Abuse of Authority: THREAT OF FORCE (VERBAL OR PHYSICAL) - The NYPD Files

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Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)

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

710

Complaints

832

Allegations

912

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
Kevin Maloney	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Eric Delman	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Ernest Morales	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black female, 57 years old	Exonerated	2003
Michael Lipetri	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Arsenio Camilo	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Eric Delman	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Eric Delman	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Osvaldo Nunez	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Fernando Guimaraes	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	White male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Brown	Lieutenant	White male	Asian male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2014
Frank Tarantola	Lieutenant	White male	White male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Johnny Orellana	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Kevin Judge	Lieutenant	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2011
Bekim Kalicovic	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Steven Weiss	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Ward	Lieutenant	White male	White male, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Anthony Ronda	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	White male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Kevin Paynter	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Ronald Bolte	Lieutenant	White male	Unknown male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Flavio Rodriguez	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Michael Dunn	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
William Diab	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Gary Messina	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Flavio Rodriguez	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Kevon Sample	Lieutenant	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2017
Kevon Sample	Lieutenant	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Anthony Longobardi	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2013
Christopher McCormack	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Timothy Harrington	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2015
Christophe Cunha	Lieutenant	White male	Other Race male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Ryan Mcguinness	Lieutenant	White male	White male, 63 years old	Exonerated	2018
Christopher McCormack	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Andrei Nijnic	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Todd Hansen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2012
Michael Szczecinski	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2008
Brett Woodard	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Troy Peacock	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Andrew Cummings	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2018
Robert Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Bryan Zuccaro	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Michael Nocerino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Risel Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2016
Rafael Montanez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2007
Joseph Bermudez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available female	Unsubstantiated	2011
David Damico	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 55 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2019
Thornton Booker	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2006
Frederick Lewis	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jay Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jay Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
German Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2018
Orvin Feliciano	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Adrian Ramon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Kurt Cani	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Richard Ernyey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Frank Bulzoni	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Zoilo Encarnacion	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Howard Roth	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Hugh Herbert	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Yevgeniy Zaytsev	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jensen Dayle	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Frank Sarrica	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Stacey Ellis	Police Officer	Black female	Hispanic male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Emilio Aponte	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Robert Winslow	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Alwyn Phillips	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Marlon Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2018
Jesus Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
Derrick Mcintosh	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Titus Parham	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2001
Edward Pellerano	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2017
Thomas Trachta	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Eric Ruiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Edmundo Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Dany Fana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Alexandros Kalogiros	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Edgar Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2017
Shameeka Cummings	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2012
John Mcloughlin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Ramiro Ruiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jeffrey Mayo	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2005
Steven Ramunno	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Paul Chierico	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Robert Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Derek Lenart	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Kaz Daughtry	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Sean Christian	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2014
David Alvarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Leon Batson	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Kristy Abbasciano	Police Officer	White female	Hispanic female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Scott Sanseverino	Police Officer	White male	White male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Francisco Adames	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Christophe Esposito	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Shaun Grossweiler	Police Officer	White male	White male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Mccarthy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Michael Mccarthy	Police Officer	White male	White male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Nicholas Ventimiglia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Glenn Ziminski	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Mark Anderson	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Bryan Cullen	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2009
Vincent Dima	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014

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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.