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Abuse of Authority: Question

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

459

Complaints

448

Allegations

527

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
Jessica Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Jose Garcia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2011
Wilson Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 50 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Brian Mahon	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Kevin Mulhern	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Jerry Wolvers	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Vincent Candela	Police Officer	White male	White male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Anthony Ronda	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Daniel Sjoberg	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Lennihan	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Exonerated	2011
Henry Lopez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available male	Unsubstantiated	2011
Edward Mcbride	Detective	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2011
Darren Melhado	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Ahsan Zafar	Police Officer	Asian male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2011
Frank Galati	Detective	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Phillip Atkins	Detective	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2011
Rafael Figueroa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Paul Prendergast	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Bryant Pineda	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Francis Bryant	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Victor Rosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Thomas Gagliardi	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 61 years old	Exonerated	2011
Louis Marinacci	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Joseph Noto	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 52 years old	Exonerated	2011
Brian Lapp	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2011
Matthew Delaney	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Aaron Edwards	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Frank Bulzoni	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2011
Michael Lennihan	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Michael Falk	Sergeant	White male	White male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2011
Roman Goris	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Jelson Goyco	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jelson Goyco	Detective	Hispanic male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Bruno Pierre	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Alexis Dejesus	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Leonel Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2011
Kevin Mockel	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2011
Charles Awani	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Adam Acosta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Francisco Pina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Scott Hamburger	Police Officer	White male	White female, 71 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Joe Green	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2011
Craig Bier	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Jared Fox	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Charles Awani	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Amaury Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Mario Morales	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Julio Meyreles	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Lamont Gibson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Rudy Anzalone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jorge Tavarez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2010
Pamela Benites	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2010
Sasha Rosen	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Michael Fahmy	Detective	White male	Black male, 57 years old	Exonerated	2010
Neilrodric Dey	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2010
Bruce Solomon	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2010
Christian Rojas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2010
Duane Atkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2010
Kelvin Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2010
Kevin Martin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2010
Julio Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2010
Steven Malone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2010
Matthew Escudero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2010
Charles Senat	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2010
Michael Pomerantz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jared Tepperman	Detective	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2010
Shawn Wilkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 58 years old	Exonerated	2010
Mathew Cangro	Police Officer	Asian male	Asian male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2009
Brian Holshek	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2009
Kenneth Singletary	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Elvis Cole	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jose Collazo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2009
Javier Fernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2009
Vincent Testa	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Stephen Schoefer	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Jeffrey Scalf	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2009
Alex Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Ruben Alvarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2009
Kristin Castellano	Police Officer	White female	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Nelly Vazquez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Lawrence Sanchez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2009
Kirk Boone	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Exonerated	2009
Jonathan Rothenberg	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2009
Tulio Camejo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2009
Johnnie Rosario	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Exonerated	2009
Neil Casey	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2009
Michael Boehm	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Neil Casey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
James Petruzzi	Police Officer	White male	White male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2009
Christophe Devaney	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Orvin Feliciano	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2009
Joseph Deck	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2009
Dedrick Hall	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Christophe Kerbis	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Robert Taylor	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 50 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Larry Meyers	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 65 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jasmine Velez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Derek Almeida	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2009
Paul Mcmahon	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 30 years old	Exonerated	2009
Erika Espaillat	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2009

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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.