Abuse of Authority: SEARCH (OF PERSON) - The NYPD Files

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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
Patrick Smith	Police Officer	American Indian male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2005
John Rajan	Sergeant	Asian male	Hispanic male, 65 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
John Rajan	Sergeant	Asian male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Andrew Ho	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Andrew Ho	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 60 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
John Donovan	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2005
Malcolm Liu	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2008
Karanlall Brijbukhan	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Je Chai	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Peter Ahn	Sergeant	Asian male	Asian female, 63 years old	Exonerated	2017
James Donovan	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Philip Tsang	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2015
Kwang Choi	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Stephen Lalchan	Detective	Asian male	Asian male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Shibu Madhu	Sergeant	Asian male	Black female, 23 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2016
Eric Pena	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Daniel Song	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Michael Furrs	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Ronald Remo	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Canisius Xavier	Police Officer	Asian male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2011
Raymond Ip	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male	Unsubstantiated	2007
Tony Ip	Police Officer	Asian male	Unknown male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
Yoosup Shim	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Lauren Au	Police Officer	Asian female	White male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
David Paray	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Philip Tsang	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Ahsan Zafar	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Daniel Song	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Brian Raghoenathsingh	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Timothy Finn	Police Officer	Asian male	Asian male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Karanlall Brijbukhan	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Harjit Singh	Sergeant	Asian male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Eric Pena	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Junaid Saeed	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2019
Anil Jacob	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male	Exonerated	2009
George Huang	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Ahsan Zafar	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Furrs	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2013
Andrew Ho	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Waliur Rahman	Detective	Asian male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Shuzhen Wong	Police Officer	Asian female	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Raymond Abear	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
James Donovan	Detective	Asian male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2015
Daniel Mcilrath	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Ahsan Zafar	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Thomas Varghese	Police Officer	Asian male	Unknown male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Jonathan Hom	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Edwin Lau	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2017
Lauren Au	Police Officer	Asian female	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Simon Rashid	Police Officer	Asian male	Refused male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Satinderpa Singh	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Sajit Tomy	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Mukhlesur Rahman	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Ronald Remo	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Newton Hun	Police Officer	Asian male	White female, 58 years old	Exonerated	2017
Karanlall Brijbukhan	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Ahsan Zafar	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Samuel Hui	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2019
Edwin Lau	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2017
Brian Raghoenathsingh	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Junaid Saeed	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male	Exonerated	2019
Junaid Saeed	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2019
Donald Lee	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
John Rajan	Sergeant	Asian male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Jermaine Scott	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 12 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Dalsh Veve	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jermaine Scott	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 12 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Christophe Mcdonald	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Charles Awani	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Terrell Anderson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Duane Atkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Sean Mitchell	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Christophe Mcdonald	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Richard Tarver	Police Officer	Black male	Black male	Substantiated (Instructions)	2010
Christophe Mcdonald	Police Officer	Black male	Not available not described	Unsubstantiated	2017
Charles Awani	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Terrell Anderson	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Duane Atkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Dewan Campbell	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Deangelo Jones	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 58 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Anthony Wright	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
James Holder	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Christophe Mcdonald	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
James Holder	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Anthony Wright	Detective	Black male	White male, 62 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Kitwane Lewis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Steve Higgins	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Abiola Errico	Police Officer	Black female	Hispanic female, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Kaz Daughtry	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2008
Christophe Mcdonald	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
Shacole Odell	Police Officer	Black female	Other Race male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2012
Duane Atkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Francis Bryant	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Frantz Souffrant	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Sharif Portee	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Franky Joseph	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Frantz Souffrant	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Shamika Thomas	Police Officer	Black female	American Indian female, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Teddy Duroc	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Franky Joseph	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 55 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012

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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.