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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
Edwin Ferreira	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Angelo Cuozzo	Detective	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
James Lukeson	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Fernando Guimaraes	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2007
Raymond Festino	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jerry Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2007
Robert Dress	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2007
Louis Leblanc	Sergeant	White male	White male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Christophe Greiner	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2007
Derek Barreto	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2007
Rolando Carbonell	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Cronin	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Vicnia Liz	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Unknown male	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Michael Cronin	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jorge Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2007
Alberto Pizarro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Christophe Paul	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 11 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jason Sharp	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2007
Terrell Anderson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2007
Marcos Sanchez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2008
Hairo Franco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Kenneth Vencak	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Scott Nuzzi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2008
Felix Delcarpio	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2008
Trevor Baronette	Detective	Black male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Daniel Beddows	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2008
Carlos Velez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2008
Michael Rivera	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2008
Frederic Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male	Exonerated	2008
Frederic Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Terence Curran	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 42 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Nicholas Vandyke	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Sean Mchugh	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2008
Gerald Cucchiara	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Luke Denesopolis	Sergeant	White male	White male, 13 years old	Exonerated	2008
Nathan Mole	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2008
Robert Simms	Detective	Black male	White male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2008
John Mejia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female	Exonerated	2008
Milly Matos	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Catherine Thomas	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Radoslaw Terepka	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2008
Christophe Esposito	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Steven Weiss	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Sean Mchugh	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jennifer Laskykuehn	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Marcy Velez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2008
Mack Lipinski	Police Officer	White male	White male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2008
Brian Query	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2008
Kaz Daughtry	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jason Forgione	Detective	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jorge Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Ryan Foy	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Gustavo Medina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Radoslaw Terepka	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2008
Nino Lama	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Alfredo Skelton	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Jason Fritz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Steven Lawrence	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Jaime Arroyo	Detective	Hispanic male	White male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2008
Thomas Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 46 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Robert Numssen	Detective	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2008
James Kelly	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Ezequiel Gutierrez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2008
Mizbah Noor	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jorge Mergeche	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jacob Suarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2008
Orlando Colon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Michael White	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Andrew Erato	Detective	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Miguel Leon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 80 years old	Exonerated	2008
Luis Marte	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2008
Philip Fioranelli	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Christopher McCormack	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2008
Gary Messina	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Justin Grieco	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2008
James Williams	Detective	White male	White male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2008
William Waldron	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michael Moyer	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Karanlall Brijbukhan	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2008
Shaun Odonnell	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Glenn Ziminski	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Howard Zweben	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2008
Scott Martin	Detective	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Aldo Yubini	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jorge Ulloa	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Oghenevigh Okrokoto	Detective	Black male	White male, 54 years old	Exonerated	2008
Andrew Hunt	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Brian Ellensohn	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2008
Anthony Proscia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Pedro Rios	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Brian Ellensohn	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Dennis Ferrer	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Robert Nugent	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Alonzo Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Andrew Hunt	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Wilmar Mejia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2008
Franklin Pierrelouis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Brian Chow	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Anthony Proscia	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2008
Pedro Rios	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008

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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.