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
Isa Abbassi	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 41 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Ahmed Abdalla	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Joseph Abdelmessih	Police Officer	White male	White male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Ismail Abdullah	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Gregory Abrahams	Sergeant	Black male	Other Race female, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Saher Abumalouh	Sergeant	White male	Asian male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Jose Acevedo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Joseph Agosta	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Peter Ahn	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Thomas Ailman	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 40 years old	Exonerated	2004
Franklyn Aizaga	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 44 years old	Exonerated	2006
Nicholas Albano	Police Officer	White male	Unknown female	Exonerated	2007
Nicholas Albergo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2016
Joseph Albertini	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	1999
Joseph Albertini	Police Officer	White male	White male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Joseph Albertini	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2002
Fadi Albishara	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Johnanthon Alexander	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2019
Brian Alexander	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Donald Alexandre	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Michael Algerio	Police Officer	White male	White female, 26 years old	Exonerated	2017
Jalal Ali	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Farid Aliyev	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Farid Aliyev	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Justin Allen	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2018
George Allen	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Francesco Allevato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Stephen Allocca	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Pedro Almanzar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2018
Derek Almeida	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2017
Vladimir Alonzo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 56 years old	Exonerated	2017
Chantel Aloy	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Refused female, 57 years old	Exonerated	2017
Thomas Alps	Deputy Inspector	White male	Hispanic female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Frank Altieri	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Alvarado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2008
Reinaldo Alvarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2003
Numael Amador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Joseph Amato	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 54 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Frank Amill	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Alena Aminova	Police Officer	White female	White male, 58 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Alena Aminova	Police Officer	White female	White male, 58 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Alena Aminova	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Alena Aminova	Police Officer	White female	White female, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Alena Aminova	Police Officer	White female	White female, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Trifon Anagnostos	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2011
Trifon Anagnostos	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Anthony Anglisano	Police Officer	White male	Asian female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2013
Albert Anzalone	Police Officer	White male	White male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2007
Andre Arias	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2007
Albert Aronov	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2011
Albert Aronov	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Florencio Arquer	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jaime Arroyo	Detective	Hispanic male	White female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Adrian Ashby	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2001
Bilal Ates	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Phillip Atkins	Detective	Black male	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2010
Phillip Atkins	Detective	Black male	Hispanic female, 47 years old	Exonerated	2007
Momen Attia	Police Officer	White male	White male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Mahmoud Attia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 63 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Colin Austin	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2012
Charles Awani	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2008
Nelson Ayala	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2019
Kenneth Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Kenneth Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2001
Chris Aybar	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic female, 38 years old	Exonerated	2016
Gabriel Baaith	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2015
Daniel Baca	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Marco Balboni	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Frank Baldo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2013
Frank Baldo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Frank Baldo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Lukasz Banach	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 45 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Jeremy Banfield	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2009
Joseph Barbella	Police Officer	White male	White male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Charles Barberi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Jose Barbosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jason Barish	Police Officer	White male	American Indian male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2019
David Barker	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Gilbert Barkman	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2007
Robert Barnett	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Robert Barnett	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Robert Barnett	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Anthony Barresi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Daniel Barreto	Police Officer	White male	Refused female	Exonerated	2008
Edward Barry	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Tanya Barry	Police Officer	Black female	Black female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2006
Craig Basler	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Jaysen Basnight	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2007
Anthony Basora	Police Officer	White male	White male, 57 years old	Exonerated	2018
Christophe Bastos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Giselle Batista	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2019
Leon Batson	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Leon Batson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2013
Leon Batson	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Leon Batson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Andrew Beirne	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Andrew Beirne	Police Officer	White male	White male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2008
Joseph Bell	Lieutenant	White male	White female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Joseph Bell	Lieutenant	White male	White male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Daquan Bendele	Sergeant	Black male	Asian male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012

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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.