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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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

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
88
Complaints
77
Allegations
96

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
Marydanie Sessomsswinea Police Officer Black female Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2019
Fadi Albishara Police Officer White male White male, 62 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2019
Tamara Clement Police Officer Black female Other Race female, 26 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2019
Ahmad Shaheed Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Kelvin Peralta Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Edward Klein Detective White male Asian male, 46 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2019
Danamarie Alessio Police Officer White female White female, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2019
Brendan Murphy Police Officer White male Black female, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Sean Mcdonnell Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Marika Williams Police Officer Black female Asian male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Adela Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic female Other Race female, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Anthony Donato Sergeant White male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Matthew Bottcher Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 35 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2019
Christophe Brower Police Officer White male Black male, 41 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2019
Miguel Donovan Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Md Rahman Police Officer Asian male Black male, 20 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2019
Amaury Tineo Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 49 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2019
David Ramirez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Juan Carrero Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Miles Holman Police Officer Black male Unknown female, 32 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2019
Robert Gallagher Police Officer White male Other Race male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Jose Leon Police Officer Hispanic male Other Race male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
David Ramirez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Karla Arvayo Police Officer Hispanic female Hispanic male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Adam Conlin Detective White male Hispanic male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Andre Morris Police Officer Black male Not available Unsubstantiated 2019
Timothy Fox Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Matthew Bottcher Police Officer White male Other Race male, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Christophe Digioia Police Officer White male Black male, 41 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2019
Douglas Carr Detective Black male Black male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Douglas Carr Detective Black male Black male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Karl Thomas Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Thomas Dicamillo Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2019
Alex Merizalde Police Officer Hispanic male Other Race female, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Inna Miroshnyk Police Officer White female Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2019
Michael Hawk Police Officer White male Other Race male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Rafael Santos Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Matthew Hammond Police Officer White male Asian male, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Bryan Crespo Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 35 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2019
Kevin Cox Police Officer Black male White male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Brian Bang Police Officer White male White male, 32 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2019
Robert Hyland Sergeant White male White male, 72 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2019
Robert Hyland Sergeant White male White male, 68 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Miguel Figueroa Lieutenant Hispanic male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Kevin Cox Police Officer Black male White female, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Jerrison Lora Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 52 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2019
Brendan Murphy Police Officer White male Not available female, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Hugh Mackenzie Lieutenant White male Unknown male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Kevin Mccaffrey Police Officer White male American Indian male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Lorenzo Jones Police Officer Black male White male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2019
Keith Figueroa Police Officer Hispanic male Not available male Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2019
Alena Aminova Police Officer White female White male, 58 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Michael Alpers Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2018
Thomas Geberth Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Eric Bernard Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Ian Gallagher Police Officer Hispanic male Black transwoman (mtf), 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Lanier Glenn Lieutenant Black male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Lanier Glenn Lieutenant Black male Hispanic female, 57 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Pedro Lezcano Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Chanel Gomez Police Officer Black female Black female, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Kai Lee Police Officer Asian male Asian male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Umar Khitab Police Officer Asian male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Troy Luis Sergeant Black male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Kevin Mccarthy Sergeant White male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Lukasz Solis Police Officer White male Black male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Jose Genao Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 72 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2018
Philip Picciano Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Frank Recca Police Officer White male White male, 52 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Ioannis Rizos Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Lawrice Crawford Police Officer Hispanic female Hispanic male, 38 years old Exonerated 2018
Brian Raghoenathsingh Police Officer Asian male Not available female, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Michael Calle Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Frank Ryan Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Kiel Sui Police Officer Asian male Not available male, 21 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2018
Alexandru Anghel Sergeant White male Unknown male, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Wojciech Czech Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 38 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2018
Brian Mahon Police Officer White male Unknown male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Sean Gardner Police Officer White male White male, 52 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Matthew Sabella Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Michael Sidorskiy Police Officer White male Black female, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Kevin Kenny Lieutenant White male Unknown male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Audrey Wise Sergeant Black female Hispanic female, 32 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2018
Eric Dym Lieutenant White male Black female, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Eric Dym Lieutenant White male Black female, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Richard Reid Police Officer White male Black male, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Michael Gonzalez Detective Hispanic male Black female, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Steven Rupnick Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Nelson Caceres Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Neysa Korycki Police Officer Hispanic female Unknown male, 50 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2018
Daniel Mcilrath Police Officer Asian male Black male, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Larry Meyers Lieutenant White male Black male, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Hugh Herbert Police Officer White male Black female, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Justin Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2018
Phillip Reyes Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown female, 40 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2018
Keyana Kendall Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Stephen Lalchan Detective Asian male Asian male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
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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