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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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

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
1,145
Complaints
1,228
Allegations
1,483

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
Michael Cronin Detective White male Black male, 47 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 1998
Brian Mullen Police Officer White male White female, 54 years old Unsubstantiated 1999
Benjamin Gottlieb Police Officer White male Black female, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 1999
Edward Deighan Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 1999
Sean Downes Police Officer White male Not available Unsubstantiated 1999
Joseph Gulotta Detective White male Not available Unsubstantiated 1999
Michael Markle Police Officer White male Black male Unsubstantiated 1999
Jaime Arroyo Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2000
Marianela Tejada Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 39 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2000
Bryan Mcnulty Sergeant White male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2000
Roger Lurch Police Officer Black male Black female, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2000
David Powers Detective White male Black female, 61 years old Unsubstantiated 2000
James Eisert Police Officer White male Black female, 37 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2000
Anthony Quagliariello Detective White male White male, 57 years old Unsubstantiated 2000
Washington Zurita Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 29 years old Exonerated 2000
Andrew Mcevoy Police Officer White male Not available Substantiated (Charges) 2000
Joseph Gulotta Detective White male Hispanic male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2000
William Simon Police Officer White male Black female, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2001
Timothy Donnelly Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2001
Michael Barreto Lieutenant Hispanic male Black female, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2001
Anthony Henry Sergeant White male Black female, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2001
Vincent Virbukas Police Officer White male White male, 24 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2001
Theodore Federoff Police Officer White male White male, 24 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2001
Floretta Chow Police Officer Black female Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2001
David Demelia Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2001
Brendan Obrien Police Officer White male Black female, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2001
Richard Adamiak Police Officer White male Black female, 28 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2001
Eric Single Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2001
Patrick Gaines Police Officer White male Black female, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2001
Christophe Cantelmi Police Officer White male White male, 24 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2001
Robert Henderson Police Officer White male Black female, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2001
Andrew Beirne Police Officer White male White female, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2001
Michael Guzzino Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Daniel Perez Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
John Roberts Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Robinson Mercado Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 27 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2002
Oswaldo Carrion Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 26 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2002
Sharon Olivares Detective White female Black female, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Lorraine Bowden Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 44 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Thomas Oconnor Sergeant White male Hispanic female, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
David Cheesewright Sergeant Asian male Black female, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Richard Coccodrilli Police Officer White male White male, 34 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2002
Delores Mitchell Police Officer Black female Refused male, 43 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2002
Miguel Sanchez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Karl Richards Police Officer Black male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Herbert Martin Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Robert Smith Police Officer White male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Rommelle Chin Sergeant Black female White female, 44 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Louis Leblanc Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Brian Farrelly Police Officer White male Black male, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Justin Dengler Police Officer White male Black female, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Raymond Festino Sergeant White male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Michael Driscoll Police Officer White male White male, 20 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Federico Martinez Sergeant Hispanic male Not available Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2002
David Levine Police Officer White male White male, 20 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2002
Michael Gibbs Police Officer White male Black female, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
David Powers Detective White male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Anna Serrano Police Officer Hispanic female Hispanic male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Emilio Ortega Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Vincent Maher Police Officer White male White male, 36 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2002
Lynda Chervoni Police Officer Hispanic female White female, 60 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Christophe Cooke Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
David Casey Detective Asian male Other Race male, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Gabrielle Walls Police Officer Black female Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Peter Efthimiou Sergeant White male Black female, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
David Cheesewright Sergeant Asian male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Donald Abrams Police Officer White male Black female, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Dustin Genco Detective White male Black female, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Edward Deighan Police Officer White male Not available Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Nicholas Digaudio Detective White male Hispanic male, 16 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Patrick Cherry Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Pamela Lambright Police Officer Black female White male, 75 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2002
Kenneth Anderson Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2002
Brian Reich Police Officer White male Black female, 46 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Brian Mchenry Police Officer White male Black male, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Reginald Mcgraw Police Officer Black male Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Randolff Pinard Police Officer Black male Not available Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Bruce Sutherland Police Officer White male White male, 41 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2003
Hector Rodriguez Detective Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Christophe Devaney Sergeant White male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Craig Bier Police Officer White male Black female, 62 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Kappa Farid Police Officer White male White female, 26 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2003
Leon Mcguire Police Officer Black male Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
John Restaino Police Officer White male Black female, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Avis Washington Sergeant Black female Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Joseph Bieniewicz Police Officer White male Not available Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2003
Jose Caban Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 68 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Kieran Creighton Lieutenant White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Kevin Matthews Police Officer White male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Anthony Pizzo Police Officer White male White male, 16 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Michael Manzolillo Police Officer White male Black female, 46 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Flavia Orellana Police Officer Hispanic female Not available Substantiated (Instructions) 2003
Frank Palumbo Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Andrew Hatki Lieutenant White male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Anthony Borelli Sergeant White male Black female, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2003
Jaime Arroyo Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Maria Jeanty Police Officer Black female Other Race male, 43 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Alex Toro Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2003
Janna Salisbury Police Officer White female Unknown male, 44 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
William Mcdaniel Police Officer White male Unknown male, 29 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
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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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