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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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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 |
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Frank Vega | Captain | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
Thomas Smith | Captain | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
William Taylor | Captain | White male | Black male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Johnny Orellana | Captain | Hispanic male | Black female, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2012 |
Bruce Ceparano | Captain | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Osvaldo Nunez | Captain | Hispanic male | Unknown female | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Chris Morello | Captain | White male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Stephen Espinoza | Captain | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Osvaldo Nunez | Captain | Hispanic male | White male, 39 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Anthony Longobardi | Captain | White male | White female, 13 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Anthony Longobardi | Captain | White male | Black female, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Johnny Orellana | Captain | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 39 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Bruce Ceparano | Captain | White male | Other Race female, 42 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
Bruce Ceparano | Captain | White male | Other Race female, 42 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
William Taylor | Deputy Inspector | White male | White male, 57 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
William Taylor | Deputy Inspector | White male | Black female, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
William Taylor | Deputy Inspector | White male | Hispanic male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Thomas Alps | Deputy Inspector | White male | Hispanic female, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Jeffrey Schiff | Deputy Inspector | Black male | White male, 70 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Rodney Harrison | Deputy Inspector | Black male | Black female, 58 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Elliot Colon | Deputy Inspector | Hispanic male | White male, 54 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Jeffrey Maddrey | Deputy Inspector | Black male | Black male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Mathew Reich | Detective | White male | White male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Mathew Reich | Detective | White male | White female, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Philip Vaccarino | Detective | White male | White male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Brian Green | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
David Cowan | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Byran Pitts | Detective | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Jeremiah Williams | Detective | Black male | Black male, 59 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Mathew Reich | Detective | White male | White female, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Gerald Breiner | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 40 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2001 |
Victor Rosario | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 62 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Robert Dipaola | Detective | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Jose Cintron | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available male, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Odalis Perez | Detective | Hispanic female | Unknown female, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Thomas Ramirez | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Keith Knight | Detective | Black male | Black male, 49 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Essence Jackson | Detective | Black male | White male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
John Gengo | Detective | White male | Hispanic female, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Victoria Lafauci | Detective | White female | White male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Douglas Lansing | Detective | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2000 |
Patrick Cherry | Detective | White male | Asian male, 47 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
James Delumen | Detective | White male | Black male, 53 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Damian Vizcarrondo | Detective | Hispanic male | White female, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Oghenevigh Okrokoto | Detective | Black male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Katrina Forrester | Detective | Black female | Black female, -1 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Matthew Fried | Detective | White male | White female, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Jose Peinan | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2013 |
James Zozzaro | Detective | White male | Black female, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Odalis Perez | Detective | Hispanic female | Black female, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
John Mcdonnell | Detective | White male | White female, 70 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Gerald Breiner | Detective | White male | Hispanic female, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2001 |
Jeremy Demarco | Detective | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
James Miles | Detective | Black male | Black female, 53 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
John Gengo | Detective | White male | Hispanic female, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Jeremiah Williams | Detective | Black male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Felix Gross | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Carlos Vazquez | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Robert Mayer | Detective | White male | Black male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Lawrence Hotaling | Detective | White male | Hispanic female | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Thomas Reo | Detective | White male | Hispanic female, 32 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Edward Mcbride | Detective | White male | Asian male, 42 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Joseph Tallarine | Detective | White male | Black female, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
John Slavinsky | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Rolando Carbonell | Detective | Hispanic male | Black female, 49 years old | Substantiated (No Recommendations) | 2009 |
Kevin Murphy | Detective | White male | Black female, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Kevin Murphy | Detective | White male | Black female, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Paul Robinson | Detective | Black male | Hispanic female, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
John Ulmer | Detective | White male | Black male, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2005 |
Michael Fahmy | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Jaime Arroyo | Detective | Hispanic male | White female, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Anthony Quagliariello | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 1996 |
Anthony Quagliariello | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 1999 |
Joseph Hickey | Detective | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Howard Shank | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2000 |
Khalid Ragab | Detective | White male | Asian male, 57 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Sheldon Malcolm | Detective | Black male | Black male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Jason Forgione | Detective | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Selwyn Fonrose | Detective | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Thomas Decker | Detective | White male | White male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Kelvin Peralta | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Dion Edwards | Detective | Black male | Hispanic male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Thomas Woods | Detective | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Thomas Woods | Detective | White male | Black male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Christos Deftereos | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Dustin Genco | Detective | White male | White female, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Steven Ramunno | Detective | White male | Black female, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Phillip Atkins | Detective | Black male | Black male, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Andres Libreros | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Michael Kelly | Detective | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Carl Roadarmel | Detective | White male | White male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2001 |
Carl Roadarmel | Detective | White male | Hispanic female, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Aaron Netterville | Detective | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Dennis Friendly | Detective | Black male | Black male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Jonathan Lovera | Detective | Hispanic male | White male, 15 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Richard Debraux | Detective | Black male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Guy Gargano | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Mack Lipinski | Detective | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Thomas Mcdonnell | Detective | White male | Asian female, 49 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Dion Edwards | Detective | Black male | Black female, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2012 |
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.