Abuse of Authority: STRIP-SEARCHED - The NYPD Files

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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

399

Complaints

484

Allegations

556

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
Stephanie Cepeda	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 12 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Washington Zurita	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2009
Joseph Azevedo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Dion Edwards	Detective	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2009
Blas Colon	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2009
John Mejia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Ruben Alvarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jason Harris	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2009
Sean Mchugh	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2009
Michael Riso	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2009
Richard Vetrano	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2009
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2009
Wilson Quiles	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Larry Meyers	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Francisco Adames	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Selwyn Fonrose	Detective	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
David Demelia	Detective	White male	Unknown male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
James Diaz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Frank Galati	Detective	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	White male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
David Nisthaus	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2009
Michael White	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Eric Beckel	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2009
Brian Donoghue	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2009
Terence Curran	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2009
Nestor Velez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Juan Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2009
Brian Fleming	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Joseph Cordones	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Daphney Pamphile	Police Officer	Black female	Black female	Unsubstantiated	2009
Angel Gonzalez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Gabrielle Walls	Sergeant	Black female	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2010
Duane Atkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Duane Atkinson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Charne Jimenez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Lawrence Fiorello	Sergeant	White male	White male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2010
Ronald Perez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Robert Mainor	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
David Oconnell	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2010
Bryan Zuccaro	Detective	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Devin Long	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael White	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2010
Kelvin Peralta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Kevin Kavanagh	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2010
Christophe Dede	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Brian Donoghue	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Brian Donoghue	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2010
Christophe Schlanger	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Christophe Owen	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2010
Christophe Schlanger	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Richard Vetrano	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Joseph Cordones	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Alvin Pizarro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Aaron Edwards	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Ryan Larson	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Shaquan Harvin	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Shaquan Harvin	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Felix Concepcion	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Sean Mchugh	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2010
Christophe Vaccaro	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Kevin Judge	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2010
Carlos Lewis	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2010
Lorenzo Johnson	Captain	White male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2010
Richard Zacarese	Detective	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Merlyn Bermudez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Phillip Atkins	Detective	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jose Cintron	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Gilbert Barkman	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Maribel Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 58 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Ted Holway	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Kenneth Tysdal	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael Friedman	Detective	White male	White male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Elliot Colon	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2011
Steven Green	Captain	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Steven Green	Captain	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Winston Willabus	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Sasha Rosen	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Sasha Rosen	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Larry Meyers	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michele Herbst	Police Officer	White female	Not available female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Matthew Delaney	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Osvaldo Nunez	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2011
Emrah Ates	Police Officer	White male	Refused male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Martin Toczek	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael White	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2011
Michael Cronin	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2011
Charles Awani	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Anthony Andino	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Victor Rosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Emile Provencher	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 62 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Daniel Castronova	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Patricio Ovando	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Anthony Ronda	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black female, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Carlos Lewis	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Claudio Ramirez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2011
Claudio Ramirez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2011
Noelle Cunningham	Detective	White female	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Victor Defense	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Richard Vetrano	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 61 years old	Exonerated	2011
Richard Vetrano	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2011

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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.