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Abuse of Authority: Stop

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

1,473

Complaints

1,701

Allegations

2,300

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
Jared Fox	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Greg Vallerugo	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Martin Toczek	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Scott Berger	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Steven Glassman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Exonerated	2011
Lawrence Perrotta	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2011
Michael Smith	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Francis Clough	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2011
Steven Green	Captain	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Brian Mahon	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Philip Rivera	Captain	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
Gary Calhoun	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Exonerated	2011
Albert Aronov	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2011
Roberto Suarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Frank Muirhead	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Erica Lloyd	Sergeant	Black female	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
David Grieco	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Exonerated	2011
Kevin Levenstein	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Martin Costello	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Justin Farren	Sergeant	White male	White male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Frank Dichristina	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Frank Kish	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Yevgeniy Deyko	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2011
Daniel Callinan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Rashied Mcintyre	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Jamar Goddard	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Francis Clough	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Thomas Fusco	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Exonerated	2011
Timothy Rizzo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Adnan Radoncic	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2011
Christophe Siani	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Christophe Esposito	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Christophe Mcgee	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
James Williams	Detective	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Robert Henderson	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2011
Joseph Mcevoy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Vincenzo Dimartino	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Anthony Ronda	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black female, 27 years old	Exonerated	2011
Joseph Muller	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 56 years old	Exonerated	2011
Duane Atkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 56 years old	Exonerated	2011
Brian Garay	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Adam Acosta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Anthony Ronda	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 63 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Kevin Martin	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Kevin Martin	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Joseph Bermudez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2011
Mack Lipinski	Detective	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Darrin Smalls	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2011
Steven Abrahamsen	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Michael Edmonds	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Anthony Ronda	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 63 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Joe Green	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 61 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Carlos Lewis	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Chad Mack	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2011
Michael Pellegrin	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Marlon Bethel	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Yuriy Akopov	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Andrew Kamna	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Kevin Cunningham	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 62 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Henry Lopez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Eric Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Adam Acosta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Felix Arana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2011
David Leonardi	Detective	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Bryan Pocalyko	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Henry Adames	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2011
Christophe Vaccaro	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Henry Adames	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2011
Eric Beckel	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Mourad Mourad	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Yuseff Hamm	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Vitaliy Zelikov	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Vitaliy Zelikov	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jacobo Garay	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
Carlos Viera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2011
Gregory Lomangino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Florencio Arquer	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2012
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Yesenia Velazquez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2012
Donald Alexandre	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
David Afanador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Luis Claudio	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2012
Hemadeh Fattah	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Sergio Delamota	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Stephen Sheppard	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2012
Mourad Arslanbeck	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2012
Joseph Spalding	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2012
Ryan Foy	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 51 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2012
Roman Goris	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Philip Vaccarino	Police Officer	White male	White male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Anthony Kotarski	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Florencio Arquer	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Jelson Goyco	Detective	Hispanic male	Black female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Katrina Forrester	Police Officer	Black female	Black female, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Daniel Castronova	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 69 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2012
Erick Flores	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Michael Whiteman	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Anzor Kurashvili	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012

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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.