Abuse of Authority: THREAT OF ARREST - The NYPD Files

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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
Paul Mcmahon	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Richard Gomez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Khalid Ragab	Police Officer	White male	White male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2004
Frank Baldo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Exonerated	2004
Scott Mateyaschuk	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female	Exonerated	2004
Dion Edwards	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Ronald Bolte	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Thomas Ailman	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 40 years old	Exonerated	2004
Kelly Maldonado	Police Officer	Black female	White male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Kenneth Oconnor	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Edward Barry	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Thomas Varghese	Police Officer	Asian male	Unknown male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Michael Windsor	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Joseph Padula	Police Officer	White male	Not available male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2005
Jerome Teahan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Julio Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Larry Dunn	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Carlos Fabara	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Kyna Phillip	Police Officer	Black female	Other Race male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Justin Cracchiola	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2005
Joseph Seminara	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2005
Marco Balboni	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Carlton Mckenney	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 42 years old	Exonerated	2005
John Todaro	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Peter Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 62 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Bobby Mohip	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Daniel Miranda	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 48 years old	Exonerated	2005
Joseph Bieniewicz	Police Officer	White male	White male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Erika Moore	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2005
Patrick Mullens	Police Officer	White male	White female, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Ezequiel Gutierrez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 26 years old	Exonerated	2005
Kevon Sample	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Diego Dotres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2005
Lowez Walker	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Exonerated	2005
Nicholas Soto	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Lowez Walker	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 65 years old	Exonerated	2005
Edward Scali	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Lowez Walker	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Exonerated	2005
John Ulmer	Detective	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2005
Mark Landi	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Evelio Herrera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 71 years old	Exonerated	2005
Charles Stewart	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2005
Johanna Urena	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic female, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Michael White	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Joseph Mineo	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Dion Edwards	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Mathew Reich	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 60 years old	Exonerated	2005
Orin Cox	Police Officer	Black male	Other Race female, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Eric Bolger	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2005
Thomas Morton	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Eric Bolger	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 49 years old	Exonerated	2005
John Loftus	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2005
Frank Danzi	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Brian Mccloskey	Police Officer	White male	White male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Thomas Morton	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Michael Doyle	Sergeant	White male	White male, 57 years old	Exonerated	2005
Mahmoud Attia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 63 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Alexander Wancel	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Hugh Mackenzie	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Brian Farrelly	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2005
Joseph Hickey	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Michael Parks	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
John Miata	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Parks	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Hassan Paris	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2005
Paul Mcmahon	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Raphael Sylvestre	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2005
Marino Lorenzo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 42 years old	Exonerated	2005
Ryan Habermehl	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2005
Marcelo Razzo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Kevin Kavanagh	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2005
Miguel Marte	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Edward Deighan	Sergeant	White male	Other Race female, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Ralph Cilento	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
James Longo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Osvaldo Nunez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2005
Jose Dejesus	Detective	Hispanic male	Black female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2005
Richard Currao	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2005
Nathan Mole	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 60 years old	Exonerated	2005
Lesly Charles	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Timothy Rogers	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Joseph Amato	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 54 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Kenneth Juart	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
William Ditomaso	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2005
Robert Nugent	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Jose Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 42 years old	Exonerated	2005
Robert Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 51 years old	Exonerated	2005
Ralph Cilento	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 75 years old	Exonerated	2005
Ludwig Narcisse	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 48 years old	Exonerated	2005
Christophe Lembo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2005
Natalie Roman	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 26 years old	Exonerated	2005
Matthew Hart	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 34 years old	Exonerated	2006
Eloy Sanchez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2006
Frank Galia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Curtis Crystal	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 58 years old	Exonerated	2006
Craig Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 52 years old	Exonerated	2006
John Todaro	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Eduard Nogol	Police Officer	White male	White male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2006

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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.