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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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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 |
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Paul Farella | Sergeant | White male | Not available male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2013 |
James Ludvick | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
Jeffrey Liu | Sergeant | Asian male | Not available female | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Alfredo Skelton | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Konti Markvukaj | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Exonerated | 2016 |
Diego Marin | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available , 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Nikolaos Stefopoulos | Sergeant | White male | Not available male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Genti Bektashaj | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Rafal Korycki | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Jovaniel Cordova | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available male | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Nicholas Neve | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Jason Merchan | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
Jose Tejada | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Triston Trunk | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available , 37 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Shaquan Harvin | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Patrick Ryan | Police Officer | White male | Not available female, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
William Diab | Lieutenant | White male | Not available male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
Daniel Boylan | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
Jacob Aaronson | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
David Leonardi | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Jose Villafane | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
Darrien King | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Lamont Gibson | Sergeant | Black male | Not available , 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Raymond Mccann | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2009 |
Jorge Tricoche | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Rashan Lacoste | Detective | Black male | Not available male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Paul Insauto | Police Officer | White male | Not available male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Wayman Manning | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
Jason Valentino | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
Alejandro Rivas | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available female, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Barbara Fischer | Sergeant | White female | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Michael Fahmy | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Flavio Rodriguez | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Not available male | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
Michael Dunn | Lieutenant | White male | Not available male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Janert Gil | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Minh Tran | Sergeant | Asian male | Not available male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Fredy Cruz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available female, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Samantha Evans | Detective | Black female | Not available | Exonerated | 2013 |
Michael Duggan | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Jose Moreno | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
Thomas Reo | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Joby Thomas | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Sandra Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Christophe Chin | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Justin Grieco | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Derrick Kreckmann | Police Officer | White male | Not available , 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Michele Butera | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
Piero Lasaponara | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Darrell Lowe | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
John Hall | Captain | White male | Not available male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Daniel Manetta | Police Officer | White male | Not available , 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Forrest Hirsch | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Washington Zurita | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | American Indian male, 53 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Paul Oconnor | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Christophe White | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Stephen Frappier | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Domenick Lagomarsine | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Donald Kipp | Sergeant | White male | American Indian male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Darren Sukennikoff | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Jeff Torreda | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Stephen Santoro | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Steven Moran | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian female, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Kenneth Vencak | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 46 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Joseph Deleo | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Steven Perez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | White male | Asian male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Saquoi Harris | Police Officer | Black male | Asian male, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
John Zamot | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Timothy Finn | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Paul Chierico | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Peter Besse | Police Officer | White male | Asian female, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Bryan Bromley | Police Officer | Black male | Asian male | Exonerated | 2014 |
Steven Abrahamsen | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Taejoong Kim | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Wendelyn Dua | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Asian male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Carlos Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Daniel Mckeefrey | Sergeant | White male | Asian male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
James Drummy | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Matthew Levy | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Carlos Silva | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian female, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Vicente Vivar | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Jason Rubenstein | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian female, 23 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
Kevin Mockel | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Nadine Burgos | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Richard Urena | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2009 |
Patrick Jean | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Charles Gove | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2012 |
Merlyn Bermudez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2010 |
Emilio Aponte | Police Officer | Black male | Black male | Exonerated | 2007 |
Scott Walicki | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 62 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
Merlyn Bermudez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2009 |
Paul White | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Catherine Thomas | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
Rafael Guzman | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Marcy Velez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Marlon Wright | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Darnell Forrester | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Rafael Guzman | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Jorge Rodriguez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
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.