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Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged
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
349
Complaints
358
Allegations
386
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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Jacob Aaronson | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2015 |
Donald Abrams | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 70 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Danny Aguilar | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Thomas Ailman | Sergeant | White male | Other Race male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
John Albertelli | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Francesco Allevato | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 40 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Frank Altieri | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Terrell Anderson | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Joseph Arena | Police Officer | White male | White male, 75 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
Eliot Arias | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 54 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Eliot Arias | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 46 years old | Exonerated | 2013 |
Albert Aronov | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 53 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Phillip Atkins | Detective | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Mahmoud Attia | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2004 |
Kenneth Ayala | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2001 |
Robert Backiel | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Angel Badillo | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 65 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Felix Baez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
David Barker | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Trevor Baronette | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Daniel Barreto | Police Officer | White male | Refused female | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Andrew Beirne | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Andrew Beirne | Police Officer | White male | White male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Renninton Belen | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Steven Berger | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 1988 |
Richard Bevers | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Pedro Bobe | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Michael Bowman | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
Edward Boyle | Police Officer | White male | Unknown female | Exonerated | 2009 |
Kevin Breen | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Kevin Breen | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Timothy Brown | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Damion Brown | Sergeant | Black male | Black female, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
Sasha Brugal | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Jalin Bulding | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (No Recommendations) | 1994 |
Frank Burns | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Gregory Burns | Police Officer | White male | White male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Christophe Burton | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Phawn Butler | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Jose Camacho | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2012 |
Daniel Campbell | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Mathew Cangro | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
Gary Capellan | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Jesus Capo | Detective | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Robert Carbone | Detective | White male | Black female, 63 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Juan Carrero | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White female, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
John Caruso | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2005 |
John Cascone | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Daniel Castillo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Daniel Castillo | Detective | Hispanic male | Black female, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Robert Castro | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 54 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Thomas Cerbone | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1992 |
John Chavatte | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
David Cheesewright | Sergeant | Asian male | Black female, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
David Cheesewright | Sergeant | Asian male | Black female, 43 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Ali Cheikhali | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Ali Cheikhali | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Paul Chierico | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Paul Chierico | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Edwin Ching | Sergeant | Asian male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Anthony Cimmino | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Salahudin Clark | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Leonard Clarke | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Edgar Clases | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 56 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Sean Claxton | Sergeant | Black male | Unknown male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Brian Clements | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Elvis Cole | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Eric Collazo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Orlando Colon | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
John Comer | Detective | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Francis Conejo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Adam Conlin | Detective | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Adam Conlin | Detective | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Ryan Conroy | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Anthony Contessa | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
Felix Cortez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Kevin Cox | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
Orin Cox | Police Officer | Black male | Asian male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2002 |
Justin Cracchiola | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Christophe Crain | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Steven Cruver | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Joseph Cruzado | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2005 |
Ruben Cuesta | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 42 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
David Cussen | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Joseph Dalbero | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Louis Dambrosio | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Louis Dambrosio | Detective | White male | Unknown not described, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Anthony Davila | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Brian Davis | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 55 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Charles Davis | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Christos Deftereos | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Jose Dejesus | Detective | Hispanic male | Black female, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2005 |
Matthew Delaney | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic female, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Robert Delaney | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1997 |
Angel Delgado | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Jeremy Demarco | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Luke Denesopolis | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Luke Denesopolis | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Brian Depalo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
Frank Desiderato | Police Officer | White male | White male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
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.