Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers

This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date. For more recent information, visit the city's database of civilian complaints against the NYPD.

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
Mack Lipinski Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Thomas Woods Detective White male Black male, 45 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Thomas Casey Sergeant White male Black male, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Rolando Carbonell Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Jamaal Miller Police Officer Black male Black male, 45 years old Exonerated 2007
Carlos Marchena Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Christophe Greiner Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2007
Claudio Ramirez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2007
Jorge Rodriguez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Angelo Cuozzo Detective White male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Angelo Cuozzo Detective White male Black male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Concepcion Robles Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 20 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
James Lukeson Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Michael Bellagamba Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Ronald Hobson Police Officer Black male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Andre Arias Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 42 years old Exonerated 2007
Adan Munoz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2007
Michael Ernst Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2007
Vincent Calderone Police Officer White male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Jason Deonarinesingh Police Officer Black male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Karanlall Brijbukhan Police Officer Asian male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Michael Perez Police Officer Hispanic male Not available Unsubstantiated 2007
Anthony Romero Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Justin Cracchiola Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
James Williams Detective White male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Pedro Rios Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Robert Dress Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2007
Mourad Mourad Police Officer Black male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Richard Debraux Detective Black male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Herminio Baez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Jeremiah Williams Police Officer Black male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Jeremiah Williams Police Officer Black male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Damon Martin Sergeant Black male Black male, 18 years old Exonerated 2007
Damon Martin Sergeant Black male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Nicole Gondry Police Officer White female Black male, 12 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Joseph Brunetti Police Officer White male Black male Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2007
William Larkin Police Officer White male White male, 58 years old Exonerated 2007
Peter Borukhov Police Officer White male White male, 48 years old Exonerated 2007
Kenneth Dwyer Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
David Cowan Detective White male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2007
William Glynn Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Jaime Pedraza Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2007
George Huang Police Officer Asian male Hispanic male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
William Butler Police Officer White male Black male, 40 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2007
Jeannette Rivera Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 31 years old Exonerated 2007
Jeannette Rivera Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Jeannette Rivera Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Steven Finley Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Flavio Rodriguez Sergeant Hispanic male Black female, 8 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Mike Civil Police Officer Black male White male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
William Buchanan Sergeant White male Black female, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Gregory Pekera Sergeant White male White male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Matthew Fried Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Robert Cruz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2007
Frank Jurs Police Officer White male Other Race male, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Shawn Gallagher Police Officer White male American Indian male, 21 years old Exonerated 2007
Raymond Ip Police Officer Asian male Hispanic male Unsubstantiated 2007
Vaughan Ettienne Police Officer Black male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Joseph Matzinger Sergeant White male White male, 35 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Shaquan Harvin Police Officer Black male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Angel Delgado Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Christophe Jones Sergeant Black male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2007
Wilson Quiles Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Adam Seidenberg Detective White male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2007
Paul Brauer Police Officer White male White male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Michael Burke Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Patrick Cortright Lieutenant White male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Brian Stassi Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Brian Nyhus Sergeant White male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Vito Nicoletta Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2007
Michael Dunphy Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 45 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
James Delumen Detective White male Hispanic male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Ricardo Bocachica Detective Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Ricardo Bocachica Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
James Slavin Police Officer White male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Paul Marconi Police Officer White male White male, 31 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Patrick Sullivan Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Patrick Sullivan Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Richard Pignatelli Sergeant White male Black male, 14 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Richard Lavelle Police Officer White male Black male, 49 years old Exonerated 2007
Michael Eschmann Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Angela Morris Sergeant Black female Black female Unsubstantiated 2007
Robert Krohley Sergeant White male White female, 23 years old Exonerated 2007
Miroslav Maric Police Officer White male Black male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Willie Artiles Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Kishon Hickman Sergeant Black male White male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Robin Crucey Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 63 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Dustin Edwards Police Officer Black male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Christophe Wit Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Exonerated 2007
Jennifer Lavelle Police Officer White female Black female, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Miguel Marte Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2007
Emilio Aponte Police Officer Black male Black male Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Felix Gross Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Felix Gross Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Michael Cronin Sergeant White male Black female, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Michael Cronin Sergeant White male Black female, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Frank Lupo Police Officer White male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Terrell Anderson Police Officer Black male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
David Creely Police Officer White male Unknown male, 12 years old Exonerated 2007
Alberto Angilletta Detective White male White male, 58 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
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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