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
Jhonny Milfort	Police Officer	Black male	Not available male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2017
Craig Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 52 years old	Exonerated	2006
Darren Caranella	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2012
Sean Keegan	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 11 years old	Exonerated	2014
Peter Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2003
Lawrence Perrotta	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 44 years old	Exonerated	2008
Alwyn Phillips	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2019
Titus Parham	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2006
James Eisert	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2001
Daniel Ingber	Police Officer	White male	White male, 67 years old	Exonerated	2008
Fitzroy Vigilance	Sergeant	Black male	White male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2018
Christophe Siani	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2006
Todd Jacoby	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2017
Troy Peacock	Police Officer	Black male	Other Race female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2009
Anthony Longobardi	Captain	White male	Black female, 35 years old	Exonerated	2016
Luis Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2006
Erika Moore	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2005
Elliot Colon	Deputy Inspector	Hispanic male	White male, 54 years old	Exonerated	2016
Jason Barish	Police Officer	White male	American Indian male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2019
Dana Harge	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Exonerated	2006
Gary Calhoun	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 45 years old	Exonerated	2018
Jose Deschamps	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 39 years old	Exonerated	2015
James Biondo	Police Officer	White male	Not available male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2018
Yael Magori	Police Officer	White female	Asian male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2007
Sean Christian	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 47 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jesus Carrillo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 56 years old	Exonerated	2008
Yael Magori	Lieutenant	White female	White female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2017
Steven Owens	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2006
John Ulmer	Detective	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2005
Jay Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Joseph Villarreal	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2018
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	White male	White male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2007
Johnny Orellana	Captain	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2019
Richard Warner	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	1997
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2006
Dervent Williams	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic female, 44 years old	Exonerated	2014
Tanya Barry	Police Officer	Black female	Black female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2006
Thomas Ailman	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 40 years old	Exonerated	2004
Carl Scogmanillo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2006
Vito Poliseno	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2016
Alwyn Phillips	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown female, 35 years old	Exonerated	2017
Andrew Tolson	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 36 years old	Exonerated	2008
Anthony Basora	Police Officer	White male	White male, 57 years old	Exonerated	2018
Kimberley Bove	Police Officer	White female	White female, 18 years old	Exonerated	2007
Salvatore Lopiccolo	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2008
Roodly Demorcy	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2018
Janert Gil	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 51 years old	Exonerated	2018
Oliva Carvajalhernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 33 years old	Exonerated	2008
Steven Ramunno	Detective	White male	Black female, 35 years old	Exonerated	2018
Jesus Carrillo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 42 years old	Exonerated	2004
David Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2019
Jose Barbosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2008
Ariel Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2019
Konti Markvukaj	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2016
Ralph Cilento	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2003
Yael Magori	Lieutenant	White female	White female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2017
John Quigley	Police Officer	White male	White male, 63 years old	Exonerated	2003
Javier Santos	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black female, 46 years old	Exonerated	2016
Rainard Wroten	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 59 years old	Exonerated	2019
Francisco Diaz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2016
Christophe Oconnor	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2017
Keith Cheng	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2007
Johnny Orellana	Captain	Hispanic male	Black female, 34 years old	Exonerated	2012
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2008
Ralph Cilento	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 75 years old	Exonerated	2005
Christophe Alvarado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2008
Tiffany Buccheri	Police Officer	White female	Hispanic female, 46 years old	Exonerated	2019
Vincent Caprino	Sergeant	White male	Unknown female, 49 years old	Exonerated	2018
Leon Batson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2013
Michael Cozier	Sergeant	White male	Unknown not described	Exonerated	2019
John Trotta	Lieutenant	White male	White female, 42 years old	Exonerated	2000
John Trotta	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2000
Kevin Kavanagh	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2005
Edward Reardon	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 34 years old	Exonerated	2008
Charles Awani	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2008
Eduard Nogol	Police Officer	White male	White male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2006
Gina Denardo	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2008
Juby Thomas	Police Officer	Asian male	Asian male, 65 years old	Exonerated	2015
James Biondo	Police Officer	White male	Other Race female, 48 years old	Exonerated	2007
Edgar Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2018
Dagoberto Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2019
Kyron Delarosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2019
Thomas Mcdonnell	Detective	White male	Asian female, 49 years old	Exonerated	2017
Ahmad Shaheed	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2019
Karyn Mccormack	Sergeant	White female	Black female, 42 years old	Exonerated	2019
Andrew Tolson	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2004
Matthew Dias	Police Officer	White male	Other Race not described, 50 years old	Exonerated	2017
Nelson Ayala	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2019
Andre Morris	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2018
Ali Cheikhali	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2016
Frank Bulzoni	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 54 years old	Exonerated	2015
Luis Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2018
Sherman Tyson	Police Officer	Black male	Refused female, 57 years old	Exonerated	2017
Anthony Contessa	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	1998
Anthony Contessa	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2017
Derin Devuono	Police Officer	White male	White female, 63 years old	Exonerated	2004
Derin Devuono	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2004
Matthew Finn	Police Officer	White male	White male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2018
Ananda Mirandamessner	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White male, 67 years old	Exonerated	2016
Anthony Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2018

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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.