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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
Mercedes Conejo	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Orlando Sanchez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Refused male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Hipolito Duran	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 56 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Okera Morrison	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
David Harris	Police Officer	White male	White female, 62 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jorge Sanabria	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Sean Claxton	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Elizabeth Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2015
Mike Civil	Detective	Black male	White male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Johana Rios	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Joseph Bonner	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Sophia Rodriguez	Police Officer	Black female	Black female, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Carlos Nieves	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Jack Dagnese	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Richard Ernyey	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Charles Stewart	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Domenick Lagomarsine	Police Officer	White male	American Indian male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Michael Ardolino	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Robert Smith	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Mark Sinatra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 58 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Thomas Napolitano	Detective	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jose Deschamps	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Colin Caesar	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Brian Benvenuto	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Juan Moreno	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Julia Nazim	Police Officer	White female	Other Race male, 58 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Scott Zeitler	Police Officer	White male	White male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Hugh Herbert	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Todd Hansen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Jose Santory	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Keith Chatterton	Police Officer	White male	White male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Numael Amador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Michael Cappellano	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Yaris Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Jesus Capo	Detective	Hispanic male	Black female, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Brian Alexander	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Evangelos Galatas	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
James Campbell	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Robert Schierenbeck	Detective	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Joseph Mcevoy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Edwin Estrada	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Ronald Robinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jose Tabora	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Dana Ladson	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Thomas Marksberry	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Anthony Donato	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Gabriel Baaith	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Anthony Gulotta	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Barbara Miguel	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Wilmar Mejia	Detective	Hispanic male	White male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jonathan Hom	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Allan Taeza	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Diana Pichardo	Sergeant	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Timothy Terrillion	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Matthew Escudero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Sheena Lawrence	Police Officer	Black female	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Derek Webber	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Richard Gili	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Cory Smith	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Cory Smith	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Anderson Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Juan Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Marlon Sanchez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Kevin Mccaffrey	Police Officer	White male	White male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Johnathan Smith	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Mark Sinatra	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Alexi Serpani	Sergeant	White male	White male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Frank Jurs	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Mark Sinatra	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 53 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Rajesh Lalwani	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Anis Nikocevic	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Joseph Padula	Sergeant	White male	White male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Terrence Howard	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Dennis Westbrook	Police Officer	Black male	Refused male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Daniel Dallemand	Sergeant	Black male	Unknown male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Angela Polancobrito	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Daniel Dallemand	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Eric Francis	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Henry Daverin	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Yahkeem White	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Scott Rizzo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Mark Sinatra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Hector Vargas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Refused male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
James Dick	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
James White	Detective	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jean Francisco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Louis Villegas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Anthony Russo	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Timothy Brovakos	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Daniel Marussich	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Eddie Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
James Burke	Police Officer	White male	Refused male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
James Burpoe	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Timothy Brovakos	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Daniel Pelan	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Gregory Long	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Salvatore Tevere	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015

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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.