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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
Charles Awani	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Carlos Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 49 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Sean Mchugh	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Franky Joseph	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
William Glynn	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
James Mccullough	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jason Korpolinski	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Richard Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
James Delumen	Detective	White male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Edward Barry	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Eric Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Matthew Francis	Detective	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Daniel Barreto	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Darnell Jones	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jose Rodriguez	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Victor Rosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Alfredo Brewster	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Edward Reardon	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael Pitkewicz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Thomas Decker	Detective	White male	White male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Wesley Fradera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Milly Matos	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Erik Nelson	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jaysen Basnight	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jennifer Lavelle	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Thomas Cozart	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Damion Brown	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Beckett	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Joseph Metsopulos	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Stephen Jones	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Leonardo Deoliveira	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Gabriel Baaith	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Esposito	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2010
Michael Nocerino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Paul Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Steven Glassman	Police Officer	White male	White male, 67 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
John Tancredi	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Angela Polancobrito	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Rafael Perdomo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jorge Tavarez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jason Vasquez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Ezequiel Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown female, 41 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2010
Jeffrey Fitterman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Damon Martin	Sergeant	Black male	Black female, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Joel Gomez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Glenn Ziminski	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	White male	White male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Gustavo Medina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Charlie Little	Police Officer	Black male	Other Race male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Patrick Cain	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Ruben Alvarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Dion Edwards	Detective	Black male	Hispanic female, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Victor Charles	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jose Genao	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Elijah Austin	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Joseph Seminara	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2010
Angel Gonzalez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Devin Long	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Roberson Tunis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Orlando Colon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Derco	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Nathaniel Anthony	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 58 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Trevor Baronette	Detective	Black male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Brendan Egan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Carlos Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jonathan Leon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Ronald Perez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Darren Melhado	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Fredy Cruz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jared Tepperman	Detective	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Lahmar Sanders	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Andrew Valenzano	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Dennis Friendly	Detective	Black male	Black male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Derek Epstein	Police Officer	White male	White male, 61 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Kenneth Vencak	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Kenneth Vencak	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Kevin Murphy	Detective	White male	Black female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
James Picicci	Detective	White male	Black female, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Justin Simms	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Blase Mucciariello	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Christophe Mcgee	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Daniel Barreto	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Robert Bracero	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 57 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Denise Moroney	Police Officer	White female	Hispanic female, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Joseph Peragallo	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Terrell Anderson	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Kevin Cox	Police Officer	Black male	White female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Malcolm Liu	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
John Bastedenbeck	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Leandro Castro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Brian Ilund	Detective	White male	Black female, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Juan Moreno	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jelson Goyco	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Kenneth Metten	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Christophe Hebert	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Carlos Fabara	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
John Ryan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Darren Melhado	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Joseph Weldon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011

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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.