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
Eric Francis	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Gustavo Medina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Robert Simms	Detective	Black male	White male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Roberson Tunis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Stephen Berardi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Carlos Velez	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Carlos Velez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2008
Paul Prendergast	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Arsenio Camilo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Marc Klausner	Sergeant	White male	White male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Milly Matos	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Damon Martin	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Joseph Peragallo	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Florencio Arquer	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Florencio Arquer	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Juan Ortiz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2008
Michael Burbridge	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Anthony Proscia	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Anthony Proscia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Pedro Rios	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Patrick Kennedy	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Anthony Desposito	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Adan Munoz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Louis Bertuccio	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Joseph Metsopulos	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Joey Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2008
Mack Lipinski	Police Officer	White male	White male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Frederic Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male	Exonerated	2008
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2008
Terence Curran	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 42 years old	Exonerated	2008
Felix Delcarpio	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Felix Delcarpio	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2008
Kenneth Vencak	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jamie Blandeburgo	Police Officer	White female	White female, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Hairo Franco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Adam Katrincic	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Heriberto Sifonte	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Joseph Scialabba	Detective	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Charles Brown	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Johnny Lawrence	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2008
Ricardo Lewis	Police Officer	Black male	White female, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Joshua Konen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Wayman Manning	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Gerard Delprete	Detective	White male	Other Race male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Frank Altieri	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male	Exonerated	2008
Brian Clements	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2008
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 35 years old	Exonerated	2008
Michaelang Hidalgo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 61 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michael Pellegrin	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Michael Pellegrin	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Dino Tamayo	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jorge Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
James Donovan	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Corey Gresko	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2008
Noel Gutierrez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Eric Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Lynn Ruger	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Richard Thompson	Detective	White male	Other Race male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2008
Radoslaw Terepka	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2008
Gabriel Cuevas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Shapiro Lecorps	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Orlando Colon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2008
Charles Awani	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Charles Awani	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jason Forgione	Detective	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Kaz Daughtry	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2008
Gary Messina	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Miguel Iglesias	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Luke Denesopolis	Sergeant	White male	White male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Juan Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Juan Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Zoilo Encarnacion	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Barbara Fischer	Sergeant	White female	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jay Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2008
Christophe Siani	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Christophe Siani	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Bryan Zuccaro	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2008
Radoslaw Terepka	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Kyle Stanley	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Robert Oswald	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jason Cira	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Keith Knight	Detective	Black male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Steven Gansrow	Detective	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Eric Reynolds	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Mathew Reich	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jalin Bulding	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Joseph Marquez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
William Taylor	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2007
William Taylor	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Vicnia Liz	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Unknown male	Exonerated	2007
Vicnia Liz	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Unknown male	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Richard Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Stephen Jones	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Je Chai	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Anthony Lee	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2007
Kristian Flood	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Frederic Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2007
Anthony Russo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Mack Lipinski	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Mack Lipinski	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007

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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.