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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)
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
1,332
Complaints
1,708
Allegations
2,047
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Frias | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Daniel Mendez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Kevin Martin | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Michael Lunetta | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Jason Sanders | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Christophe Sanchez | Police Officer | White male | Not available male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Phawn Butler | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Daniel Guida | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Jolan Lewis | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male, 12 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Michael Mccarthy | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Darnell Forrester | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Charlie Harvell | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Jason Levy | Detective | White male | White male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Felix Baez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Daniel Maria | Police Officer | White male | Unknown female | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Victor Rosario | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Mayko Matos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Michael Dicecco | Sergeant | White male | White transwoman (mtf), 44 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| Brian Green | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Brian Volpi | Police Officer | White male | White female, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Vincent Agostino | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Ahsan Zafar | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Michael Ustick | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Brian Kovarik | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| Julio Meyreles | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Peter Guido | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Stephen Santoro | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Stephen Santoro | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Darren Sukennikoff | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Darren Sukennikoff | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Anthony Hyde | Police Officer | White male | Unknown female, 39 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Patrick Jean | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Michael Barbetto | Police Officer | White male | Unknown female, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Anderson Ortiz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Ariel Eusebio | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Ariel Eusebio | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Ariel Eusebio | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Kevin Maloney | Lieutenant | White male | Refused male, 46 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Bryan Scheblein | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Nikolaos Stefopoulos | Sergeant | White male | White male, 61 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Nikolaos Stefopoulos | Sergeant | White male | Other Race female, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Anthony Contessa | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Nikolaos Stefopoulos | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Joseph Campbell | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Joseph Campbell | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Daniel Nunez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Daniel Nunez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Tony Ip | Police Officer | Asian male | Unknown male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Christophe Mcdonald | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Christophe Mcdonald | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Christophe Mcdonald | Police Officer | Black male | Not available not described | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Christophe Mcdonald | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Connor Walsh | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Andre Morris | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Louis Villegas | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Louis Villegas | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Michael Gonzalez | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Daniel Guida | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Kevin Morgan | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jean Prinston | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Malik Mccloud | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Alexander Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 53 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| David Poggioli | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| David Poggioli | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| David Poggioli | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| David Poggioli | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| William Froehlich | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Andrew Logatto | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Alexander Lopez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Peter Ahn | Sergeant | Asian male | Asian female, 63 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Kitwane Lewis | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Henry Daverin | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Francine Delvalle | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Steve Crozier | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Alex Cruz | Detective | Hispanic male | White male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Christophe Aylward | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Newton Hun | Police Officer | Asian male | White female, 58 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jermaine Scott | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 12 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jermaine Scott | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 12 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Brian Nelson | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Brian Nelson | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jose Rendon | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Elmer Pastran | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Stephanie Mazza | Police Officer | White female | Not available male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Matthew Shaw | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Matthew Shaw | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Matthew Shaw | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Aldo Yubini | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Aldo Yubini | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Peter Besse | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 14 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Matthew Moschetto | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Stephen Lalchan | Detective | Asian male | Asian male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Duane Percy | Detective | Black male | Black female, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Juan Castillo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Charles Senat | Sergeant | Black male | Refused not described, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Tyler Ryan | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Pedro Vallecillo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Pedro Vallecillo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| William Palmer | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jose Caban | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
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.