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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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: 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
Willie Johnson Police Officer Black male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2003
Steven Gansrow Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Michael Mendez Detective Hispanic male White male, 44 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Dion Edwards Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2003
Bryan Mcnulty Sergeant White male Black male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Timothy Skretch Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 34 years old Exonerated 2003
William Waldron Police Officer White male Black male, 14 years old Exonerated 2003
Robert Mamys Sergeant White male Black male, 36 years old Exonerated 2003
Anthony Kotarski Sergeant White male Black male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
David Nisthaus Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2003
David Nisthaus Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2003
Carlos Silva Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 23 years old Exonerated 2003
Christopher McCormack Sergeant White male Black male Exonerated 2003
Patrick Cherry Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2003
Robert Clark Detective White male Hispanic male, 30 years old Exonerated 2003
Jesus Carrillo Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 20 years old Exonerated 2003
Joseph Matthew Sergeant Black male Black male, 25 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Patrick Brown Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
David Nisthaus Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2003
Julio Delgado Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
James Baez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Edward Barry Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 31 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
John Moynihan Sergeant White male Black male, 55 years old Exonerated 2002
David Powers Detective White male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Kenneth Aube Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 37 years old Exonerated 2002
Herbert Martin Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2002
Herbert Martin Police Officer White male Black male, 16 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Joey Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 30 years old Exonerated 2002
Jorge Torres Police Officer Hispanic male Not available Unsubstantiated 2002
David Cheesewright Sergeant Asian male Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Noelle Cunningham Police Officer White female Black male, 16 years old Exonerated 2002
Dustin Genco Detective White male Black male, 42 years old Exonerated 2002
Jaime Feliciano Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 14 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Darnay Harris Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Sekou Bourne Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2002
Thomas Tergesen Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 30 years old Exonerated 2002
Theodore Lauterborn Sergeant White male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Joaquin Morales Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 33 years old Exonerated 2002
Christopher McCormack Sergeant White male Hispanic not described, 37 years old Exonerated 2002
Dana Czvekus Police Officer White female Black male, 14 years old Exonerated 2002
Dana Czvekus Police Officer White female Black male, 14 years old Exonerated 2002
Paul Perodin Police Officer Black male Black female, 43 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Hector Rodriguez Detective Hispanic male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2002
Christophe Marrow Police Officer White male Black male, 42 years old Exonerated 2002
Rudolph Hall Police Officer Black male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Joey Quigley Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Raymond Festino Sergeant White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2002
Christophe Schmidt Sergeant White male Black male, 14 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Ischaler Grant Sergeant Black male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2002
Joseph Bell Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Exonerated 2002
Brian Farrelly Police Officer White male Black male, 16 years old Exonerated 2002
Patrick Davis Detective White male Hispanic female, 51 years old Exonerated 2002
Bryan Mcnulty Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 45 years old Exonerated 2002
Jesus Capo Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 45 years old Exonerated 2002
John Massari Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 18 years old Exonerated 2002
Christophe Lagrasta Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2001
Paul Deentremont Lieutenant White male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2001
Thomas White Sergeant White male Black male, 25 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2001
Wilfredo Ramos Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2001
Christophe Lagrasta Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2001
John Caban Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 20 years old Exonerated 2001
Franklin Bohr Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 32 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2001
Andrew Hatki Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Exonerated 2001
Herminio Baez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 17 years old Exonerated 2001
David Demelia Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2001
Kenneth Ayala Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 36 years old Exonerated 2001
Joseph Delduca Sergeant White male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2001
Paul Pizzuta Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Exonerated 2001
Pedro Ramos Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2001
Ischaler Grant Sergeant Black male Black male, 42 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2001
Adrian Ashby Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 31 years old Exonerated 2001
Osvaldo Nunez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 33 years old Exonerated 2001
Thomas Galati Captain White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2001
Finbarr Fleming Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2001
Brian Finn Police Officer White male White male, 17 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2001
Robert Delaney Detective White male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2000
Michael Ernst Police Officer White male Black male, 15 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2000
Roger Savage Detective White male Unknown male, 19 years old Exonerated 2000
Michael Gaine Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 14 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2000
Manuel Matos Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 39 years old Exonerated 2000
Jaime Arroyo Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2000
Herawattie Jeeuth Police Officer Asian female Black male, 15 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2000
Michael Windsor Police Officer Black male Black female, 18 years old Exonerated 2000
John Timpanaro Police Officer White male Black female, 21 years old Exonerated 2000
Thomas Mclaughlin Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 37 years old Exonerated 2000
Richard Bergin Lieutenant White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2000
Damon Martin Police Officer Black male Black male, 16 years old Exonerated 2000
Jose Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2000
Charles Barberi Sergeant White male Black female, 21 years old Exonerated 1999
Patrick Brown Police Officer White male Black male, 16 years old Exonerated 1999
John Lindsey Police Officer Black male White male, 52 years old Exonerated 1999
Edward Barry Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 30 years old Exonerated 1999
Mitchell Eisenberg Police Officer White male Not available Exonerated 1999
Johnny Orellana Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 1999
Kris Kalmanowicz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 45 years old Exonerated 1999
Steven Green Police Officer White male Not available Unsubstantiated 1998
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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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