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
Genner Gomez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Makiba Brathwaitezimmerma	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2006
Christophe Siani	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2006
Frank Desiderato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Stephen Polesovsky	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Dana Harge	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Exonerated	2006
William Taylor	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Exonerated	2006
Erik Lubrano	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Angel Rolon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2006
Alwyn Phillips	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Michael Catusco	Lieutenant	White male	Not available male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2006
Mikal Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2006
Luis Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2006
Titus Parham	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2006
Leonard Clarke	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2006
Jerry Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2006
Matthew Hart	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 34 years old	Exonerated	2006
Anil Jacob	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Orin Cox	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2006
Orin Cox	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 12 years old	Exonerated	2006
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 45 years old	Exonerated	2006
Frank Desiderato	Police Officer	White male	White male, 67 years old	Exonerated	2006
Franklyn Aizaga	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 44 years old	Exonerated	2006
Joseph Metsopulos	Police Officer	White male	White male	Unsubstantiated	2006
Eddy Gutierrez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Steven Owens	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2006
Christophe Greiner	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Robert Dipaola	Detective	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Jose Ortiz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2006
William Simon	Police Officer	White male	White male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Robert Nugent	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2006
Frank Galia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Michael Casey	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
John Roberts	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Philip Picciano	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2006
Nicholas Garafola	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
John Livingston	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2006
Timothy Jaycox	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2006
Mark Vazquez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Frank Baldo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Anthony Gulotta	Police Officer	White male	Unknown female, 45 years old	Exonerated	2006
Francisco Ponce	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Kirth Buckley	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2006
Curtis Crystal	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 58 years old	Exonerated	2006
Paul Pizzuta	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2006
Timothy Jaycox	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2006
Brendan Dono	Police Officer	White male	White male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2006
Brian Query	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2006
Osvaldo Nunez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Daniel Campbell	Police Officer	White male	White male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2006
John Todaro	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Carl Scogmanillo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2006
Joseph Agosta	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Eric Duval	Police Officer	White male	White male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Tanya Barry	Police Officer	Black female	Black female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2006
Vito Nicoletta	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jerome Teahan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Robert Henderson	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2007
Christophe Paul	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 12 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Vito Nicoletta	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Ryan Foy	Police Officer	White male	Unknown female	Exonerated	2007
John Massari	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Kyna Phillip	Police Officer	Black female	Refused female, 47 years old	Exonerated	2007
Paul Mccarthy	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Gilbert Barkman	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2007
Je Chai	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jason Reynolds	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Edward Colucci	Detective	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	White male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Valva	Police Officer	White male	White male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Joseph Cruzado	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Robert Reed	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 36 years old	Exonerated	2007
Waylon Fradera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown female, 67 years old	Exonerated	2007
David Powers	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Kimberley Bove	Police Officer	White female	White female, 18 years old	Exonerated	2007
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	White male	White male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2007
William Taylor	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Anthony Kotarski	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Adan Munoz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jeannette Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Aaron Netterville	Detective	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jaysen Basnight	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2007
Bilal Ates	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Mark Kistoo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2007
William Taylor	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2007
Scott Sanseverino	Police Officer	White male	White male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2007
Tsz Kwan	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Michael Parks	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Terrence Rooney	Police Officer	White male	White female, 32 years old	Exonerated	2007
Eric Dym	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 24 years old	Exonerated	2007
Danny Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Edwin Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Keith Cheng	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2007
Richard Pignatelli	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Leonard Clarke	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jose Briceno	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Brendan Egan	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Mike Civil	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007

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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.