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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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: 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
Ruel Stephenson Sergeant Black male Black male, 46 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2001
Raymond Jansen Lieutenant White male White male, 41 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Raymond Jansen Lieutenant White male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2003
Ralph Cilento Sergeant White male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Edwin Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 52 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2004
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
Paul Mcmahon Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Steven Glassman Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Joseph Cruzado Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Joseph Mineo Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Michael Riso Police Officer White male White female, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Christopher McCormack Lieutenant White male Hispanic female, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Brett Granowetter Sergeant White male Black male, 35 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Stephen Espinoza Sergeant Hispanic male Black female Unsubstantiated 2005
Frank Ventura Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Patrick Donnelly Police Officer White male Unknown male, 38 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2006
Vincent Calderone Police Officer White male Asian female Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Laurene Bove Police Officer White female White male, 41 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Martin Gimenez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Titus Parham Sergeant Black male Hispanic male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Shaquan Harvin Police Officer Black male Black male, 35 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Felix Espinal Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Genti Bektashaj Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Jose Ramos Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Uriel Henry Police Officer Black male White female, 48 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Ignazio Conca Sergeant White male Black male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Michael Hartman Sergeant White male Black male, 42 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Anthony Kotarski Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Alvin Gomez Lieutenant Hispanic male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Joseph Noto Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 38 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
Michael Thompson Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Mohamed Mobarak Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 25 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
Fitzroy Vigilance Sergeant Black male Black male, 56 years old Exonerated 2008
Barbara Fischer Sergeant White female Hispanic male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Daniel Cross Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 58 years old Exonerated 2008
Anthony Moon Police Officer Black male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
Maricruz Crespo Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 50 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Carlos Santiago Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Edgar Padilla Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic female, 47 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Orlando Ortega Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 57 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2009
Vincent Fontana Sergeant White male Black male, 57 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Cory Benowitz Sergeant White male Black female, 45 years old Exonerated 2009
Jose Briceno Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Daniel Zollo Sergeant White male Black female, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Naoki Yaguchi Sergeant Asian male Black female, 28 years old Substantiated (No Recommendations) 2010
Fredy Cruz Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Johanna Vega Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 68 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2010
Eva Abreu Police Officer Hispanic female Other Race male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2010
Kaz Daughtry Police Officer Black male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Vincent Grego Lieutenant White male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Joseph Albert Sergeant White male Black female, 63 years old Exonerated 2011
Richard Bevers Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 50 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2011
Ishmael Bailey Police Officer Black male Black male, 31 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2011
Joseph Coon Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2011
Joseph Tompkins Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 33 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Jonkris Rzonca Sergeant White male White male, 69 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2012
John Debenedetto Sergeant White male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Carlo Santoro Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2012
Kelly Hughes Police Officer White female White female, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Angel Delgado Sergeant Hispanic male Refused male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Mario Belluomo Police Officer White male Black female, 48 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2012
Donald Alexandre Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Bekim Kalicovic Sergeant White male Black male, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
David Leonardi Sergeant White male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2013
Gesner Charles Sergeant Black male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Jose Deschamps Sergeant Hispanic male White male, 49 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Ralph Cilento Police Officer White male Other Race female, 23 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2013
Ryan White Sergeant White male Asian male, 27 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Terence Odonohoe Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 47 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2013
Erin Dipiano Police Officer White female Hispanic male, 35 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2013
Dmitry Brush Sergeant White male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Henry Rivera Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Brian Mccaughey Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 31 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Christophe Dede Sergeant White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Adam Sager Detective White male White male, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Andres Gomera Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Rodney Wallace Police Officer Black male Hispanic female, 42 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2014
Jon Derise Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 27 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Emilio Ortega Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 36 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Angel Dejesus Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 54 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Joanne Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic female White female, 51 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2014
Victor Pal Sergeant Asian male White male, 32 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Thomas Kelly Lieutenant White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Rajesh Lalwani Sergeant Asian male Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Shacole Odell Police Officer Black female White female, 28 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
James Holder Police Officer Black male Black male, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Michael Cintron Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 51 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Courtney Nilan Lieutenant White female White female, 28 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Catherine Kunst Sergeant White female Hispanic male, 30 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Gregory Long Sergeant White male Black female, 28 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Shane Mathai Police Officer Asian male White male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Ervy Diaz Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Herme Perdomo Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 31 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Neil Conde Police Officer White male White female, 28 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Ruben Guerrero Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 27 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Mackenson Nelson Sergeant Black male Black female, 60 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Douglas Ayres Sergeant White male Black female, 50 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Brian Query Sergeant Hispanic male Black female, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Bobbie Crooks Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 51 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2016
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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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