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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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
Pedro Rios Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 13 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Pedro Rios Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 16 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Noel Gutierrez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Orlando Colon Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Mizbah Noor Police Officer Asian male Black male, 16 years old Exonerated 2008
Marcy Velez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2008
Carlos Velez Detective Hispanic male Black male, 49 years old Exonerated 2008
Jacob Suarez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 40 years old Exonerated 2008
Alonzo Martinez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 27 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
Nicholas Vandyke Sergeant White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Robert Roda Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Ezequiel Gutierrez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 21 years old Exonerated 2008
Thomas Wright Police Officer Black male Black female, 46 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Justin Grieco Police Officer White male Not available Exonerated 2008
Philip Fioranelli Police Officer White male Black male, 42 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
Steven Lawrence Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 25 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Alfredo Skelton Police Officer Hispanic male Other Race male, 44 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
Radoslaw Terepka Police Officer White male Black male Exonerated 2008
Radoslaw Terepka Police Officer White male Black male, 15 years old Exonerated 2008
Eric Delman Sergeant White male Black male, 36 years old Exonerated 2008
Ryan Foy Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Daniel Beddows Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2008
James Kelly Sergeant White male Black male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Dana Ladson Police Officer Black male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Barbara Fischer Sergeant White female Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Barbara Fischer Sergeant White female Not available Exonerated 2008
Edwin Simon Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 48 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Milly Matos Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 18 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Jerry Sukhnandan Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Mark Offenbacher Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Gustavo Medina Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Scott Nuzzi Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2008
Ryan Dowling Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 18 years old Exonerated 2008
Hariton Marachilian Police Officer White male Black male, 61 years old Exonerated 2008
Robert Simms Detective Black male White male, 38 years old Exonerated 2008
Joseph Metsopulos Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 52 years old Exonerated 2008
Alfredo Skelton Police Officer Hispanic male Not available Exonerated 2008
Anthony Proscia Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Luke Denesopolis Sergeant White male White male, 13 years old Exonerated 2008
Anthony Proscia Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 34 years old Exonerated 2008
Christophe Clark Police Officer Black male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Thomas Kid Sergeant White male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Terence Curran Sergeant White male Hispanic female, 42 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
John Zamot Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
Michael Rivera Detective Hispanic male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2008
Nicholas Albano Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Derrick Boyd Police Officer Black male Black male, 48 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Sean Mchugh Sergeant White male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Sean Mchugh Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 55 years old Exonerated 2008
Felix Delcarpio Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 2008
Gene Etoria Sergeant White male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2008
Jason Fritz Police Officer White male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Michael Scoloveno Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 19 years old Exonerated 2008
Marcos Sanchez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 43 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2008
Kenneth Vencak Police Officer White male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Jorge Mergeche Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 18 years old Exonerated 2008
Hairo Franco Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
Robert Numssen Detective White male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2008
Robert Nugent Sergeant White male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Trevor Baronette Detective Black male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Kaz Daughtry Police Officer Black male Black male, 38 years old Exonerated 2008
Christopher McCormack Lieutenant White male Black male, 46 years old Exonerated 2008
Luis Marte Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2008
Neil Zuber Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Exonerated 2008
Jorge Ulloa Detective Hispanic male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
William Sommer Sergeant White male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Jose Rodriguez Detective Hispanic male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2008
Brian Mullen Lieutenant White male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2008
Thomas Demkiw Police Officer White male Unknown male, 45 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Miguel Iglesias Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Joseph Scialabba Detective White male Black male, 39 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Michael Eschmann Police Officer White male Black male, 57 years old Exonerated 2008
Frederic Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male Exonerated 2008
John Mascetti Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2008
Frederic Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Willie Artiles Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
John Mejia Police Officer Hispanic male Black female Exonerated 2008
Malcolm Liu Police Officer Asian male Hispanic male, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Brian Ellensohn Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 25 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Kishon Hickman Sergeant Black male Black male, 51 years old Exonerated 2008
Brian Ellensohn Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 33 years old Exonerated 2008
Christophe Paul Police Officer White male Black male, 11 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Gilbert Barkman Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 17 years old Exonerated 2007
Kenneth Juart Police Officer White male Black male, 52 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Bilal Ates Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2007
Rolando Carbonell Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Pedro Rios Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 57 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Victor Paribello Police Officer White male Black male Exonerated 2007
Damon Martin Sergeant Black male Black male, 18 years old Exonerated 2007
Joseph Brunetti Police Officer White male Black male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Michael Fitzgibbon Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Exonerated 2007
Richard Zacarese Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 19 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2007
Joseph Bermudez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Kaz Daughtry Police Officer Black male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2007
Andrew Puglisi Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 19 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2007
Paul Marconi Police Officer White male White male, 31 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Herminio Baez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2007
Michael Ignatz Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Daniel Diaz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 36 years old Exonerated 2007
Rolando Carbonell Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 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.
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