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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
Vitaliy Zelikov	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2011
Michael Gonzalez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2017
Kelvin Peralta	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2019
Steven Ramunno	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2014
Michael Smith	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2015
Andre Morris	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2019
Wilfredo Benitez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2017
Gregory Piro	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2018
Christophe Mcdonald	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2017
Francisco Diaz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2018
Thomas Kelly	Lieutenant	White male	Unknown male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2015
Christian Addison	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jennifer Mugford	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2009
Michael Smith	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2012
Ahmad Brannon	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 45 years old	Exonerated	2019
Luke Denesopolis	Sergeant	White male	White male, 13 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jorge Mergeche	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2008
Max Rolffot	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2011
Steven Owens	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2009
Luke Denesopolis	Sergeant	White male	White male, 63 years old	Exonerated	2014
Shawn Romero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2018
Joseph Campbell	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2017
Joseph Ross	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2010
Elijah Boyle	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2014
Michael Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2009
Heriberto Hernandez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2019
John Tancredi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Exonerated	2007
Gary Leite	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2011
Frank Bulzoni	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2008
Christian Addison	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2009
Carl Scogmanillo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2010
Terrell Anderson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2007
Timothy Brovakos	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2015
Luke Denesopolis	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2007
Edgar Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2019
Daniel Davidoff	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2019
Robert Musolino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2019
James Giamboi	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Exonerated	2011
Victor Robalino	Detective	Hispanic male	White male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2014
Louis Villegas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2018
Elvis Alcivar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2013
Scott Nuzzi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2008
Steven Owens	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 14 years old	Exonerated	2016
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2017
Konti Markvukaj	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2018
Edmundo Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2015
Marlon Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2008
Albert Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2010
Darren Sukennikoff	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2017
Albert Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 58 years old	Exonerated	2013
Jorge Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2007
Christophe Zaleski	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 63 years old	Exonerated	2015
Marcy Velez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2008
John Tancredi	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2007
Felix Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2014
Emilio Aponte	Police Officer	Black male	Black male	Exonerated	2007
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2012
Darnell Forrester	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2016
Kevin Mockel	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 27 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jaime Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2010
James Biondo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2010
Gerard Walker	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic female, 18 years old	Exonerated	2017
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Detective	White male	White male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2014
Nelson Figueroa	Detective	Hispanic male	Refused female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2016
Evangelos Galatas	Police Officer	White male	White male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2009
Thomas Woods	Detective	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2013
Dalsh Veve	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2015
Jason Sharp	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2007
Dervent Williams	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2014
Vincent Caprino	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2019
Christophe Cunha	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2010
Janert Gil	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2018
Janert Gil	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2019
Yaritza Casul	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male	Exonerated	2017
Alexis Dejesus	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2013
Ali Cheikhali	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2013
Manolis Kambouris	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2019
Saquoi Harris	Police Officer	Black male	Asian male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2017
Saquoi Harris	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2019
Omar Birchwood	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2010
Sandra Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Not available	Exonerated	2018
Gina Mestre	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male	Exonerated	2017
Christine Oakley	Police Officer	Black female	Black male	Exonerated	2017
Steven Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2017
Johnny Orellana	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2009
Shilendra Sawh	Police Officer	Asian male	Black female, 66 years old	Exonerated	2019
Konti Markvukaj	Police Officer	White male	Not available male	Exonerated	2016
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2007
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 44 years old	Exonerated	2009
James Lindquist	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2019
Kevin Maloney	Lieutenant	White male	White male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2015
Milly Matos	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 52 years old	Exonerated	2010
Joseph Marquez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2014
Albert Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2009
Brian Martin	Detective	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2012
Stephen Santoro	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2017
Steven Ramunno	Detective	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2017
Thomas Trachta	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2018

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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.