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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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Thomas Passolo | Captain | White male | Black male, 55 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Joseph Gulotta | Captain | White male | Black female, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Theodore Federoff | Captain | White male | White female, 71 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
John Essig | Deputy Inspector | White male | Unknown female, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2002 |
Richard Reilly | Detective | White male | Black female, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2005 |
Carlos Velez | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 55 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Frank Sarrica | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Adam Conlin | Detective | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Liam Ohara | Detective | White male | Black female, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Adam Conlin | Detective | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Daniel Castillo | Detective | Hispanic male | Black female, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
John Ulmer | Detective | White male | Hispanic female, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Richard Bevers | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Thomas Reo | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 56 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Elvin Gashi | Detective | White male | Black female, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Phillip Atkins | Detective | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Michael Driscoll | Detective | White male | White female, 60 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Thomas Napolitano | Detective | White male | Black female, 39 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Lahmar Sanders | Detective | Black male | Black male, 54 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Jennifer Lavelle | Detective | White female | Black female, 61 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Jared Pilkington | Detective | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Christophe Mcgee | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Piero Lasaponara | Detective | White male | Black male, 61 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Richard Turk | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1999 |
James Eisert | Detective | White male | Black female, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Louis Pepe | Detective | White male | Black female, 49 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2005 |
Dustin Genco | Detective | White male | Black female, 58 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Frank Altieri | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Johnpaul Slater | Detective | White male | Black male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Paul Robinson | Detective | Black male | Asian male, 60 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Erik Scantlebury | Detective | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 1996 |
Eliot Arias | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 54 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Louis Dambrosio | Detective | White male | Unknown not described, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Michael Greaney | Detective | White male | Black female, 40 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Jesus Capo | Detective | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
James Walsh | Detective | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Stephen Jones | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Oghenevigh Okrokoto | Detective | Black male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Hector Rodriguez | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
John Comer | Detective | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Philip Smith | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Gregory Kennedy | Detective | Black male | Black female, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Greg Desideri | Detective | White male | Black female, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Jose Dejesus | Detective | Hispanic male | Black female, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2005 |
Richard Hoda | Detective | White male | Refused male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Scott Lieneck | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Robert Carbone | Detective | White male | Black female, 63 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Matthew Wright | Detective | White male | Black female, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Timothy Gaven | Detective | White male | Black female, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Robert Simms | Detective | Black male | Hispanic male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Brian Ilund | Detective | White male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Robert Graves | Detective | White male | Black female, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Anthony Davila | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
William Diab | Lieutenant | White male | Other Race male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Javier Santos | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Black female, 46 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Barbara Fischer | Lieutenant | White female | Hispanic male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Michael Raso | Lieutenant | White male | Other Race female, 47 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
Jorge Tavarez | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Black female, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Eric Dym | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 27 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
Anthony Longobardi | Lieutenant | White male | White female, 72 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Richard Vetrano | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Roman Israilov | Lieutenant | White male | Unknown male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Kevin Breen | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Gary Messina | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 1996 |
Gary Messina | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1995 |
Emile Provencher | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic female, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Christopher McCormack | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic female | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Christopher McCormack | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 49 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Daniel Miraglia | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic female, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Joyce Williams | Lieutenant | Black female | Black female, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Gary Capellan | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Lyndon Providence | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Gerardo Perrone | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Francisco Diodonet | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 77 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Anthony Contessa | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
Christos Deftereos | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Carlos Silva | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Mizbah Noor | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Adam Katrincic | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Rochael Vasquez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
Connor Walsh | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
Diego Marin | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 12 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Steven Berger | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 1988 |
Garry Lamour | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Alonzo Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Edgar Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Tsz Kwan | Police Officer | Asian male | White female, 53 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Victor Paribello | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Dalsh Veve | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Robert Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Kyle Stanley | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Kyle Stanley | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Brian Schulman | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Robert Morris | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
James Lee | Police Officer | Asian male | White male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Kyle Stanley | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Joe Frazier | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Robert Morris | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Paul Chierico | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
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.