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
Carlos Nieves	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Steven Ramunno	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Shaquan Harvin	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
John Mcloughlin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Paul Palminteri	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Steven Weiss	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2000
Steven Weiss	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2003
Herve Francois	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Claymont Defreitas	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Louis Marinacci	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Titus Parham	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2001
Adriano Deleon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian female, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Derrick Mcintosh	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Shawn Gallagher	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Frank Giunta	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2018
Timothy Lerner	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2018
Robert Winslow	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Richard Tarver	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown female	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Brian Coffey	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Brian Coffey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Daniel Cross	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Gary Aaronson	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 68 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Mark Vazquez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2007
Charles Hillery	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Carlos Delgado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Frank Bulzoni	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Christophe Sanchez	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Christophe Sanchez	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
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
Paul Chierico	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Christophe Esposito	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Alexandros Kalogiros	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Bryan Cullen	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2009
Richard Ernyey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
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
Shaun Tanner	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Stephen Sheppard	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Vincent Dima	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
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
Louis Villegas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Michael Pyzikiewicz	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Jose Rendon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Francisco Ponce	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Scott Hampton	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2019
Scott Hampton	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2019
Scott Hampton	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 41 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2019
Scott Hampton	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2019
Scott Hampton	Police Officer	White male	Not available male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2019
Todd Hansen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2012
Avidan Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Avidan Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 50 years old	Exonerated	2018
Michael Dunphy	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michal Jalbrzykowski	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2019
Jonathan Galindosanchez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2018
Hadi Saifi	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Kelvin Peralta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Ever Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2019
Colin Higgins	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2006
John Ferrara	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Renan Darbouze	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 36 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2019
Andre Morris	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
John Gergis	Police Officer	White male	White male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Charles Hillery	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 49 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Kevin Cox	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Ryan Olsen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Carlos Pacheco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Ahmad Brannon	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Carlos Pacheco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Hector Justinico	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Jason Sharp	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Patrick Smith	Police Officer	American Indian male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Miguel Pierre	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Francisco Pina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Alexander Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2017
Fernando Caches	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Kyron Delarosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2019
Fernando Caches	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
William Glynn	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Robert Nugent	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Soney Varghese	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Dalsh Veve	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Cecilio Ramos	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2019
Nicholas Schiraldi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2019
Michael Loeffel	Police Officer	White male	White female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2008
Louis Barbarelli	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
John Pedersen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2019
Miles Holman	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2013
Joseph Stynes	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Joseph Barbella	Police Officer	White male	White male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Mcdonald	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Vito Nicoletta	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
David Caro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Christophe Mcdonald	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2010
Kevin Mockel	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jean Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Jean Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005

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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.