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Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons
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
263
Complaints
266
Allegations
291
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Delman | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
| Liam Ohara | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2013 |
| Michele Carrieri | Police Officer | White female | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
| Miles Holman | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
| Andrew Ho | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
| Patrick Thompson | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2013 |
| Joseph Spina | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2013 |
| Marlaine Cleveland | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2013 |
| Daniel Castaldo | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
| Justin Jamison | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
| Sean Mcdonnell | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
| Alejandro Rivas | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available female, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
| Alejandro Rivas | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 52 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
| Neil Odonnell | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 50 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
| Seth Lynch | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
| Richard Oneill | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
| Edward Ahearne | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
| Doreyda Munoz | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 35 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
| Charles Buglione | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
| Anthony Cimmino | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
| Gregory Abrahams | Sergeant | Black male | Other Race female, 39 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
| Richard Ernyey | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
| Elvis Duran | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
| Francisco Adames | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
| Danny Williams | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male, 60 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2014 |
| Lisa Bonsignore | Police Officer | White female | Black male, 40 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2014 |
| Clifford Louis | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
| Tonica Corlette | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
| Edwin Ching | Sergeant | Asian male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
| Gregory Kennedy | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
| Eumir Ferrer | Police Officer | Asian male | Black female, 39 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
| Numael Amador | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| Philip Tsang | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Daniel Kern | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Natasha Purrier | Police Officer | Black female | Other Race male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Angela Polancobrito | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Ernesto Crisostomo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Fernando Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Pawel Dabrowski | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Ian Gallagher | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Jonathan Mckiski | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| James Slavin | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| Robert Marshall | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 65 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| William Morris | Police Officer | White male | Unknown female, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Michael Vento | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Michael Paulik | Police Officer | White male | White female, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Jordan Lomba | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Brandon Gembecki | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Carlos Serrano | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Matthew Palmieri | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| Jenny Zurica | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Chris Aybar | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Michael Rios | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 55 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2016 |
| Luis Machado | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| Matthew Brustad | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 55 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Omar Habib | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Craig Roach | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Michael Ashford | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Ronald Humphrey | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| William Froehlich | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| James Franklin | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| William Taylor | Deputy Inspector | White male | Black female, 39 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Daniel Callinan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 56 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Stephan Carr | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Ricky Smalls | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Tarakur Chowdhury | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Joseph Hartnett | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 56 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Lawrence Bosch | Sergeant | White male | White male, 49 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Arthur Golfphin | Police Officer | Black male | Other Race male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Kevon Husband | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| David Gordon | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Ahmed Abdalla | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Brian Mcginn | Inspector | White male | White male, 49 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Hassan Gheith | Police Officer | White male | White male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| John Diaz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Nairobi Grayson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Raymond Russo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Gesner Charles | Sergeant | Black male | Unknown male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| George Taylor | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Leon Batson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| David Bleck | Police Officer | White male | White male, 75 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Christian Salazar | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 55 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Erica Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic female | White male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
| Thomas Dicamillo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Fazle Tanim | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Meglis Grullon | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Tyrone Seely | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Juan Hernandez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | White male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
| Meglis Grullon | Police Officer | Hispanic female | White male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Meglis Grullon | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Wesley Campbell | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 59 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
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.