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
Fernando Guimaraes	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Asian male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Richard Gadson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2008
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2008
Dany Fana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Kimberly Mccarthy	Police Officer	White female	White female, 34 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jose Santory	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jose Collazo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female	Unsubstantiated	2009
Petr Janak	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 13 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Jeremy Banfield	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2009
Brian Shevitz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Edward Mcclain	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2009
John Gogarty	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Darrell Dass	Police Officer	Asian male	Asian male, 52 years old	Exonerated	2009
Dany Fana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Victor Reyes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Wael Jaber	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 73 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jose Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Michael Dannecker	Sergeant	White male	White male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Blake Sydlo	Police Officer	White male	White male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2009
Ebony Glover	Police Officer	Black female	White female, 50 years old	Exonerated	2009
Blake Sydlo	Police Officer	White male	White male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2009
Avidan Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Carlos Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Troy Peacock	Police Officer	Black male	Other Race female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2009
John Mccrossen	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Paul Mcmahon	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Joshua Faranda	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Joseph Abdelmessih	Police Officer	White male	White male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Vincent Testa	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jose Caban	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Carlos Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Angel Gonzalez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female	Unsubstantiated	2009
Neil Casey	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Rolando Carbonell	Detective	Hispanic male	Black female, 49 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2009
Alfredo Brewster	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2009
Luis Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown female	Exonerated	2009
Mark Kistoo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Victoria Lafauci	Detective	White female	White male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Allan Taeza	Police Officer	Asian male	Asian female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Nathan Mole	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Edgar Padilla	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Daniel Ludemann	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jeremy Demarco	Detective	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Sean Christian	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 47 years old	Exonerated	2009
Sean Downes	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2009
Eric Collazo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Alvin Gomez	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Brian Clements	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Eric Delman	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Robert Krohley	Sergeant	White male	White female, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Angela Polancobrito	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic female, 36 years old	Exonerated	2009
Clifford Louis	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Kevon Sample	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown female	Exonerated	2009
Fabio Nunez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jason Harris	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Frank Monge	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
James White	Detective	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Frederick Drone	Police Officer	White male	White male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2009
Matthew Reid	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Gerald Heanue	Detective	White male	Black female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Edgar Padilla	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jason Brunson	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Sasha Rosen	Sergeant	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2009
Michael Oconnor	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Charles Rubenstrunk	Police Officer	White male	White male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Cynthia Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic female	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2009
Sandy Polanco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Victor Charles	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Roberson Tunis	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2010
John Mejia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2010
Damon Martin	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic female, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Joseph Albertini	Police Officer	White male	White male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jose Camacho	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2010
Aneesah Mitchell	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Felix Gross	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 42 years old	Exonerated	2010
Robert Castro	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 58 years old	Exonerated	2010
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2010
Piero Lasaponara	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2010
Michael Geraldi	Police Officer	White male	Asian female, 24 years old	Exonerated	2010
Angel Gonzalez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael Greaney	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Dion Edwards	Detective	Black male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jay Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Kimm Cruse	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 38 years old	Exonerated	2010
Elvis Cole	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
John Ryan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Angelo Pizzarro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Chris Morello	Captain	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Theresa Callahan	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2010
Ezequiel Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Refused male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Bryan Hagmaier	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2010
Angela Polancobrito	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Joseph Fernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2010
Dennis Friendly	Detective	Black male	Black male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Patrick Craig	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Kelvin Peralta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Eric Perez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2010
Frank Altieri	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Thomas Decker	Detective	White male	White male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Tyrone Thompson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2010

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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.