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Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Process Civilian Complaint
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
173
Complaints
163
Allegations
185
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzroy Vigilance | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 56 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
| Raymond Jansen | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2003 |
| Cory Benowitz | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
| Daniel Cross | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 58 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
| Joseph Albert | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 63 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
| Brian Tiernan | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
| John Debenedetto | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
| Vincent Calderone | Police Officer | White male | Asian female | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
| Jessica Romance | Detective | Hispanic female | Black female, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Maricruz Crespo | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 50 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
| Laurene Bove | Police Officer | White female | White male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
| Carlo Santoro | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
| Joseph Tompkins | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
| Derek Wilkins | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Brett Granowetter | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2005 |
| Eva Abreu | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Other Race male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
| Uriel Henry | Police Officer | Black male | White female, 48 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
| Michael Thompson | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
| Michael Hartman | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
| Joseph Cruzado | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2005 |
| Shaquan Harvin | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
| Robert Morris | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Raymond Jansen | Lieutenant | White male | White male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2002 |
| Jose Deschamps | Sergeant | Hispanic male | White male, 49 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
| Ryan White | Sergeant | White male | Asian male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
| Johanna Vega | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 68 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2010 |
| Jonkris Rzonca | Sergeant | White male | White male, 69 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2012 |
| Joanne Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | White female, 51 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2014 |
| Anthony Moon | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2008 |
| Joseph Noto | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2008 |
| David Leonardi | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2013 |
| Joseph Coon | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
| Edwin Ortiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 52 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2004 |
| Mario Belluomo | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2012 |
| Richard Bevers | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
| Orlando Ortega | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 57 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2009 |
| Ishmael Bailey | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
| Mohamed Mobarak | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2008 |
| Ruel Stephenson | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2001 |
| Stephen Polesovsky | Police Officer | White male | White male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Herme Perdomo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Joseph Cordones | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Refused female, 39 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Gregory Long | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Richard Law | Police Officer | Asian male | Refused female, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Colbert Martin | Lieutenant | Black male | Hispanic female, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Courtney Nilan | Lieutenant | White female | White female, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Danny Lei | Sergeant | Asian male | Refused female, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Douglas Ayres | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 50 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Bobbie Crooks | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 51 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Anthony Lee | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Genti Bektashaj | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Jason Zeikel | Lieutenant | White male | Other Race female, 57 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Genti Bektashaj | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Fitzroy Vigilance | Sergeant | Black male | Other Race male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Michael Szczecinski | Sergeant | White male | White male, 40 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Benjamin Gottlieb | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Carlos Viera | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Shacole Odell | Police Officer | Black female | White female, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Michael Cintron | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 51 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Steven Owens | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Eliezer Caraballo | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Richard Law | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Robert Delaney | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| David Oyague | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Robert Delaney | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Stephen Solcany | Sergeant | White male | White male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Brian Mccaughey | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
| Todd Jacoby | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Jon Derise | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
| Juan Hernandez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | White male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
| Catherine Kunst | Sergeant | White female | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Ervy Diaz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Emilio Ortega | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
| Janine Micheli | Police Officer | White female | Hispanic male, 67 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Racquel Palmer | Police Officer | Black female | White female, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Julio Acuria | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 47 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2016 |
| Dominick Abate | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Keith Cheng | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Norman Cox | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 55 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Olivia Windisch | Police Officer | White female | Hispanic female, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Michael Jacobi | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Jason Wells | Police Officer | Black male | White female, 51 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Ayanna Harrison | Sergeant | Black female | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Katherine Torres | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Senia Taveras | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Philip Tse | Police Officer | Asian male | Black female, 42 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Jayson Evert | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 67 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Paul Aparo | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Jose Santini | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Paul Aparo | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Shalendra Beharry | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 47 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Leslie Romero | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| James Soares | Lieutenant | White male | White female, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Angel Dejesus | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Gregory Green | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic female, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Cristy Camarenaabad | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 60 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Paula Smith | Sergeant | Black female | White male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Minhaj Khalique | Police Officer | Asian male | Refused female, 26 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Andres Gomera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
| Stephan Carr | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 34 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
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.