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
Ignazio Selvaggio	Police Officer	White male	White male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Ignazio Selvaggio	Police Officer	White male	White female, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Matthew Hart	Police Officer	White male	White male, 79 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Matthew Medina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Matthew Medina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Tyrone Thompson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Angel Leon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2000
Johanna Urena	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Refused male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Michael Fitzgibbon	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2013
Bobby Glover	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
James Armstrong	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2003
Jose Bonilla	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Erick Erdaide	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Robert Orlando	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Filastin Srour	Police Officer	White female	Hispanic male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Christophe Vaccaro	Police Officer	White male	White male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
James Titus	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
James Titus	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2018
Nathaniel Anthony	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Rudy Anzalone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Angel Delgado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Kenneth Dwyer	Police Officer	White male	White male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Christophe Kearney	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2009
Anthony Lafemina	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jonathan Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Darren Melhado	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Edward Moore	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Thomas Reo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Thomas Reo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Luis Robles	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Frank Ryan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Mandeep Singh	Police Officer	Asian male	Black female, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Michael Sykora	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Alex Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Alex Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Michael Whiteman	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Mahmoud Attia	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Mahmoud Attia	Police Officer	White male	White male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
William Falcone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Joseph Lafata	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2005
Mourad Mourad	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Mourad Mourad	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Dennis Westbrook	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
John Giangrandi	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Robert Dress	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Anthony Proscia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Blake Sydlo	Police Officer	White male	White male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2009
Robert Corbett	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2001
Karanlall Brijbukhan	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Karanlall Brijbukhan	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Karanlall Brijbukhan	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1999
Kenneth Douglas	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Kenneth Douglas	Police Officer	Black male	Other Race male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Luis Marte	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Juan Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2008
Joey Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jason Brown	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jason Brown	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Exonerated	2018
Kalifa Diomande	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jose Moreno	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 11 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Andrew Ho	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Berkley Vantull	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Andre Blake	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Darnay Harris	Police Officer	Black male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2002
Charles Ingrassia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Thomas Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Bilal Ates	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michael Becker	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Erick Flores	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Taiwo Adeleke	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Jason Reynolds	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Tatiana Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Daniel Mahoney	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Frank Baldo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Nelson Nin	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Paul Oconnor	Police Officer	White male	American Indian male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Wojciech Czech	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Davey Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Davey Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2007
Fernando Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Johnpaul Slater	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2000
Eddy Gutierrez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Vincent Virbukas	Police Officer	White male	White male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2001
Lewellyn Alvarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 28 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Bradley Field	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Kaisser Surriga	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Antwon Trent	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2009
Nicholas Bekas	Police Officer	White male	White male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018

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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.