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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
Andre Blake	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Anthony Leitao	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 46 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Lahmar Sanders	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Edward Carrasco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2010
Mark Kistoo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2010
Patrick Nozdrovicky	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Christophe Siani	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2010
Philip Vaccarino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2010
Leonardo Deoliveira	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael Nocerino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2010
Steven Souffrin	Police Officer	White male	Unknown female	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Brian Donoghue	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2010
Sergio Delamota	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Todd Keyes	Police Officer	White male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Todd Keyes	Police Officer	White male	White male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2010
James Biondo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2010
Thomas Marksberry	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Exonerated	2010
Ronnie Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Aneesah Mitchell	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Joseph Azevedo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2010
Erica Madden	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2010
Theohari Koumniotes	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jose Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jacob Aaronson	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2010
Duane Atkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2010
Duane Atkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2010
Duane Atkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Duane Atkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jose Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 62 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Patrick Hennessy	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Shaun Odonnell	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
John Mejia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2010
Francisco Agis	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Michael Gibbs	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2010
William Schmidt	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Gerald Cucchiara	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 12 years old	Exonerated	2010
Domingo Arjona	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Washington Zurita	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael Damico	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Stephen Ward	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Shawn Wilkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 58 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2010
Daniel Campbell	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
John Ryan	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
William Buchanan	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Rudolph Hall	Sergeant	Black male	White male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2010
Matthew Buonaspina	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2010
Frank Altieri	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jeff Torreda	Police Officer	Asian male	Asian male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Darren King	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Michael Greaney	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2010
Darnell Jones	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 51 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2010
Steven Weiss	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2010
Joseph Ross	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2010
Cassandra Matthews	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Brian Clements	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Jared Tepperman	Detective	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2010
Joseph Cordones	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Jared Tepperman	Detective	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Erick Erdaide	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2010
Samantha Cabrera	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Henry Lopez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2010
Victor Dejesus	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Joseph Tarlentino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Kelvin Puello	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2010
Ramiro Ruiz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Bennett Shelley	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
John Dziedzic	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2010
Samantha Cabrera	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Kelvin Puello	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Victor Charles	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
James Drummy	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Eric Dym	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 58 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Carlos Lewis	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Gellison Flores	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Kevin Mockel	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Eugene Jonny	Detective	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Harish Mansharamani	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Byran Pitts	Detective	Black male	Black male, 61 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Merani Rotte	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Elvis Duran	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 37 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Matthew Delaney	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Patrick Davis	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Eric Francis	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Max Rolffot	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2011
James Armstrong	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Nancy Larrieux	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Ching Nieh	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Bryan Pocalyko	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Luke Denesopolis	Sergeant	White male	Refused male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Kelly	Detective	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2011
James Delumen	Detective	White male	Black female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Mack Lipinski	Detective	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Aaron Klein	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2011
Donald Climaco	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Mourad Mourad	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Tyler Ehrlein	Detective	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Carlos Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2011
Michael Falk	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Michael Kelly	Detective	White male	Refused male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011

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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.