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
Oghenevigh Okrokoto	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2006
Juan Ortiz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Juan Ortiz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2015
Ricardo Otero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Patricio Ovando	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Christophe Owen	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2010
Paul Palminteri	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male	Unsubstantiated	2014
Daphney Pamphile	Police Officer	Black female	Black female, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Daphney Pamphile	Police Officer	Black female	Unknown female, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Daphney Pamphile	Police Officer	Black female	Black female	Unsubstantiated	2009
John Parente	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2012
John Parente	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2016
Thomas Passolo	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Carl Pattelli	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Kevin Paynter	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2006
Jose Peinan	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jose Peinan	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Eric Pena	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Reynaldo Pena	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Kelvin Peralta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Francisco Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Ronald Perez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Francisco Perez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2012
Anthony Peters	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2014
Diana Pichardo	Sergeant	Hispanic female	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Miguel Pierre	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Bryant Pineda	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Michael Pitkewicz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Alvin Pizarro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Paul Pizzuta	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Paul Pizzuta	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Paul Pizzuta	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2005
Stephen Polesovsky	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Paul Prendergast	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2012
Paul Prendergast	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2012
Emile Provencher	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Emile Provencher	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 62 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Brian Query	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Brian Query	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Joey Quigley	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Wilson Quiles	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Juan Quiroz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Claudio Ramirez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Claudio Ramirez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2011
Brian Ramirez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Claudio Ramirez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Claudio Ramirez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2011
Adrian Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Raso	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2011
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	White male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Christophe Reilly	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Mohammed Rios	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2017
Michael Riso	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jeannette Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 31 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2007
Edmundo Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jeannette Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jeannette Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Carl Roadarmel	Detective	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2000
Jorge Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Hector Rodriguez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Jorge Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Flavio Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Ivelisse Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Richard Romance	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2014
Anthony Ronda	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black female, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Victor Rosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Johnnie Rosario	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Sasha Rosen	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Sasha Rosen	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Dennis Russo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2006
Anthony Russo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Christophe Sanchez	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Juan Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Frank Sarrica	Detective	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2007
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2006
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2006
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 39 years old	Exonerated	2007
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2006
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2009
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Scally	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Christophe Schlanger	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2013
Christophe Schlanger	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Christophe Schlanger	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Timothy Schultz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Michael Scoloveno	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jean Seder	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Donald Sehl	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Stephen Sheppard	Police Officer	White male	White male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Christophe Siani	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2008
Carlos Silva	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Robert Simms	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2006
Johnpaul Slater	Detective	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Marie Smith	Police Officer	Black female	Black female, 51 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2000
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2016
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jason Stocker	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Dino Tamayo	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Dino Tamayo	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008

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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.