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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
Julio Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2006
William Haut	Police Officer	White male	Unknown female, 76 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2006
Ronald Perez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Austin Slamowitz	Police Officer	White male	White male, 63 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Bridget Courtney	Police Officer	White female	White male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Kevin Gwinn	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 70 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
John Mascetti	Police Officer	White male	White male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Anthony Quagliariello	Detective	White male	White male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2000
Edwin Soto	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White male, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Juan Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Richard Coccodrilli	Police Officer	White male	White male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2002
Gabriel Cuevas	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
David Barker	Police Officer	Black male	White female, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Charles Volante	Police Officer	White male	White male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Wendy Morel	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White female, 41 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2006
Rafael Moscoso	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
Brian Motyka	Police Officer	White male	White male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Peter Borukhov	Police Officer	White male	White male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2007
Jose Santory	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Nelson Gallego	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 53 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
David Levine	Police Officer	White male	White male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2002
William Larkin	Police Officer	White male	White male, 58 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
David Sullivan	Police Officer	White male	White male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Richard Thompson	Detective	White male	White female, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Michael Dicecco	Sergeant	White male	White male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
James Marcinek	Police Officer	White male	White male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Christophe Mcgee	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Roy Abounaoum	Police Officer	White male	White male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Kelly Maldonado	Police Officer	Black female	White male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Courtney Nilan	Sergeant	White female	White male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Vincent Virbukas	Police Officer	White male	White male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2001
Luis Gutierrez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 72 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Anthony Lamberti	Police Officer	White male	White male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Mike Civil	Detective	Black male	White male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Robert Lenihan	Police Officer	White male	White female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Kathryn Ellison	Police Officer	White female	White male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Kerine Bunsie	Police Officer	Black female	White male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Miguel Leon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 80 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Sean Christian	Police Officer	Black male	White female, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Steve Fleischhauer	Police Officer	White male	White female, 45 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Bruce Sutherland	Police Officer	White male	White male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2003
Charles Awani	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Daniel Golat	Police Officer	White male	White female, 63 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Steven Schwartz	Police Officer	White male	White female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Alberto Angilletta	Detective	White male	White male, 58 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Christophe Friscia	Police Officer	White male	White male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Jesus Carrillo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Mike Civil	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Algerio	Police Officer	White male	White female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Lynda Chervoni	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
David Pulice	Police Officer	White male	White female, 61 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2004
Ching Nieh	Detective	Hispanic male	White female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Herve Francois	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Greg Desideri	Police Officer	White male	White male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Derek Epstein	Police Officer	White male	White male, 61 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Joseph King	Police Officer	Black male	White female, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Christophe Price	Police Officer	White male	White male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Derek Sambolin	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Isaac Branch	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 56 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Camille Mcsam	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White male, 65 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2016
Carlos Corporan	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Leonard Clarke	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Alexi Serpani	Sergeant	White male	White male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jose Velasquez	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Paul Mccarthy	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Brian Volpi	Police Officer	White male	White female, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Steven Badlu	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 17 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2004
Hector Lopez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Sean Murphy	Police Officer	White male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Michael Fruchter	Police Officer	White male	White male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2014
Orlando Diaz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2008
Charles Stewart	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2004
Daryl Melhado	Sergeant	Black male	White female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Patrick Mullens	Police Officer	White male	White female, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Scott Sanseverino	Police Officer	White male	White male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Carlton Mckenney	Sergeant	Black male	White male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Alfredo Brewster	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Joseph Bieniewicz	Police Officer	White male	White male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Sergeant	White male	White female, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Ioannis Rizos	Police Officer	White male	White female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	White male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Brian Manning	Police Officer	White male	White male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2013
Suthom Ungcharoen	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 63 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Michael Dannecker	Sergeant	White male	White male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Frank Danzi	Police Officer	White male	White female, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Francesco Cusimano	Police Officer	White male	White male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
John Donovan	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Joseph Padula	Sergeant	White male	White male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	White male	White male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
David Marconi	Detective	White male	White male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Rebecca Guzman	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Keyana Kendall	Police Officer	Black male	White female, 76 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Stacey Ellis	Police Officer	Black female	White female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Vincent Maher	Police Officer	White male	White male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2002
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	White male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Shareen Grant	Police Officer	Black female	White male, 56 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Joseph King	Police Officer	Black male	White female, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	White male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Daniel Guida	Detective	White male	White male, 58 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jhonnier Salazar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014

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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.