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
Paul Scocca Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2010
Trent Narra Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Patrick Cain Sergeant White male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2010
Matthew Fried Detective White male Hispanic male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Matthew Fried Detective White male Refused male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Sandy Polanco Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 32 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2009
Robert Nugent Sergeant White male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
David Cussen Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Barbara Fischer Sergeant White female Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Anthony Ronda Lieutenant Hispanic male Black female, 29 years old Exonerated 2009
Phillip Atkins Detective Black male Black male, 53 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Angel Colon Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Alexander Bobo Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Gary Calhoun Sergeant White male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Peter Borukhov Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Kevin Mockel Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Daniel Ludemann Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Eric Miller Police Officer Black male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Dean Campbell Police Officer Black male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Robert Simms Detective Black male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Sharif Portee Police Officer Black male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Charles Awani Police Officer Black male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Michael Ernst Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Steven Degree Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Christian Rojas Police Officer Hispanic male Black male Unsubstantiated 2009
Jason Harris Lieutenant White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
James Mccullough Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Exonerated 2009
Joseph Parchen Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 59 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Stephen Berardi Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 21 years old Exonerated 2009
Charles Awani Police Officer Black male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2009
Matthew Fried Police Officer White male White male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Clifford Louis Sergeant Black male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Gilbert Barkman Sergeant White male Other Race male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Frank Galati Detective White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Mackenson Nelson Police Officer Black male Black male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Frank Desiderato Police Officer White male White male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Wesley Fradera Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 62 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Jason Cira Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Clifford Louis Sergeant Black male Unknown male, 18 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Sean Mchugh Sergeant White male Black male, 44 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Hemadeh Fattah Police Officer White male Black male, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Neil Casey Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Neil Casey Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Daniel Sbarra Sergeant White male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Waziri Rumala Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Jarrett Dill Police Officer Black male Black male, 35 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Anthony Proscia Police Officer White male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Waziri Rumala Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Jorge Torres Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Davis Santiago Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 10 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2009
Kirk Boone Police Officer Black male Not available Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Joshua Konen Police Officer White male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
James White Detective White male Black male, 50 years old Exonerated 2009
Eric Konoski Sergeant White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Christophe Reilly Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Johanna Eskerete Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Kevin Whelan Sergeant White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Carlos Matos Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 60 years old Exonerated 2009
Trevor Baronette Detective Black male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Frank Monge Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Carlos Nieves Police Officer White male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Franky Joseph Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2009
Michael Boehm Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Frank Monge Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Pedro Jiminian Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2009
Craig Bier Sergeant White male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2009
Kristopher Martin Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Joshua Faranda Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Irie Humphrey Detective Black male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Donnell Powell Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Keith Weber Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Rafael Montanez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Terrence Blumenberg Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2009
Stephen Schoefer Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Burt Antoine Police Officer Black male Black male, 47 years old Exonerated 2009
Ching Nieh Detective Hispanic male White male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Christophe Derco Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Kevin Casey Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Ronnie Morales Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Stephanie Cepeda Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 12 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Bruce Ceparano Sergeant White male Black male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Jeffrey Scalf Police Officer White male Black male, 38 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2009
Jason Sharp Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Jennifer Laskykuehn Police Officer White female White male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Alvin Gomez Lieutenant Hispanic male Black male, 38 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2009
Taiwo Adeleke Police Officer Black female Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Derrick Boyd Police Officer Black male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Miguel Sanchez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Evangelos Galatas Police Officer White male White male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Victor Reyes Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Daniel Barreto Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Natasha Friday Sergeant Black female White male, 28 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2009
Joseph Wernersbach Police Officer White male Other Race male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Amaury Soriano Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Kyle Stanley Police Officer White male Black male, 65 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Dominick Bizzarro Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Kevin Deleon Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
David Demelia Detective White male Unknown male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Richard Vetrano Sergeant White male White male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Jose Santory Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
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.
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