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
Joseph Villarreal	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2018
Artur Espenberg	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Jose Ramos	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic transwoman (mtf), 36 years old	Exonerated	2018
Frank Recca	Police Officer	White male	White male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Steven Muskovic	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 35 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Felix Garcia	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 71 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Michael Scally	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Steven Schwartz	Police Officer	White male	Asian female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Daniel Silverio	Detective	Hispanic male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Starlin Dominguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Daniel Silverio	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Irene Bonicadelgado	Detective	Hispanic female	White male, 66 years old	Exonerated	2018
Tyler Howe	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2018
Troy Luis	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2018
Franklin Diaz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2018
Charles Cavallaro	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Anthony Longobardi	Captain	White male	White female, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Justin Allen	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2018
Steven Ramunno	Detective	White male	Black female, 35 years old	Exonerated	2018
Christophe Harris	Police Officer	Black male	Asian male, 57 years old	Exonerated	2018
Steven Muskovic	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 35 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Jonathan Lovera	Detective	Hispanic male	White male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
William Diab	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Lawrence Hotaling	Detective	White male	Hispanic female	Unsubstantiated	2018
Artur Espenberg	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Mayko Matos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Timothy Lerner	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2018
Robert Barnett	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Frederic Ortiz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2017
Bruce Ceparano	Captain	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2017
Daniel Nunez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Angel Colon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Bruce Ceparano	Captain	White male	Other Race female, 42 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2017
Byran Pitts	Detective	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2017
Gregory Green	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2017
Jose Cintron	Detective	Hispanic male	Not available male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Luz Villacorta	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Bruce Ceparano	Captain	White male	Other Race female, 42 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2017
Stephen Polesovsky	Police Officer	White male	White female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Stephen Polesovsky	Police Officer	White male	White male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Nicholas Difinizio	Police Officer	White male	Asian female, 53 years old	Exonerated	2017
Brandon Gembecki	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Stephen Polesovsky	Police Officer	White male	White male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Patrick Quigley	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Robert Barnett	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Eric Jordan	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 55 years old	Exonerated	2017
Jose Cintron	Detective	Hispanic male	Refused male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
James Olson	Police Officer	White male	White female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jose Garcia	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2017
Steven Rupnick	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male	Unsubstantiated	2017
Juan Rodriguez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jhonny Milfort	Police Officer	Black male	Not available male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2017
Jose Cordero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Matthew Kreisman	Police Officer	White male	White female, 23 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2017
Elmer Pastran	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Robert Barnett	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Brett Strauss	Police Officer	White male	Other Race female, 38 years old	Exonerated	2017
Matthew Dias	Police Officer	White male	Other Race not described, 50 years old	Exonerated	2017
Lamont Gibson	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Keith Silardi	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Carlos Pimentel	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male	Unsubstantiated	2017
Deshawn Edmonds	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2017
Newton Hun	Police Officer	Asian male	White female, 58 years old	Exonerated	2017
Dana Ladson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Leonardo Nimo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
Maribel Burgos	Sergeant	Hispanic female	Hispanic female, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Kimm Cruse	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 75 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Paul Robinson	Detective	Black male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Alwyn Phillips	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown female, 35 years old	Exonerated	2017
Anthony Contessa	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2017
Joseph Sotira	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Quran Mcphatter	Police Officer	Black male	Other Race male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Kimm Cruse	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jalal Ali	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Sherman Tyson	Police Officer	Black male	Refused female, 57 years old	Exonerated	2017
Asghar Mahmood	Police Officer	Asian male	Asian male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	White female, 67 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Christophe Ward	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Ricardo Lewis	Sergeant	Black male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Asghar Mahmood	Police Officer	Asian male	Asian male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 13 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2017
Edson Brutus	Police Officer	Black male	Asian female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2017
Christophe Oconnor	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2017
Isaac Souchak	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 59 years old	Exonerated	2017
Todd Jacoby	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2017
Yael Magori	Lieutenant	White female	White female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2017
Michael Sykora	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Yael Magori	Lieutenant	White female	White female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Yael Magori	Lieutenant	White female	White female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2017
John Londono	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Daniel Shaw	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2017
Nanhao Chen	Lieutenant	Asian male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Vladimir Alonzo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 56 years old	Exonerated	2017
Leon Batson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Bjondin Skender	Police Officer	White male	Asian female, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Derek Almeida	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2017
Ronit Vyas	Police Officer	Asian male	Asian male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Pedro Vallecillo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Sicelin Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2017
Wilfredo Benitez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017

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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.