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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
Christophe Dede	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Michael Ardolino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
David Nisthaus	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Joseph Redmond	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Joseph Redmond	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Joseph Redmond	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Eugene Choi	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Mark Sinatra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Mark Sinatra	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 53 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Adrian Duran	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2018
Maribel Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Rajesh Lalwani	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Frank Jurs	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Maribel Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Eric Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Anson Lancaster	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Matthew Fried	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
David Mercado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Patrick Cain	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Matthew Granahan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Trent Narra	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Robert Schierenbeck	Detective	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Brian Benvenuto	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Michael Markle	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	1999
Gregory Lomangino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Lorraine Bowden	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Donald Climaco	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 88 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Ronald Bolte	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Andrew Hatki	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Eric Francis	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Joseph Lessard	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Gustavo Medina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Gustavo Medina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Ivelisse Rodriguez	Detective	Hispanic female	Black male, 50 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Franky Joseph	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Eric Single	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Nicholas Ventimiglia	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Dawud Danielbey	Sergeant	Black male	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Sean Mchugh	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
John Mcloughlin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Glenn Ziminski	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael Dicecco	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 70 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Cory Smith	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Zoilo Encarnacion	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Cory Smith	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Andy Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Frank Sarrica	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Richard Young	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Konrad Zakiewicz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Daniel Beddows	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Luis Pena	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Robert Locher	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Barbara Fischer	Sergeant	White female	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Kenneth Dwyer	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Wilding Aguasanta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Theresa Callahan	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 37 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Kieran Creighton	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Katie Cozetti	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 37 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Karanlall Brijbukhan	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Karl Richards	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Aaron Lohman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
David Leonardi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 62 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
John Peppard	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Jennifer Laskykuehn	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jose Caban	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 68 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Jose Caban	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Daniel Mufaddi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Mark Ward	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
William Glynn	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Kevin Matthews	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Jonathan Hom	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Tanya Bucknor	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Robinson Mercado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2002
Jose Vasquezmiranda	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Justin Caballero	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Scott Rizzo	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Brett Allen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Shane Killilea	Detective	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
James Mazzola	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Brian Christen	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 64 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Matthew Medina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Anthony Gulotta	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jennifer Marinello	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Eduardo Vite	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Daniel Mcgovern	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2013
Anthony Lafemina	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Sean Mchugh	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Miguel Sanchez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Eleodoro Mata	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Robert Smith	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
James Mccullough	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Ralph Cilento	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 75 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Patrick Cahill	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2016
Frank Palumbo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Marlaine Cleveland	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
John Tancredi	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 60 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Byran Pitts	Detective	Black male	Black male, 61 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Samantha Cabrera	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 64 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Ramon Portillo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
James Mccullough	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009

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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.