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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitwane Lewis | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jack Dagnese | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Anthony Contessa | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Nikolaos Stefopoulos | Sergeant | White male | Other Race female, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Nikolaos Stefopoulos | Sergeant | White male | White male, 61 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| David Poggioli | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Pedro Vallecillo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Kevin Morgan | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jack Dagnese | Police Officer | White male | White male, 73 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jean Prinston | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Alexander Lopez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Mayko Matos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Anthony Bomparola | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Cesar Reyes | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jeffrey Adaszewski | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Philip Smith | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Matthew Moschetto | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Pedro Vallecillo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Elmer Pastran | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Mordecai Austrie | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Stephanie Mazza | Police Officer | White female | Not available male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Kimm Cruse | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Bryan Scheblein | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Steve Lafortune | Detective | Black male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Bryan Scheblein | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Nikolaos Stefopoulos | Sergeant | White male | White male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Keenen Adamsedwards | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Edmundo Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Brian Alexander | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Jonathan Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Nikolaos Stefopoulos | Sergeant | White male | White male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Robert Lenihan | Police Officer | White male | White female, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Joseph Signorile | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Edward Mcbride | Detective | White male | Asian male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Brian Holshek | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Kevin Maloney | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Daniel Guida | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Michael Ustick | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Robert Lenihan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Jerry Wolvers | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Justin Simms | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Kevin Martin | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Daniel Mahoney | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Edward Salthouse | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Domenick Lagomarsine | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Jason Sanders | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Daniel Mahoney | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Scott Hamburger | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Michael Smith | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Michael Smith | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 61 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Matthew Lambert | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Terrance Lloyd | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 58 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Wilson Verdesoto | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Coty Green | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 15 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Julio Meyreles | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Randy Sanchez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 65 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Julio Meyreles | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Matthew Cahill | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Matthew Cahill | Sergeant | White male | Black male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Shibu Madhu | Sergeant | Asian male | Black female, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Vito Poliseno | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Miguel Frias | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Daniel Mahoney | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Felix Baez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Michael Lunetta | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Michael Carrieri | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Jolan Lewis | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male, 12 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Derrick Kreckmann | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 14 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Darrien King | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| George Allen | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Farid Aliyev | Sergeant | White male | White male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Timothy Finn | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| James Seder | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Michael Friedman | Detective | White male | Black male, 14 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| John Parente | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Yilson Melendez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Ramon Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Yahkeem White | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Matthew Demaio | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Nelson Figueroa | Detective | Hispanic male | Refused female, 28 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Elvis Duran | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Christophe Wintermute | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Darrell Lowe | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| John Parente | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 51 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Daniel Callinan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 54 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Andres Libreros | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| George Taylor | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 15 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Daniel Callinan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 56 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Matthew Hart | Police Officer | White male | White male, 79 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2016 |
| Eric Stovall | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Brian Raghoenathsingh | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Thomas Smith | Captain | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Christophe Schlitt | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 15 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Juan Candelario | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Carlos Pimentel | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Teddy Duroc | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| John Parente | Sergeant | White male | Black male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Carlos Pimentel | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2016 |
| Matthew Demaio | Police Officer | White male | White male, 55 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Joseph Franco | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
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.