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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osvaldo Nunez | Captain | Hispanic male | Unknown female | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
| Christopher McCormack | Captain | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
| Anthony Longobardi | Captain | White male | Black male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Joseph Gulotta | Captain | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2012 |
| Theodore Federoff | Captain | White male | White female, 71 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Steven Rubin | Captain | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
| Ernest Morales | Deputy Inspector | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Deodat Urprasad | Deputy Inspector | Asian male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Deodat Urprasad | Deputy Inspector | Asian male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Jeffrey Maddrey | Deputy Inspector | Black male | Black female, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
| Matthew Wright | Detective | White male | Black female, 34 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
| Ching Nieh | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Daniel Mahoney | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Robert Clark | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2003 |
| Jonathan Lovera | Detective | Hispanic male | White male, 15 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| James Williams | Detective | White male | White female, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Jason Cira | Detective | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Nicholas Ferraro | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2002 |
| John Lindsey | Detective | Black male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (No Recommendations) | 2010 |
| Edward Mcbride | Detective | White male | White female, 57 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| John Timpanaro | Detective | White male | Black male, 14 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
| Jessica Romance | Detective | Hispanic female | Black female, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Dean Campbell | Detective | Black male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Dominick Vasaturo | Detective | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| John Mcdonnell | Detective | White male | White female, 70 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Lauren Orourke | Detective | White female | Hispanic male, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Nelson Figueroa | Detective | Hispanic male | Refused female, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Christophe Haws | Detective | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
| Anthony Quagliariello | Detective | White male | White male, 57 years old | Exonerated | 2000 |
| David Powers | Detective | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2002 |
| Robert Graves | Detective | White male | Black female, 34 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
| Hemadeh Fattah | Detective | White male | Black female, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jesus Capo | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
| Steve Lafortune | Detective | Black male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| James Zozzaro | Detective | White male | Black female, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Steve Lafortune | Detective | Black male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Maria Bocachica | Detective | Hispanic female | Black female, 73 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Ricardo Bocachica | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
| Daniel Herzog | Detective | White male | Other Race male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Jose Lizardo | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Anthony Quagliariello | Detective | White male | White male, 57 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2000 |
| Essence Jackson | Detective | Black male | Not available male | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Steve Lafortune | Detective | Black male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Daniel Ludemann | Detective | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| James Zozzaro | Detective | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Wilmar Mejia | Detective | Hispanic male | White female, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Brian Ilund | Detective | White male | Black female, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Dean Campbell | Detective | Black male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Norberto Tirado | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2002 |
| Andre Parker | Detective | Black male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Randall Litrell | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
| Harish Mansharamani | Detective | Hispanic male | Black female, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Jose Rodriguez | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
| Brian Mullen | Inspector | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| James Lee | Lieutenant | Asian male | White female, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| John Trotta | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2000 |
| Paul Mcmahon | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic female, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| William Otoole | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
| Nicholas Corrado | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Angela Morris | Lieutenant | Black female | Black male, 66 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Elias Nikas | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 61 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2002 |
| Matthew Bases | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic female, 19 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 1999 |
| Alexander Wancel | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
| Erik Lubrano | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Francisco Rosado | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 52 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
| Kevin Breen | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
| Thomas Passolo | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
| Ronald Bolte | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
| Gary Messina | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 15 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
| Michael Dunn | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Jorge Rodriguez | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | White female, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Robert Vanhouten | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 67 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
| William Diab | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Mauvin Bute | Lieutenant | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Richard Bergin | Lieutenant | White male | Unknown male, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2004 |
| William Diab | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Arsenio Camilo | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
| Alwyn Phillips | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
| Thomas Trachta | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2013 |
| Alena Aminova | Police Officer | White female | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Eric Ruiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 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 |
| Paul Chierico | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Taejoong Kim | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Milly Matos | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
| Matthew Caulfield | Police Officer | White male | White male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jasen Perez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Daniel Baca | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White female, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
| Thomas Geberth | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Robert Pepe | Police Officer | White male | White female, 43 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Leon Batson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Samantha Raffo | Police Officer | White female | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Jason Barish | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 57 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Jasen Perez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Daniel Mendez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Herve Francois | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
| Carlos Pacheco | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Elvin Gomez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Michele Herbst | Police Officer | White female | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 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.