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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
Jean Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Paul Insauto	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2006
Derrick Mcintosh	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Maria Bocachica	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Christophe Schmidt	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2006
Niles Prince	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2006
Alberto Pizarro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2006
Brian Nyhus	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Paul Insauto	Police Officer	White male	Not available male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
John Andryuk	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
John Facchini	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Jason Reynolds	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Jorge Ulloa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2006
Shaquan Harvin	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Kevin Matthews	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2006
Jorge Grullon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2006
Felix Gross	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Jason Forgione	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2006
Nicholas Albano	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2006
Richard Dixon	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2006
Kevin Gallagher	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 15 years old	Exonerated	2006
Paul Pizzuta	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2006
Patrick Ryan	Police Officer	White male	Not available female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2006
Scott Martin	Detective	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2006
Joseph Lessard	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Jason Reynolds	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Richard Gibson	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
John Caruso	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Shawn Gallagher	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Gregory Lomangino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Mike Civil	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Nerys Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Joseph Metsopulos	Police Officer	White male	White male	Exonerated	2006
Rafael Iturralde	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2006
Sean Downes	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2006
Jerry Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2007
Christophe Oconnor	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Raymond Festino	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2007
James Zozzaro	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Andrew Erato	Detective	White male	Black male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Vaughan Ettienne	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Siu Lam	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jorge Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2007
Joseph Cruzado	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Richard Zacarese	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2007
Gilbert Barkman	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Gibbs	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2007
Luke Denesopolis	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2007
Duane Atkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Victor Dejesus	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2007
Terrell Anderson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2007
Wilson Quiles	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Raymond Ip	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jason Sharp	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2007
Angela Morris	Sergeant	Black female	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Luis Machado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 59 years old	Exonerated	2007
Justin Caballero	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Sasha Rosen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Burke	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Sasha Rosen	Police Officer	White male	White male, 78 years old	Exonerated	2007
Frank Galati	Detective	White male	Black male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Mark Kistoo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Adam Seidenberg	Detective	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2007
David Nisthaus	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2007
Damian Vizcarrondo	Detective	Hispanic male	White female, 25 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2007
Damian Vizcarrondo	Detective	Hispanic male	Refused male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2007
Marco Gonzalez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2007
Edwin Ferreira	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Justin Cracchiola	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jeffrey Ziman	Police Officer	White male	White male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2007
Marco Gonzalez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2007
Ricardo Bocachica	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
James Slavin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
James Delumen	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2007
Zoilo Encarnacion	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Christophe Winiarz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Patrick Sullivan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2007
Vito Nicoletta	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Daniel Ticali	Detective	American Indian male	Other Race male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2007
Heriberto Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Victor Paribello	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2007
Michael Eschmann	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Timothy Schultz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
John Tancredi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Exonerated	2007
John Tancredi	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2007
Mark Vazquez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Joseph Brunetti	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Eric Reynolds	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2007
Frank Sarrica	Detective	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2007
Brian Stassi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Joseph Marquez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
James Lukeson	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Michael Ignatz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Willie Artiles	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2007
Elena Stojanovski	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2007
Thomas Woods	Detective	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Dustin Edwards	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2007
Andrew Puglisi	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2007

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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.