus Police Officer White male White male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Matthew Bases Lieutenant White male Hispanic female, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 1999
Christophe Bastos Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Leon Batson Police Officer Black male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Leon Batson Police Officer Black male White male, 27 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2019
Joseph Bell Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 1999
Richard Bergin Lieutenant White male Unknown male, 47 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Andrew Bershad Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 29 years old Exonerated 2002
Ricardo Bocachica Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 48 years old Exonerated 2005
Ricardo Bocachica Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Ricardo Bocachica Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 23 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Maria Bocachica Detective Hispanic female Black female, 73 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Ronald Bolte Lieutenant White male Black male, 48 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2012
Ronald Bolte Sergeant White male Hispanic female, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Anthony Borelli Sergeant White male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2003
Kevin Breen Lieutenant White male Black female, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Mark Brinadze Police Officer White male White female, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Damion Brown Sergeant Black male Black female, 48 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Damion Brown Sergeant Black male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Jeffrey Brown Police Officer Black male White female Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2018
Jeffrey Brown Police Officer Black male White male, 31 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2018
Jeffrey Brown Police Officer Black male White male, 38 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2018
Damion Brown Sergeant Black male Black female, 14 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Francis Bryant Sergeant Black male Black male, 42 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
William Buchanan Police Officer White male Black male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Matthew Buonaspina Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2012
Dennis Burgos Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 23 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Gregory Burns Police Officer White male White male, 18 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2010
Mauvin Bute Lieutenant Black male Black male, 37 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Michele Butera Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 53 years old Exonerated 2013
Justin Caballero Police Officer White male Black female, 51 years old Exonerated 2018
Matthew Cahill Sergeant White male Black male, 35 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Tulio Camejo Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 46 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Arsenio Camilo Lieutenant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Dean Campbell Detective Black male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Dean Campbell Detective Black male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Thomas Cancilla Police Officer White male White male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Thomas Cancilla Police Officer White male White male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Juan Candelario Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 39 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2016
Frank Cannone Police Officer White male Refused male, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Gary Capellan Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 46 years old Exonerated 2015
Jesus Capo Detective Hispanic male Black male, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Darren Caranella Police Officer White male Black female, 51 years old Exonerated 2018
Rolando Carbonell Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male Unsubstantiated 2004
Armando Cardenio Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2016
John Carnevale Police Officer White male Black male, 14 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Michael Carrieri Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Joseph Castaldo Sergeant White male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Joseph Castaldo Sergeant White male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Joseph Castaldo Sergeant White male Black male, 24 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Joseph Castaldo Sergeant White male Black male, 36 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Joseph Castaldo Sergeant White male Black male, 27 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Joseph Castaldo Sergeant White male Black male, 35 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Joseph Castaldo Sergeant White male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Joseph Castaldo Sergeant White male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Joseph Castaldo Sergeant White male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Joseph Castaldo Sergeant White male Black male, 27 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Joseph Castaldo Sergeant White male Black male, 34 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Joseph Castaldo Sergeant White male Black male, 40 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Matthew Caulfield Police Officer White male White male, 41 years old Exonerated 2017
Christophe Cesarz Police Officer White male Not available Exonerated 1998
Kristo Cevi Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2017
Johnny Chalen Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 21 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Keith Chatterton Police Officer White male Black male, 55 years old Exonerated 2017
Alan Chau Sergeant Asian male Not available Exonerated 2018
Patrick Cherry Police Officer White male Black female, 27 years old Exonerated 2005
Paul Chierico Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Eugene Choi Police Officer Asian male White female, 67 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Ralph Cilento Sergeant White male Black female, 17 years old Exonerated 2006
Anthony Cimmino Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Jason Cira Detective White male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2015
Robert Clark Detective White male Hispanic male, 30 years old Exonerated 2003
Elvis Cole Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Angel Colon Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Felix Concepcion Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Felix Concepcion Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 26 years old Exonerated 2010
Adam Conlin Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
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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.
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