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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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: 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
Kevin Devine Sergeant White male Black male, 47 years old Exonerated 2014
Christina Romero Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 49 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Michael Scally Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Diego Marin Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 12 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Arsenio Camilo Lieutenant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Thomas Reo Detective White male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Thomas Reo Detective White male Not available Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Daryl Melhado Sergeant Black male Black female, 56 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Daryl Melhado Sergeant Black male White female, 44 years old Exonerated 2014
Charles Arnone Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2014
William Reddin Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Carlos Lozada Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Ray Dutton Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Jorge Tricoche Detective Hispanic male Not available male, 25 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Joseph Marquez Detective Hispanic male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2014
Rashan Lacoste Detective Black male Black female, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Sean Walsh Sergeant White male White male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Robert Deferrari Police Officer White male Black male, 46 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Rashan Lacoste Detective Black male Not available male, 25 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Ahsan Zafar Police Officer Asian male Hispanic male, 21 years old Exonerated 2014
Robert Simms Detective Black male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Stephen Loffredo Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Larry Dunn Detective Black male Hispanic male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Michael Butler Police Officer White male Black male, 54 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Christophe Ward Sergeant White male Black male, 46 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Christophe Ward Sergeant White male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Dennis Westbrook Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Thomas Woods Detective White male Hispanic male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Nikolaos Stefopoulos Detective White male White male, 25 years old Exonerated 2014
Jaysen Basnight Police Officer Black male Black male, 39 years old Exonerated 2014
Scott Blennau Sergeant White male Black male, 60 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Alejandro Valderrama Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Edgar Gonzalez Police Officer Hispanic male Other Race male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Nikolaos Stefopoulos Detective White male White male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jhonnier Salazar Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 37 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Keith Beddows Sergeant White male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jhonnier Salazar Police Officer Hispanic male White female, 44 years old Exonerated 2014
Eddy Soriano Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 54 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
David Leonardi Sergeant White male Black male, 62 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Peter Besse Police Officer White male Asian female, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Mohamadyah Patwekar Sergeant Asian male Black male, 12 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Kamil Pac Police Officer White male Black male, 61 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Miguel Marte Sergeant Hispanic male Black male Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Jason Deonarinesingh Sergeant Black male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Juan Hernandez Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 32 years old Exonerated 2014
Adan Munoz Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Fredy Cruz Sergeant Hispanic male Not available female, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Mobeen Yasin Police Officer Asian male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Aaron Edwards Sergeant Black male Hispanic male, 45 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Michael Dicecco Sergeant White male White female, 31 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Adam Dumelle Police Officer White male Black male, 18 years old Exonerated 2014
Daniel Roman Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2014
Julio Ramos Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Robert King Sergeant White male Hispanic female, 14 years old Exonerated 2014
Michael Carleo Police Officer White male Black male, 46 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Patrick Craig Police Officer White male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Sean Claxton Sergeant Black male Unknown male, 32 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Cesar Valerio Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 37 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
John Zanca Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2014
Cesar Valerio Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Joseph Wernersbach Sergeant White male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2014
Christophe Burton Police Officer Black male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2014
Kevin Maloney Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 14 years old Exonerated 2014
Shoumendra Nandy Police Officer Asian male Black male, 20 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Jonathan Trossi Police Officer Asian male Black male, 14 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Victor Robalino Detective Hispanic male White male, 32 years old Exonerated 2014
Concepcion Robles Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 37 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Vincenzo Trabolse Police Officer White male Black male, 56 years old Exonerated 2014
Steve Higgins Police Officer Black male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
John Todaro Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Anthony Romero Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Gaspar Sciacca Sergeant White male Black male, 25 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Sean Mcdonnell Police Officer White male Black female, 44 years old Exonerated 2014
Lauren Au Police Officer Asian female Hispanic male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Brendan Heapes Sergeant White male Refused male, 39 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Eric Healy Police Officer Black male Black male, 15 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Daniel Nunez Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Stephen Furno Police Officer White male Black male, 16 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Malik Mccloud Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 17 years old Exonerated 2014
Brendan Heapes Sergeant White male Black male, 66 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
John Slavinsky Detective White male White male, 56 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Christophe Mcdonald Police Officer Black male Refused male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Martin Costello Sergeant White male Black male, 45 years old Exonerated 2014
Bilal Ates Detective White male Black male, 51 years old Exonerated 2014
Nadine Burgos Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Brian Schulman Police Officer White male Other Race male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Robert Orlando Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Erick Flores Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Vincent Dima Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 52 years old Exonerated 2014
Michele Butera Police Officer White male Not available male Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Christophe Greiner Detective White male Black male, 58 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Richard Ernyey Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2014
Felix Torres Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 17 years old Exonerated 2014
Edward Stackpole Police Officer White male White male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Christophe Cruzado Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 35 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Matthew Mauro Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Dino Tamayo Lieutenant Hispanic male Black female, 25 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2014
Jamaal Miller Police Officer Black male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Stephen Lalchan Police Officer Asian male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Mark Sinatra Sergeant White male Black male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
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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