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
Resembric Altamar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available , 24 years old	Exonerated	2019
Anthony Salato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2004
Marianela Tejada	Sergeant	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Sidorskiy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2003
Michael Brown	Lieutenant	White male	Asian male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2014
Ischaler Grant	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2001
Michael Fitzgibbon	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2013
Dion Edwards	Detective	Black male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2018
Jason Brown	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Exonerated	2018
Kaz Daughtry	Detective	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2017
Resembric Altamar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2019
Jose Santory	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2018
Raymond Abear	Detective	Asian male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2019
Diery Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male	Exonerated	2007
Stephen Jones	Police Officer	White male	White female, 70 years old	Exonerated	2016
Angel Leon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2000
Mobeen Yasin	Sergeant	Asian male	White male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2017
Joseph Lafata	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2005
Kevon Sample	Lieutenant	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2017
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2008
Johnny Mitchell	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2018
Trevor Baronette	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2013
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Exonerated	2004
Daniel Castaldo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2017
Steven Dejesussmith	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2016
Shawn Moynihan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2019
Michael Carleo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2006
Eric Downes	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Joel Crooms	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 24 years old	Exonerated	2016
Zachery Zinaman	Police Officer	White male	White female, 55 years old	Exonerated	2019
Thornton Booker	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2006
Titus Parham	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2001
Zoilo Encarnacion	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Mario Moreno	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2005
Jose Rodriguez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2004
James Armstrong	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2003
Andrew Nash	Detective	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2018
Timothy Jaycox	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2010
Daniel Castaldo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2016
Emily Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2003
Adan Munoz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2015
Gerald Williams	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2010
Davey Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2007
Alexander Wancel	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2012
Franklyn Sepulveda	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2011
Derek Sambolin	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2010
Freddy Dominguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2004
Donald Kipp	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2015
Michal Jalbrzykowski	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2019
Mark Vazquez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2007
Edward Pellerano	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2017
Ryan Mcguinness	Lieutenant	White male	White male, 63 years old	Exonerated	2018
John Diaz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2018
John Chavatte	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2018
Steven Weiss	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2003
Steven Weiss	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2000
German Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2018
Aleksandr Pasynkov	Sergeant	White male	White male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2018
Rafael Montanez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2007
Bryan Cullen	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2009
Jude Reimbeau	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2008
Michael Szczecinski	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2008
Nicolas Mahuad	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 52 years old	Exonerated	2017
Shameeka Cummings	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2012
Eric Bernard	Police Officer	White male	Other Race female, 46 years old	Exonerated	2016
Anthony Longobardi	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2013
Eduard Nogol	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 14 years old	Exonerated	2008
Steven Ramunno	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2009
Bryan Ortiz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2018
John Mcdonnell	Detective	White male	White female, 70 years old	Exonerated	2016
Eric Bernard	Police Officer	White male	Other Race female, 46 years old	Exonerated	2016
Timothy Harrington	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2015
David Harris	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2014
Todd Hansen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2012
Peter Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2004
Christophe Kearney	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2009
Justin Grieco	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2016
Christophe Mcdonald	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2010
Daniel Sitruk	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2016
Peter Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2017
Avidan Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 50 years old	Exonerated	2018
Carl Scogmanillo	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2018
Cecilio Ramos	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2019
Robert Corbett	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2001
Kyron Delarosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2019
Eric Droz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2019
Kirth Buckley	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2005
Gene Etoria	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2005
Johnpaul Slater	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2000
Antwon Trent	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2009
Colin Higgins	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2006
Robert Bracero	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2010
Marco Gonzalez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2007
Miles Holman	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2013
Ever Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2019
Sean Christian	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2014
Timothy Burke	Sergeant	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2018
Timothy Burke	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2018
Jonathan Galindosanchez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2018
Andrew Nguyen	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2019

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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.