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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest
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
1,043
Complaints
1,266
Allegations
1,409
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Schwartz | Police Officer | White male | Asian female, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Edgar Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Mayko Matos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Matthew Commender | Detective | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Robert Musolino | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 67 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| James Hynes | Lieutenant | White male | Unknown male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Vincent Caprino | Sergeant | White male | Unknown female, 49 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Jonathan Lovera | Detective | Hispanic male | White male, 15 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Frank Burns | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic female, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Vincent Mauro | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Janert Gil | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 51 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Andrew Nyberg | Police Officer | White male | White male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Luis Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Colin Kogan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Tomasz Fil | Police Officer | White male | White male, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Fadi Albishara | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 59 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Keyana Kendall | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic female, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Ronnie Caraccioli | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 50 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Christophe Torturo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Mark Finelli | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Justin Allen | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Charles Cavallaro | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Kimberly Lucas | Police Officer | Black female | White male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| David Ramirez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 43 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Miguel Donovan | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
| Kevin Finegan | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Jose Ramos | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Timothy Sprague | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 42 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Christan Jimenez | Detective | Hispanic female | Black female, 62 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Michael Falcon | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Tiffany Buccheri | Police Officer | White female | Hispanic female, 46 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Brendan Murphy | Police Officer | White male | Not available female, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Rainard Wroten | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 59 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Giuseppe Oliveri | Police Officer | White male | White male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
| Jorge Flores | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Michael Cozier | Sergeant | White male | Unknown not described | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Ahmad Shaheed | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 55 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Ahmed Abdalla | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Nelson Ayala | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Patrick Cherry | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Ariel Torres | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| David Ramirez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 43 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Kelvin Peralta | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Jason Barish | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Kerin Quinn | Sergeant | White female | Black female, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Miguel Donovan | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Anthony Jones | Police Officer | Black male | Asian male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Vincent Mauro | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Kerin Quinn | Sergeant | White female | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Joseph Spalding | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Christophe Nealon | Police Officer | White male | White male, 70 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Matthew Demaio | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Christophe Nealon | Police Officer | White male | White male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Edward Bogucki | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 49 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
| Karyn Mccormack | Sergeant | White female | Black female, 42 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Johnanthon Alexander | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Alwyn Phillips | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Billy Dill | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
| Kyron Delarosa | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Jose Santory | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Jose Santory | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Ashley Griffith | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Rochael Vasquez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Giselle Batista | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Elbi Martines | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Letitia Monge | Police Officer | Black female | White male, 70 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Charesse Davis | Police Officer | Black female | Other Race female, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Carlos Hernandez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
| Brendan Murphy | Police Officer | White male | White female, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Michael Laborde | Police Officer | Black male | Refused male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| John Gengo | Detective | White male | Hispanic female, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Khalid Ragab | Detective | White male | Asian male, 57 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Brendan Murphy | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Juan Hernandez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | White male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
| John Gengo | Detective | White male | Hispanic female, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Jeremiah Williams | Detective | Black male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Sheldon Malcolm | Detective | Black male | Black male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Jeremiah Williams | Detective | Black male | Black male, 59 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Henry Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 71 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Michael Smith | Sergeant | White male | Asian male, 49 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Alula Haileselassie | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Meglis Grullon | Police Officer | Hispanic female | White male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Pasquale Dethomas | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Damon Martin | Sergeant | Black male | Black female, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Rhea Tiwary | Police Officer | Asian female | Asian male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Rhea Tiwary | Police Officer | Asian female | Asian female, 67 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Scott Walicki | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 62 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Sajjad Kiani | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Alena Aminova | Police Officer | White female | White female, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Louis Martinez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Hassan Paris | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Keith Wagenhauser | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 62 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Alena Aminova | Police Officer | White female | White male, 58 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Yefet Sharabi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 52 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Dagoberto Rodriguez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Michael Napolitano | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 53 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Joseph Dionisi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Scott Hampton | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Robert Dominicci | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
| Alena Aminova | Police Officer | White female | White female, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
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.