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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
Jacob Aaronson	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2010
Joseph Abdelmessih	Police Officer	White male	White male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Roy Abounaoum	Police Officer	White male	White male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2013
Steven Abrahamsen	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Eva Abreu	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jose Acevedo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2010
Adam Acosta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Adam Acosta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Adam Acosta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Henry Adames	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2011
Henry Adames	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2011
Christian Addison	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2009
Christian Addison	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2010
Taiwo Adeleke	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
David Afanador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
David Afanador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2010
Francisco Agis	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Wilding Aguasanta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Edwin Aguilar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Yuriy Akopov	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Melchor Alban	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 59 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Matthew Albanese	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 13 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Nicholas Albano	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 51 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2012
Nicholas Albano	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Nicholas Albano	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Nicholas Albano	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2006
Elvis Alcivar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2013
Donald Alexandre	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Robert Alimena	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2018
Farid Aliyev	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2015
Christian Allen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2016
Francisco Allende	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2014
Francesco Allevato	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Francesco Allevato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2013
Derek Almeida	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2011
Derek Almeida	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Derek Almeida	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Derek Almeida	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 69 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2012
Thomas Alps	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Resembric Altamar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Frank Altieri	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Frank Altieri	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male	Exonerated	2008
Christophe Alvarado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Ruben Alvarez	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Alexis Alvarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Alena Aminova	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
John Anastasakos	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Terrell Anderson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2007
Anthony Andino	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2011
Anthony Andino	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Antonio Andrade	Police Officer	White male	White male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Brian Andruszkiewicz	Sergeant	White male	White male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
John Andryuk	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Tyler Angelo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2019
Alberto Angilletta	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Burt Antoine	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Burt Antoine	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2009
Rudy Anzalone	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2016
Rudy Anzalone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2016
Rudy Anzalone	Detective	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2017
Rudy Anzalone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2015
Emilio Aponte	Police Officer	Black male	Black male	Exonerated	2007
Louis Aponte	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 36 years old	Exonerated	2019
Felix Arana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2011
James Argila	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2018
Andre Arias	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2007
Eliot Arias	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2013
Paul Arico	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Domingo Arjona	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2016
Domingo Arjona	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Anthony Armetta	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
James Armstrong	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Charles Arnone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2014
Albert Aronov	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Albert Aronov	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2011
Florencio Arquer	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2012
Florencio Arquer	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Florencio Arquer	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2008
Florencio Arquer	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jaime Arroyo	Detective	Hispanic male	White male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2008
Mourad Arslanbeck	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2009
Mourad Arslanbeck	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2012
Willie Artiles	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2007
Willie Artiles	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Richard Aseng	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Unknown not described	Unsubstantiated	2017
Michael Ashford	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Bilal Ates	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2011
Bilal Ates	Detective	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2014
Bilal Ates	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2007
Phillip Atkins	Detective	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
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, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
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
Duane Atkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 56 years old	Exonerated	2011
Lauren Au	Police Officer	Asian female	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Elijah Austin	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Elijah Austin	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2017
Mordecai Austrie	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 35 years old	Exonerated	2017

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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.