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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolaos Stefopoulos | Sergeant | White male | White male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Dwayne Dawkins | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown male | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Jose Ortiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Tony Cuoco | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| David Mercado | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| Dwayne Dawkins | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| Frederic Ortiz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Lawrence Bettex | Sergeant | White male | White male, 46 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Christian Allen | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Miguel Frias | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Shawn Phillips | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Miguel Frias | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Julio Meyreles | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Taejoong Kim | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Scott Cote | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 46 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Coty Green | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 15 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Joel Ayala | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Michael Carrieri | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Derek Barreto | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 22 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Tony Cuoco | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Scott Cote | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 51 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Matthew Cahill | Sergeant | White male | Black male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Ronald Humphrey | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Rafael Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 56 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| Patrick Cahill | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Nelson Figueroa | Detective | Hispanic male | Refused female, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Domingo Arjona | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Michael Ashford | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Daniel Hill | Sergeant | White male | White male, 66 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Daniel Callinan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 54 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Vicente Vivar | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Ronald Humphrey | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Felix Baez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| John Ryan | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| John Ryan | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Robert Hesterhagen | Police Officer | White male | White transwoman (mtf), 44 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| George Taylor | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 15 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Michael Becker | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Christophe Schlitt | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 15 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Gary Leite | Police Officer | White male | White transwoman (mtf), 44 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Daniel Callinan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 56 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Elvis Duran | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| John Parente | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 51 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| John Parente | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Bekim Kalicovic | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Morgan Sprague | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Konti Markvukaj | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Omar Birchwood | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Michael Bletcher | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Phawn Butler | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Carlos Pimentel | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Robert Barnett | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Jose Moreno | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 11 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| Konti Markvukaj | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Erik Depasquale | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Carlos Pimentel | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Juan Candelario | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Carlos Felipe | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Terrance Smalls | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Albert Castillo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Vincent Fontana | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Joseph Hartnett | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 54 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Minh Tran | Sergeant | Asian male | Not available male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Joseph Hartnett | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 56 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Sajit Tomy | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Patrick Cahill | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Paul Kearon | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Minh Tran | Sergeant | Asian male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Vincent Fontana | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| Dervent Williams | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Rudy Anzalone | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Minh Tran | Sergeant | Asian male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Sajit Tomy | Police Officer | Asian male | White male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Jose Velasquez | Police Officer | Asian male | White male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Mario Morales | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Angelo Pizzarro | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Minh Tran | Sergeant | Asian male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Jose Moreno | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| Miguel Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| Michael Laborde | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| William Dugan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Sajit Tomy | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Dmitry Brush | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Dmitry Brush | Sergeant | White male | White female, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Dennis Westbrook | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Rafal Korycki | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Steven Moran | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Steven Moran | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian female, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Dmitry Brush | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Steven Moran | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White female, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| James Reilly | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Oscar Nunez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Andres Gonzalez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Oscar Nunez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Ahsan Zafar | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Dana Ladson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Dmitry Brush | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Nikolaos Stefopoulos | Sergeant | White male | Not available male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Stephen Schoefer | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Diana Hoyt | Police Officer | White female | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
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.