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
Tanya Barry Police Officer Black female Black female, 20 years old Exonerated 2006
Eduard Nogol Police Officer White male White male, 32 years old Exonerated 2006
Anthony Gulotta Police Officer White male Unknown female, 45 years old Exonerated 2006
Joseph Agosta Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
John Livingston Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 51 years old Exonerated 2006
Matthew Hart Police Officer White male Black female, 34 years old Exonerated 2006
Michael Casey Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Daniel Campbell Police Officer White male White male, 36 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2006
Anil Jacob Police Officer Asian male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Jerry Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2006
John Todaro Sergeant White male Black male, 44 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
David Sammarco Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2006
Eric Duval Police Officer White male White male, 56 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Curtis Crystal Sergeant White male Black male, 58 years old Exonerated 2006
Brendan Dono Police Officer White male White male, 47 years old Exonerated 2006
Joshua Faranda Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Michael Parks Police Officer Black male Black male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Daniel Miranda Police Officer Hispanic male White female, 48 years old Exonerated 2005
Joseph Bieniewicz Police Officer White male White male, 47 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Michael Windsor Police Officer Black male Black female, 40 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Richard Currao Sergeant White male Black female, 22 years old Exonerated 2005
Michael White Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Edward Scali Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Ralph Cilento Sergeant White male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Michael Ernst Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Orin Cox Police Officer Black male Other Race female, 47 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Natalie Roman Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 26 years old Exonerated 2005
Joseph Padula Police Officer White male Not available male, 35 years old Exonerated 2005
Mathew Reich Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 60 years old Exonerated 2005
Ludwig Narcisse Police Officer Black male Black female, 48 years old Exonerated 2005
Carlos Fabara Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Robert Nugent Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Julio Ramos Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Kevin Kavanagh Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2005
Lowez Walker Police Officer Black male Not available Exonerated 2005
Johanna Urena Police Officer Hispanic female Hispanic female, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Joseph Amato Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 54 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Edward Deighan Sergeant White male Other Race female, 47 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Charles Stewart Police Officer Black male Black female, 43 years old Exonerated 2005
Dion Edwards Police Officer Black male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Lowez Walker Police Officer Black male Black male, 65 years old Exonerated 2005
Kyna Phillip Police Officer Black female Other Race male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Michael Doyle Sergeant White male White male, 57 years old Exonerated 2005
Raphael Sylvestre Police Officer Black male Black female, 43 years old Exonerated 2005
Carlton Mckenney Police Officer Black male Hispanic female, 42 years old Exonerated 2005
Thomas Morton Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Thomas Morton Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Lesly Charles Police Officer Black male Black female, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Nicholas Soto Police Officer Hispanic male Asian male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Peter Morales Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 62 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Bobby Mohip Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Ezequiel Gutierrez Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 26 years old Exonerated 2005
Erika Moore Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2005
Ralph Cilento Sergeant White male Black male, 75 years old Exonerated 2005
Jose Dejesus Detective Hispanic male Black female, 41 years old Exonerated 2005
Marco Balboni Police Officer White male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Brian Mccloskey Police Officer White male White male, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
John Todaro Sergeant White male Black female, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Justin Cracchiola Police Officer White male Black male Unsubstantiated 2005
Jerome Teahan Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Thomas Varghese Police Officer Asian male Unknown male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Mahmoud Attia Police Officer White male Black male, 63 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
John Miata Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 19 years old Exonerated 2005
Kevon Sample Police Officer Black male White male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
John Ulmer Detective White male Black male, 44 years old Exonerated 2005
Paul Mcmahon Lieutenant White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2005
Jose Ramos Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 42 years old Exonerated 2005
Michael Parks Police Officer Black male Unknown male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Nathan Mole Police Officer Black male Black male, 60 years old Exonerated 2005
Marino Lorenzo Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 42 years old Exonerated 2005
Joseph Mineo Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Patrick Mullens Police Officer White male White female, 35 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Hassan Paris Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 27 years old Exonerated 2005
Evelio Herrera Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 71 years old Exonerated 2005
Timothy Rogers Police Officer White male Black female, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Brian Farrelly Police Officer White male Black female, 31 years old Exonerated 2005
Frank Danzi Police Officer White male Black female, 31 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Diego Dotres Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 23 years old Exonerated 2005
Ryan Habermehl Police Officer White male Not available Unsubstantiated 2005
Hugh Mackenzie Police Officer White male Black male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Larry Dunn Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 43 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Eric Bolger Police Officer White male Black female, 49 years old Exonerated 2005
Eric Bolger Police Officer White male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 2005
Mark Landi Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Joseph Hickey Police Officer White male Black female, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Kenneth Juart Police Officer White male Black male, 45 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
William Ditomaso Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 2005
Joseph Seminara Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 35 years old Exonerated 2005
James Longo Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Christophe Lembo Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 19 years old Exonerated 2005
Osvaldo Nunez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2005
Marcelo Razzo Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
John Loftus Police Officer White male Unknown male, 34 years old Exonerated 2005
Robert Rivera Police Officer Hispanic male White female, 51 years old Exonerated 2005
Miguel Marte Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Lowez Walker Police Officer Black male Not available Exonerated 2005
Alexander Wancel Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Gregory Pekera Sergeant White male Black female, 39 years old Exonerated 2004
Leonardo Nimo Police Officer Hispanic male Other Race female, 56 years old Exonerated 2004
Khalid Ragab Police Officer White male White male, 25 years old Exonerated 2004
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.
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