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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Pomerantz | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 60 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Nelson Ayala | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Rafael Guzman | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Steve Torres | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Frank Ryan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Frank Ryan | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Andrew Belcher | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 52 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Renaldo Weekes | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| James Argila | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Frank Ryan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 11 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Robert Alimena | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Frank Ventura | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Nelson Ayala | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Unknown not described | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Nelson Ayala | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Thomas Bates | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Torrel Rowesingleton | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Franklin Diaz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Taina Pacheco | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Steven Lopez | Detective | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Konti Markvukaj | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Malik Mccloud | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Thomas Geberth | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Michael Pomerantz | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Bennett Shelley | Detective | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Konti Markvukaj | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Carmine Demieri | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| James Titus | Police Officer | White male | Black male | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Konti Markvukaj | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Frank Desiderato | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Erick Larios | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Wilbert Rodriguez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Bruce Solomon | Detective | Black male | Refused male, 47 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Wilbert Rodriguez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Emile Pratt | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 58 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Daniel Haggerty | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Wilbert Rodriguez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Ernesto Bautista | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Robert Giery | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 51 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Edward Mcclain | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Thomas Mccue | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 51 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Jason Guzman | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 56 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Christian Cayenne | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Christophe Lembo | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Flavio Rodriguez | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Not available male | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Adnan Radoncic | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Flavio Rodriguez | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Refused male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Adam Katrincic | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Christophe Ryan | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 53 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Michael Duggan | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Adam Katrincic | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Jason Guzman | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 57 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Sheila Ramos | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Miguel Donovan | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Gabriel Cuevas | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Antonio Andrade | Police Officer | White male | White male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Kevin Nicoll | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 15 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Sean Gardner | Police Officer | White male | White male, 52 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Jelson Goyco | Detective | Hispanic male | Refused female, 58 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Anthony Wright | Detective | Black male | White male, 62 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Mark Mobarek | Police Officer | White male | Black male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Victor Velez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Benjamin Perez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Janert Gil | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Gregory Piro | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Matthew Gammon | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Thornton Booker | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Sandra Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Carlos Pacheco | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| William Diab | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| William Diab | Lieutenant | White male | Not available male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Joshua Faranda | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Matthew Sabella | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Edward Mcclain | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Kevin Kenny | Lieutenant | White male | Unknown male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Lawrice Crawford | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Jeannette Rivera | Detective | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Brian Mahon | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| David Poggioli | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Wojciech Czech | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Aleksandr Kovalenko | Sergeant | White male | Other Race male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Darion Francis | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Omar Habib | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 55 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
| Randy Sanchez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 59 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Francisco Diaz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Shawn Romero | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Anthony Moon | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 47 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Shawn Romero | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| John Becerra | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Leo Bonacasa | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 58 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Louis Villegas | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Christophe Chin | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Matthew Monkowski | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Robert Barnett | Sergeant | White male | Black male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Kristina Lopez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Unknown not described | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Marcy Velez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| John Becerra | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Paul Mallilo | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Aleksandr Kovalenko | Sergeant | White male | Refused male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Michael Scally | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Fidel Santiago | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
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.