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Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop

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

487

Complaints

601

Allegations

696

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
Peter Borukhov	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2006
Jason Reynolds	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Shante Terrell	Detective	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Kreshnik Bakraqi	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2006
Kreshnik Bakraqi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2006
Rolando Carbonell	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Hadi Saifi	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2006
Joseph Cruzado	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2006
John Oconnor	Sergeant	White male	White male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2006
Niles Prince	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Carlos Marchena	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2006
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2006
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2006
Timothy Schultz	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Michael Kelly	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2006
Dennis Ferrer	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2006
Matthew Bourbeau	Police Officer	White male	White male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2006
Richard Danese	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2006
Washington Zurita	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2006
Larry Burnham	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Larry Meyers	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2006
Carl Scogmanillo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2006
Janene Johnson	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2006
Matthew Lewis	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2006
Jerome Teahan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2006
Thomas Dunsing	Detective	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Christopher McCormack	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2006
Christopher McCormack	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2006
Blas Colon	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2006
Daniel Nunez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Robert Dipaola	Detective	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2006
Jose Ortiz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2006
James Dengate	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2006
James Dengate	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Kenneth Vencak	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2006
Michael Miller	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2006
Joshua Faranda	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2006
Michael Miller	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2006
Jose Ortiz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2006
Michael Lennihan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2006
Ricky Smalls	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2006
Kaz Daughtry	Police Officer	Black male	Other Race male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2006
Robert Barnett	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2006
Ralph Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2006
Nicole Gondry	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2006
Ramon Santos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Dennis Russo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Sean Mccarthy	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
James Longo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2006
Charles Peifer	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2006
Elena Rivas	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2006
Ramon Santos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Ramon Santos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Richard Lavelle	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Joel Roman	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female	Exonerated	2006
Welington Feliz	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2006
Makiba Brathwaitezimmerma	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Jose Camacho	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Refused male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Ralph Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2006
Carlos Fabara	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 13 years old	Exonerated	2006
Carlos Fabara	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2006
Carlos Fabara	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Carlos Fabara	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2006
Carlos Fabara	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2006
Philip Fioranelli	Police Officer	White male	Other Race female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Joel Roman	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Gregory Abrahams	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2006
Brian Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2006
Ricky Smalls	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2006
Nestor Velez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 11 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Christophe Muller	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Stephen Penaranda	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Kristy Abbasciano	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Mario Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2006
Jose Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
John Roberts	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2006
Albert Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2006
Dana Harge	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Exonerated	2006
Darren Caranella	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Manolin Molina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2006
Vincent Candela	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2006
Erica Price	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2006
Robert Simms	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2006
Robert Simms	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Michael Cronin	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Michael Cronin	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Maritza Garay	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2006
John Donovan	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2006
Derek Lenart	Police Officer	White male	Not available female	Exonerated	2006
Michael Casey	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Michael Carleo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2006
Melissa Eger	Sergeant	White female	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2006
Zoilo Encarnacion	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
John Todaro	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2006
John Todaro	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Hector Rodriguez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Ritchie Baez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2006
Timothy Donnelly	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Justin Farren	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2006
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006

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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.