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
James Titus Police Officer White male Asian male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Diery Louis Police Officer Black male Black female, 45 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Dervent Williams Sergeant Black male Hispanic female, 44 years old Exonerated 2014
Herman Lai Police Officer Asian male Black female, 29 years old Exonerated 2014
Justin Ellis Police Officer White male Black female, 67 years old Exonerated 2014
Kevin Breen Lieutenant White male Black female, 49 years old Exonerated 2014
Justin Ellis Police Officer White male Black female, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Adrian Ramos Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jeffrey Hunold Police Officer White male Black female, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Brian Fragliossi Police Officer White male White male, 43 years old Exonerated 2014
James Slavin Sergeant White male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Peter Guido Sergeant White male Black female, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Christian Rojas Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 29 years old Exonerated 2014
Melanie Paganmerritt Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Steven Degree Sergeant Black male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jose Ortiz Lieutenant Hispanic male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Deshawn Edmonds Police Officer Black male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Christian Rojas Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 65 years old Exonerated 2014
Carlos Silva Police Officer Hispanic male Asian female, 30 years old Exonerated 2014
Saverio Zanchelli Police Officer White male White male, 43 years old Exonerated 2014
Andre Blake Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Andrew Ho Police Officer Asian male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Matthew Borden Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Steven Moran Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Richard Charles Police Officer Black male Black female, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Lahmar Sanders Detective Black male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Kenneth Gallart Police Officer White male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Joseph Hickey Detective White male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Daniel Staple Police Officer White male Black female, 53 years old Exonerated 2013
James Conn Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
David Grieco Police Officer White male Black male, 51 years old Exonerated 2013
Dmitry Brush Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Malachi Mckenith Police Officer Black male Unknown female, 47 years old Exonerated 2013
Francesco Allevato Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Malachi Mckenith Police Officer Black male Black male, 50 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2013
Isa Abbassi Lieutenant White male Black female, 41 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Thomas Mccue Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Vincent Dima Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Jay Rivera Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Barbara Fischer Lieutenant White female Black male, 13 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Michael Sidorskiy Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2013
Anthony Anglisano Police Officer White male Asian female, 43 years old Exonerated 2013
Frank Cannone Police Officer White male Refused male, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Richard Neumann Police Officer White male Asian female, 25 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2013
John Ferrara Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
William Morris Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Larry Meyers Sergeant White male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Stephen Allocca Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 59 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Matthew Levy Police Officer White male Black male, 65 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Luis Martinez Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Richard Young Police Officer White male Black female, 41 years old Exonerated 2013
Louis Marinacci Police Officer White male White male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Thomas Passolo Lieutenant White male Black female, 41 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
James Haley Police Officer White male Black male, 43 years old Exonerated 2013
Elvis Cole Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Frank Baldo Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 22 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2013
Pedro Teco Police Officer White male White female, 59 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Joseph Spina Police Officer White male Black male, 41 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2013
Jose Peinan Detective Hispanic male Not available Exonerated 2013
Willie Johnson Detective Black male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Steven Degree Sergeant Black male Hispanic male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Leon Batson Police Officer Black male Black male, 39 years old Exonerated 2013
Edwin Peguero Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Steve Crozier Sergeant White male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Mathew Reich Detective White male White female, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Aaron Lohman Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Oghenevigh Okrokoto Detective Black male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
David Sullivan Police Officer White male White male, 24 years old Exonerated 2013
John Oconnor Sergeant White male Black male, 24 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2013
Jason Jones Detective Black male Unknown male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Selwyn Fonrose Detective Black male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Ahmad Brannon Police Officer Black male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Timothy Finn Police Officer Asian male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Matthew Giunta Police Officer White male Black female, 40 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Frank Laquidara Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Joel Rosenthal Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 27 years old Exonerated 2013
Stephen Lalchan Police Officer Asian male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Michelle Maldonado Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2013
Robert Simms Detective Black male Other Race male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Charlie Little Police Officer Black male White male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Albert Aronov Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 53 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
David Cheesewright Sergeant Asian male Black female, 60 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
David Paray Police Officer Asian male Black female, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Thomas Woods Detective White male Black male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Juan Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Edgar Clases Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 56 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Robert King Sergeant White male Hispanic female, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Odalis Perez Detective Hispanic female Unknown female, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Trifon Anagnostos Police Officer White male Black female, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Milton Sanchez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 52 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Daniel Silverio Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Sean Downes Sergeant White male Black male, 53 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Jemal Gungor Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Felix Gross Detective Hispanic male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Winston Willabus Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
John Tancredi Sergeant White male Black female, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Florencio Arquer Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Angel Delgado Sergeant Hispanic male Refused male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Chris Palmeri Police Officer White male Black male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 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.
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