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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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Abuse of Authority: Search Of Premises
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
129
Complaints
136
Allegations
159
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 |
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Steven Acevedo | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Steven Acevedo | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Francesco Allevato | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Thomas Alps | Deputy Inspector | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Andrew Alvarado | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Andrew Alvarado | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
Alexandru Anghel | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Alexandru Anghel | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Alexandru Anghel | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Alexandru Anghel | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Rudy Anzalone | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Rudy Anzalone | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Robert Arnold | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Charles Arnone | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Nelson Ayala | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Angel Badillo | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Nicholas Bekas | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Alexander Bobo | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Franklin Bohr | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Joel Bolivar | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Kimberley Bove | Sergeant | White female | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
Damion Brown | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
William Buchanan | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
James Burke | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
James Burke | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Frank Burns | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Robert Carbone | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Vicente Cardenas | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
Jay Castillo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
Oliver Castillo | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Matthew Caulfield | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
Charles Cavallaro | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
Charles Cavallaro | Sergeant | White male | White male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Beatriz Ceballos | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Robert Chan | Sergeant | Asian male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
Alan Chau | Sergeant | Asian male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Alan Chau | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 47 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Alan Chau | Sergeant | Asian male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Alan Chau | Sergeant | Asian male | Black female, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Alan Chau | Sergeant | Asian male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
David Cheesewright | Sergeant | Asian male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
David Cheesewright | Sergeant | Asian male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Jose Cintron | Detective | Hispanic male | Asian male, 64 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Leonard Clarke | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Brian Clements | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Francis Conejo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Carlos Corporan | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
Michael Cozier | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 47 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Michael Cozier | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
Jamal Cumberbatch | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
Joseph Dalbero | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Diego Dejesus | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Adriano Deleon | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Christophe Derco | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
William Diab | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Paul Dieugenia | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 61 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
Brian Doherty | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Brian Doherty | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Starlin Dominguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Robert Dominicci | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 61 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
Brian Donoghue | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Brian Donoghue | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Patrick Dooley | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Patrick Dooley | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Tyler Dowen | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
Michael Dunn | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic female, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Stephen Dunne | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Lashonda Dyce | Captain | Black female | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Derek Epstein | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 47 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
Andrew Fago | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Michael Fratangelo | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
Dmaine Freeland | Detective | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Christophe Furegno | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Thomas Gagliardi | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Thomas Gagliardi | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Paul Gaglio | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Michael Gonzalez | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
David Grieco | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
David Grieco | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 65 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Thomas Gugliucci | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
Thomas Guy | Detective | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
Jason Guzman | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Michael Hansson | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Christophe Healy | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Eric Healy | Detective | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Christophe Healy | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Patrick Hennessy | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Carlos Herrera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Forrest Hirsch | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Lawrence Hotaling | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Lawrence Hotaling | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Robert Humann | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Michael Iannuzzi | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
Albert Jackson | Detective | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Demetrios Kekatos | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Daniel Kern | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Aleksandr Kovalenko | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Michael Landi | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Piero Lasaponara | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Edwin Lau | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
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.