Abuse of Authority: REFUSAL TO PROVIDE NAME/SHIELD NUMBER - The NYPD Files

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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.