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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darnell Forrester | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Paul White | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Elijah Austin | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Edmundo Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| John Musante | Sergeant | White male | White male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Richard Danese | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Timothy Rizzo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 40 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Kevin Maloney | Lieutenant | White male | White male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Michael Vento | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Robert Cox | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Colin Caesar | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Alicja Bobrowska | Detective | White female | White female, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Travis Mussaw | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Orlando Sanchez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Refused male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Anibal Torres | Detective | Hispanic male | Refused male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Jeremy Grossman | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 52 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Michael Casey | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Robert Hawreluk | Detective | White male | Hispanic male | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Tatiana Latorre | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| Jonathan Kalman | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Donald Climaco | Police Officer | Asian male | Other Race male, 13 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Patrick Cabrera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| David Cussen | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| Mike Civil | Detective | Black male | White male, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Patrick Cabrera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Patrick Cabrera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Ryan Galvin | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Christophe Moroni | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Brian Benvenuto | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 52 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Robert Schierenbeck | Detective | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| David Mercado | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| William Neville | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Nolan Lauterborn | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 12 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Peter Lazare | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Hariton Marachilian | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 60 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Mario Moreno | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Mario Moreno | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Mario Moreno | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Fidel Santiago | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| William Diab | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| William Diab | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| William Diab | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Janson Pena | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Shibu Madhu | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Shibu Madhu | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Carlos Nieves | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Andres Gonzalez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Romaine Wilson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 15 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Rafal Korycki | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Jena Leocadio | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Minh Tran | Sergeant | Asian male | Not available male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Joseph Hartnett | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 54 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Fidel Rosario | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Charlie Harvell | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Scott Cote | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 46 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Michael Carrieri | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Oscar Nunez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Dana Ladson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Robert Lenihan | Police Officer | White male | White female, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| William Taylor | Deputy Inspector | White male | Hispanic male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | White male | Asian male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| James Reilly | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Steven Moran | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White female, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Derek Barreto | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 22 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Ronald Humphrey | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Ronald Humphrey | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Steven Moran | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian female, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Joseph Hartnett | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 56 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Paul Palminteri | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 54 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Donald Sehl | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Domingo Arjona | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Edward Salthouse | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Lazo Lluka | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| Julio Meyreles | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Paul Kearon | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Jason Levy | Detective | White male | White male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Morgan Sprague | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Konti Markvukaj | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Joel Ayala | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Robert Obrien | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Coty Green | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 15 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Terrance Smalls | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Robert Lenihan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Shawn Phillips | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Matthew Cahill | Sergeant | White male | Black male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Miguel Frias | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Jose Genao | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Refused male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Miguel Frias | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Jose Velasquez | Police Officer | Asian male | White male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Matthew Cahill | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| James Seder | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Lawrence Sanchez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Pablo Taveras | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Konti Markvukaj | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Hilton Jeanpierre | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Sajit Tomy | Police Officer | Asian male | White male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Vicente Vivar | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Patrick Cahill | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Michael Ashford | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Andres Gonzalez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 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.