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 Palminteri	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jonathan Glazer	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Luke Denesopolis	Sergeant	White male	White male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Eric Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Carlos Silva	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian female, 30 years old	Exonerated	2014
Michael Scally	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2014
Christophe Dukes	Detective	White male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Derek Webber	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
William Cusack	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jeffrey Hunold	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Brian Fragliossi	Police Officer	White male	White male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2014
Orlando Phillip	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
John Volkan	Sergeant	White male	Unknown female, 70 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Herman Lai	Police Officer	Asian male	Black female, 29 years old	Exonerated	2014
Diery Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Steve Crozier	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Brian Mccarthy	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Alejandro Rivas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Justin Ellis	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
John Todaro	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Justin Ellis	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 67 years old	Exonerated	2014
Jason Deonarinesingh	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Kevin Breen	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 49 years old	Exonerated	2014
Robert Clark	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Enver Lopez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Nanhao Chen	Sergeant	Asian male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Peter Guido	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Gelono Joshua	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2014
Nelson Nin	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Steven Degree	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jose Ortiz	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Steve Crozier	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 18 years old	Exonerated	2014
Michael Butler	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Christian Rojas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2014
Christian Rojas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 65 years old	Exonerated	2014
James Titus	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Sean Keegan	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 11 years old	Exonerated	2014
Osvaldo Nunez	Captain	Hispanic male	Unknown female	Unsubstantiated	2014
Pete Massa	Sergeant	White male	Not available female	Unsubstantiated	2014
James Miles	Detective	Black male	Black female, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Derrick Kreckmann	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Deshawn Edmonds	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
James Slavin	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jose Caban	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Juan Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Raso	Lieutenant	White male	Other Race female, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Dervent Williams	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic female, 44 years old	Exonerated	2014
Matthew Bourbeau	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Ismail Abdullah	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Anthony Lee	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2014
Gregory Abrahams	Sergeant	Black male	Other Race female, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Daniel Nunez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Adrian Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Straniere	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Beatrice Shafidiya	Sergeant	Black female	Black female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2015
Alexis Ponce	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 42 years old	Exonerated	2015
Jason Tejada	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Thomas Reo	Detective	White male	Hispanic female, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Kevin Murphy	Detective	White male	Black female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2015
Alena Aminova	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Richard Browne	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Julio Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 72 years old	Exonerated	2015
James Seder	Police Officer	White male	Asian female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
John Slavinsky	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Kenneth Sepulveda	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2015
Katrina Forrester	Detective	Black female	Black female, -1 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Frank Lupo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 46 years old	Exonerated	2015
Ricardo Cuenca	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Josh Ulan	Detective	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Bryan Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 33 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Farid Aliyev	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Mario Morales	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic female	Unsubstantiated	2015
Mario Morales	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2015
Camille Mcsam	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2015
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Black male	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jordan Lomba	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2015
Sean Liscoe	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Guy Gargano	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Cecilia Luckie	Sergeant	Black female	Black female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2015
Edwin Lau	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2015
Vladimir Radionov	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Paul Mcmahon	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 71 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Santiago Inoa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 60 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
James Zozzaro	Detective	White male	Black female, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jose Santory	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Michael Catusco	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
David Harris	Police Officer	White male	White female, 62 years old	Exonerated	2015
Tristian Latimore	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2015
Jack Dagnese	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Lukasz Banach	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 45 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Anatoli Eltsov	Police Officer	White male	White male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Numael Amador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
James Slavin	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Robert Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
John Mejia	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Jasen Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jonathan Kalman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Terrance Lloyd	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2015
Richard Ernyey	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Exonerated	2015

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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.