Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers

This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date. For more recent information, visit the city's database of civilian complaints against the NYPD.

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
Edward Barry Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Stephen Dimassa Police Officer White male Black male, 31 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2013
Emile Provencher Lieutenant White male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Kamil Pac Police Officer White male Black male, 41 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2013
Paul Farella Sergeant White male Not available male, 25 years old Exonerated 2013
Juan Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 55 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
James Marcinek Police Officer White male White male, 30 years old Exonerated 2013
Stephen Frappier Police Officer White male American Indian male, 31 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Gerard Walker Sergeant Black male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Christian Cataldo Police Officer White male Refused male, 27 years old Exonerated 2013
Jose Martinez Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Vincenzo Trabolse Police Officer White male Black male, 20 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2013
Kenneth Sepulveda Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2013
Gerard Walker Sergeant Black male Hispanic male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Demetrios Kekatos Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Liam Ohara Police Officer White male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Thomas Lodico Detective White male Black male, 54 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2013
James Marcinek Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Eric Robinson Lieutenant White male Black male, 52 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Charles Rubenstrunk Police Officer White male White male, 43 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Matthew Lewis Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Michael Raso Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Brian Manning Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Samantha Evans Detective Black female Not available Exonerated 2013
Jonathan Correa Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 33 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Kishon Hickman Lieutenant Black male Hispanic male, 26 years old Exonerated 2013
Joseph Marquez Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Anthony Andino Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 54 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2013
Eric Delman Lieutenant White male Black male, 16 years old Exonerated 2013
Dustin Edwards Sergeant Black male Black male, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Garry Lamour Police Officer Black male Other Race male, 17 years old Exonerated 2013
Quentin Saxon Police Officer Black male White male, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Quentin Saxon Police Officer Black male Black male, 48 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2013
Garry Lamour Police Officer Black male Black male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Sean Oconnor Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2013
Keith Beddows Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 56 years old Exonerated 2013
Miguel Marte Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2013
Robert Morales Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Kyle Stanley Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 53 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2013
Jose Ramos Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 15 years old Exonerated 2013
Kyle Stanley Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2013
Juan Cabrera Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Matthew Borden Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Thomas Reo Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Thomas Mccue Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Charles Ingrassia Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2013
Adnan Radoncic Sergeant White male Black male, 15 years old Exonerated 2013
Aleksandr Pasynkov Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Adam Acosta Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Barbie Lewis Police Officer Black female Black male, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Kelvin Perez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 56 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Daniel Castaldo Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Julio Micheli Detective Hispanic male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2013
Stephen Dimassa Police Officer White male Refused male, 27 years old Exonerated 2013
Robert Dipaola Detective White male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Gaspar Sciacca Sergeant White male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Gary Calhoun Sergeant White male Black female, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Anthony Cimmino Police Officer White male Black male, 20 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2013
Christophe Burton Police Officer Black male Black male, 40 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2013
Andrew Ho Police Officer Asian male Black male, 60 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Pete Massa Sergeant White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2013
Radoslaw Terepka Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Jean Seder Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
David Guevara Detective Hispanic male Black male, 64 years old Substantiated (No Recommendations) 2013
Alexis Dejesus Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 23 years old Exonerated 2013
Francesco Allevato Police Officer White male Black male, 41 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2013
Diana Pichardo Sergeant Hispanic female Black male, 14 years old Exonerated 2013
Christophe Hassan Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Eddy Gutierrez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 18 years old Exonerated 2013
Jason Forgione Sergeant White male Black female, 24 years old Exonerated 2013
Craig Edelman Lieutenant White male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Roy Abounaoum Police Officer White male White male, 43 years old Exonerated 2013
Scott Lieneck Detective White male Unknown male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Jay Rivera Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 53 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2013
Kendrick Maldonado Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Jay Rivera Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Piero Lasaponara Police Officer White male Not available male Unsubstantiated 2013
John Hansen Police Officer White male Black male, 54 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2013
Jay Rivera Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2013
Barbara Fischer Lieutenant White female Black male, 13 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Tomasz Fil Police Officer White male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Ryan Puglisi Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Andrew Ho Police Officer Asian male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2013
Lisaura Skladel Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 20 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Daniel Guida Detective White male Hispanic male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Jose Vasquezmiranda Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Anthony Wright Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 19 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2013
Aaron Lohman Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Wilding Aguasanta Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
John Stoltenborg Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Melissa Veliz Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 47 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
David Leonardi Sergeant White male Black male, 60 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Kenneth Gallart Police Officer White male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Jeffrey Carroll Detective White male Hispanic male, 72 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Brian Mccaughey Lieutenant White male Black male, 13 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Donald Sehl Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2013
Maria Bocachica Detective Hispanic female Hispanic male, 33 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2013
Fizgeralda Herndonsoto Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 44 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2013
Jovaniel Cordova Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 16 years old Exonerated 2013
Erica Rivera Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 24 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2013
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.
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