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
Timothy Harrington	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2015
Brian Dobbins	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
David Terrell	Detective	Black male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Fernando Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Johnpaul Giacona	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Richard Danese	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Christophe Cunha	Lieutenant	White male	Other Race male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Mike Civil	Detective	Black male	White male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jose Rendon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Pete Massa	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Vincent Dima	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Greaney	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Howard Roth	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jay Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Paul Chierico	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Nelson Nin	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Brian Coffey	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Louis Marinacci	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Kreshnik Bakraqi	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Ronald Hobson	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Richard Ernyey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
David Leonardi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 62 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Christophe Cruzado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	White male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Deshawn Edmonds	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Mannese	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Sean Christian	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2014
Shaun Grossweiler	Police Officer	White male	White male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Brown	Lieutenant	White male	Asian male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2014
Matthew Lewis	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Carlos Pimentel	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Adan Munoz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Sekou Bourne	Detective	Black male	Black male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2014
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Detective	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Risel Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Juan Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Andre Blake	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Miller	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Joseph Fernandez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jimmy Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Thomas Reo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Brian Dobbins	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Robert Orlando	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Wilson Alba	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Eric Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Elvis Cole	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Kreshnik Bakraqi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2014
Nelson Nin	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jose Caban	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Ronald Bolte	Lieutenant	White male	Unknown male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Eric Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Bekim Kalicovic	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Brian Bartley	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Evans Mazile	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
David Harris	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2014
Jeffrey Mota	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Angel Delgado	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Kamil Pac	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 61 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Andrew Lindsay	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Leonardo Viera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Christophe Muller	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Lawrence Perrotta	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Robert Clark	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Emrah Ates	Detective	White male	Black female, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Felix Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Kaczor	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Vincenzo Trabolse	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Johnny Lawrence	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Joseph Dalbero	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Aman Rana	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Arsenio Camilo	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Trevor Baronette	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2013
Andrew Lipari	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Frederick Lewis	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Diery Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jay Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Daniel Cross	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Dany Fana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Darren King	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Jason Jones	Detective	Black male	Unknown male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Thomas Trachta	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Aaron Lohman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Garey Gordon	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
David Leonardi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Raymond Tomins	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Vincent Dima	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Kenneth Douglas	Police Officer	Black male	Other Race male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Kevin Kavanagh	Sergeant	White male	White male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jose Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Thomas Reo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jose Dejesus	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Daniel Baca	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Charles Ingrassia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Andrew Fago	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Erick Erdaide	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Emily Rivera	Detective	Hispanic female	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
James Titus	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013

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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.