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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
Philip Fioranelli	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Lissette Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 58 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Florencio Arquer	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Christophe Esposito	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Florencio Arquer	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2008
Wayman Manning	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Patrick Kennedy	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2008
Kishon Hickman	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2008
Malcolm Liu	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Michael Eschmann	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 57 years old	Exonerated	2008
Ryan Foy	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Radoslaw Terepka	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2008
Aldo Yubini	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2008
Joseph Peragallo	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Anthony Proscia	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2008
Patrick Kennedy	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Cesar Gomez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Damon Martin	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Gary Messina	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Anthony Lustica	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Radoslaw Terepka	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2008
Maribel Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Damon Martin	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Christophe Pasquale	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2008
Joseph Scialabba	Detective	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Nathan Mole	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2008
Justin Ellis	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 26 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Willie Artiles	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Frank Bulzoni	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2008
Andrew Erato	Detective	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Brian Mullen	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2008
Sean Mchugh	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2008
Dana Ladson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Brian Chow	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Michael Moyer	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Thomas Demkiw	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Johnny Lawrence	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2008
Nelson Garcia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Michael Rhome	Police Officer	White male	White female, 24 years old	Exonerated	2008
Daniel Staple	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2008
James Mahoney	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jason Fritz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
William Waldron	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jaime Arroyo	Detective	Hispanic male	White male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2008
Trevor Baronette	Detective	Black male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Kaz Daughtry	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2008
Sean Mchugh	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Hairo Franco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Barbara Fischer	Sergeant	White female	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Barbara Fischer	Sergeant	White female	Not available	Exonerated	2008
Marlon Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2008
Scott Martin	Detective	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Wilmar Mejia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2008
Steven Lawrence	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Oghenevigh Okrokoto	Detective	Black male	White male, 54 years old	Exonerated	2008
Kenneth Vencak	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Frank Galati	Detective	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Brian Ellensohn	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2008
Terence Curran	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 42 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Felix Delcarpio	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2008
Edwin Simon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
John Mejia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female	Exonerated	2008
Andrew Hunt	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Neil Zuber	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2008
Frederic Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jerry Sukhnandan	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Miguel Leon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 80 years old	Exonerated	2008
Francisco Ponce	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
John Zamot	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Anthony Armetta	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Eli Slavkin	Police Officer	White male	White male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2008
Brian Ellensohn	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Mark Offenbacher	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jennifer Laskykuehn	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Frederic Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male	Exonerated	2008
Jennifer Brown	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2009
Jason Merchan	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Mark Kistoo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Paul Mcmahon	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2009
Franky Joseph	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2009
Steven Owens	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2009
Tony Chacko	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 50 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Luis Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Victor Reyes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Franky Joseph	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 47 years old	Exonerated	2009
Angel Colon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Stephen Schoefer	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2009
Maria Bocachica	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic female, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Robert Nugent	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Marcy Velez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Paul Mcmahon	Lieutenant	White male	Unknown male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2009
Christopher McCormack	Captain	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2009
Richard Urena	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Jose Cintron	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2009
Luke Denesopolis	Sergeant	White male	White male, 60 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Merlyn Bermudez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Glenn Ziminski	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2009
Elvis Cole	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Vincent Testa	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
John Stoltenborg	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2009

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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.