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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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

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
Sasha Rosen Sergeant White male Not available male, 33 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Jhovanny Ysabel Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 43 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Christophe Iacovides Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Darrin Smalls Police Officer Black male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2009
William Falcone Police Officer White male American Indian male, 23 years old Exonerated 2008
Miguel Pierre Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2008
Daniel Beddows Police Officer White male Black male, 18 years old Exonerated 2008
Gerardo Perrone Police Officer White male Black male, 18 years old Exonerated 2008
Osvaldo Maldonado Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 36 years old Exonerated 2008
Wilfredo Cruz Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 59 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Jeannette Rivera Police Officer Hispanic female Hispanic male, 40 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
Albert Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 32 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
Michael Fitzgibbon Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Exonerated 2008
Daniel Sarrubbo Lieutenant White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2008
Amaury Soriano Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 31 years old Exonerated 2008
Yves Dorisme Police Officer Black male Black male, 34 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2008
William Sitzman Police Officer White male Black male, 11 years old Exonerated 2008
John Rajan Sergeant Asian male Black female, 25 years old Exonerated 2008
Frank Laquidara Police Officer White male Black male, 57 years old Exonerated 2008
Robert Obrien Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2008
Carlos Felipe Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Adrian Uruci Sergeant White male Unknown female, 43 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
David Barker Police Officer Black male Black male, 49 years old Exonerated 2008
Shaun Odonnell Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Exonerated 2008
Luis Marte Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2008
Brian Chow Police Officer Asian male Black male, 40 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
Duane Atkinson Police Officer Black male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2008
Andrew Beirne Police Officer White male White male, 39 years old Exonerated 2008
Steven Weiss Sergeant White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2008
Ray Dutton Police Officer White male Black male Exonerated 2008
Stephen Sheppard Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
Heriberto Sifonte Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Brendan Obrien Detective White male White male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Jamie Blandeburgo Police Officer White female White female, 30 years old Exonerated 2008
Roberto Suarez Police Officer Hispanic male Other Race male, 51 years old Exonerated 2008
Michael Sikos Police Officer White male Refused male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Barbie Lewis Police Officer Black female Black male, 34 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2008
Juan Carrero Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 58 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Richard Gomez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 59 years old Exonerated 2008
Travis Brinson Police Officer Black male Other Race female, 67 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Bruce Solomon Police Officer Black male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2008
Anthony Adamo Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Geemaayi Simmons Police Officer Black female Other Race male, 30 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
Christophe Siani Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2008
Joshua Konen Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2008
Zoilo Encarnacion Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2008
Zoilo Encarnacion Sergeant Hispanic male American Indian male, 23 years old Exonerated 2008
Jerry Sukhnandan Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Scott Nuzzi Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2008
Herawattie Jeeuth Police Officer Asian female Hispanic male, 36 years old Exonerated 2008
Eric Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 29 years old Exonerated 2008
Darryl Chen Police Officer Black male Black female, 44 years old Exonerated 2008
Luz Villacorta Police Officer Hispanic female Other Race male, 30 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
Christophe Zaleski Sergeant White male Other Race male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Marcy Velez Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 29 years old Exonerated 2008
Frank Bulzoni Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2008
Luis Pena Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 16 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Devin Long Police Officer Black male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Marlon Wright Police Officer Black male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2008
Miguel Iglesias Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Jose Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male Exonerated 2008
Ryan Dowling Police Officer White male White male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Justin Cracchiola Police Officer White male White male, 67 years old Exonerated 2007
Richard Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2007
Michael Parks Police Officer Black male Unknown male, 36 years old Exonerated 2007
Joyce Williams Lieutenant Black female Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2007
Michael Mitchell Police Officer Black male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Dennis Ferrer Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2007
Marco Gonzalez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2007
Angela Morris Sergeant Black female Black male, 47 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2007
Joseph Bermudez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Exonerated 2007
William Glynn Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Christophe Marrow Lieutenant White male Black male, 57 years old Exonerated 2007
Kishon Hickman Sergeant Black male White male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Louis Leblanc Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 33 years old Exonerated 2007
Richard Debraux Detective Black male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Louis Leblanc Sergeant White male White male, 37 years old Exonerated 2007
Heriberto Hernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Anthony Longobardi Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 39 years old Exonerated 2007
Christophe Siani Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2007
Anthony Ronda Lieutenant Hispanic male Hispanic female, 30 years old Exonerated 2007
Clifford Louis Police Officer Black male Black male, 51 years old Exonerated 2007
Peter Borukhov Police Officer White male White male, 48 years old Exonerated 2007
James Lukeson Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Melissa Eger Sergeant White female Not available Exonerated 2007
Mikal Wright Police Officer Black male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2007
Kenneth Dwyer Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Michael Ignatz Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2007
Leonardo Nimo Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2007
Nerys Ramirez Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2007
Alberto Angilletta Detective White male White male, 58 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
William Taylor Lieutenant White male Other Race male, 15 years old Exonerated 2007
Matthew Lewis Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 32 years old Exonerated 2007
James Zozzaro Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2007
Juan Pichardo Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2007
Christophe Winiarz Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2007
Robert Romano Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 17 years old Exonerated 2007
Robert Cruz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2007
Cassandra Matthews Police Officer White female Black male, 42 years old Exonerated 2007
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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