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
Brian Holshek	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Charlie Harvell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Margaret Stanton	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 14 years old	Exonerated	2016
John Parente	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2016
Nelson Figueroa	Detective	Hispanic male	Refused female, 28 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
John Parente	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2016
Christophe Wintermute	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 50 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Ramon Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
John Parente	Sergeant	White male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael Smith	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 61 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2016
Steve Lafortune	Detective	Black male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Darrell Lowe	Police Officer	White male	Not available male	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Daniel Callinan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 54 years old	Exonerated	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
George Allen	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael Friedman	Detective	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Exonerated	2016
Mayko Matos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2016
Christophe Schlitt	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Jerry Wolvers	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Matthew Kuhl	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Thomas Smith	Captain	White male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2016
James Seder	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Eric Stovall	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 50 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Vicente Vivar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Joseph Franco	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Shibu Madhu	Sergeant	Asian male	Black female, 23 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2016
Kevin Morgan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Elijah Austin	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2016
Kevin Martin	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Brian Alexander	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Brian Volpi	Police Officer	White male	White female, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Vincent Agostino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2016
Tomasz Pulawski	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Keenen Adamsedwards	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jason Sanders	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Victor Rosario	Detective	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2016
Daniel Guida	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Wilson Verdesoto	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jason Levy	Detective	White male	White male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Matthew Hart	Police Officer	White male	White male, 79 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2016
Felix Baez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael Furrs	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Ahsan Zafar	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Terrance Lloyd	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 58 years old	Exonerated	2016
Scott Hamburger	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2016
Tanya Bucknor	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Tanya Bucknor	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Tanya Bucknor	Police Officer	Black female	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2016
Darnell Forrester	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael Mccarthy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Momen Attia	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Christophe Ogarro	Police Officer	Black male	Other Race female, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael Lunetta	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Jena Leocadio	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2016
Pablo Taveras	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Deangelo Jones	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 58 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Donald Kipp	Sergeant	White male	American Indian male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Juan Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2015
Michael Raso	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
John Mejia	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Jorge Monge	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Ricardo Cuenca	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Pablo Taveras	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Daniel Dallemand	Sergeant	Black male	Unknown male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Kenneth Sepulveda	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Angel Gonzalez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Daniel Song	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Cory Smith	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Cory Smith	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Richard Vargas	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2015
Willus Murray	Detective	Black male	Unknown male	Unsubstantiated	2015
Thomas Reo	Detective	White male	Refused male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2015
Paul Oconnor	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Juan Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Andre Figueiredo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jose Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Cory Smith	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2015
John Mcloughlin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Angel Gonzalez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Brandon Gembecki	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Ronald Robinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Jose Santory	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2015
Bryan Hagmaier	Police Officer	White male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Mack Lipinski	Detective	White male	Hispanic female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Julio Lasalle	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Mack Lipinski	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Bennett Shelley	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
William Beattie	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Jose Santory	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Glenda Wajer	Detective	Hispanic female	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Guy Gargano	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Matthew Lombardo	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Pawel Wala	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Ian Gallagher	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Carlos Velez	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Konrad Zakiewicz	Police Officer	White male	Not available male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Hector Justinico	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Nicholas Rios	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015

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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.