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
Thomas Moroney	Police Officer	White male	White male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jose Martinez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Dany Fana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Andrew Ho	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Vincent Dima	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jose Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Miles Holman	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2013
Andrew Fago	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jason Brown	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
John Todaro	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
David Russo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Ricardo Cuenca	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Raymond Tomins	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
David Leonardi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Daniel Baca	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Kevin Kavanagh	Sergeant	White male	White male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Joseph Viggiano	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Eddy Gutierrez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Thomas Trachta	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Felix Arana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jose Peinan	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jorge Perdomo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Eric Delman	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Frederick Lewis	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	White male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Garey Gordon	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Daniel Cross	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jason Jones	Detective	Black male	Unknown male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
David Russo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Kevin Matthews	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jonathan Kalman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Philip Picciano	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Mourad Arslanbeck	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Miguel Figueroa	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jensen Dayle	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Diery Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Christophe Hassan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Julio Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
James Zozzaro	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Lowez Walker	Detective	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Hemadeh Fattah	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Stephen Espinoza	Captain	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Nicholas Ventimiglia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Robert Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Mark Vazquez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Lesly Charles	Sergeant	Black male	Other Race male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Jonathan Kalman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Paul Prendergast	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Patrick Craig	Police Officer	White male	American Indian male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2012
Mario Moreno	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Momen Attia	Police Officer	White male	White male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Patrick Horkan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Christophe Vaccaro	Police Officer	White male	White male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Burt Antoine	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Pamela Benites	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Todd Hansen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2012
Angel Delgado	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Anthony Lafemina	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Frank Sarrica	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
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
Dany Fana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Robert Kelly	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
John Mcloughlin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Shameeka Cummings	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2012
Francisco Perez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Karanlall Brijbukhan	Detective	Asian male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Scott Lieneck	Detective	White male	White male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Troy Luis	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Black male	White female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Christophe Mcdonald	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Yaris Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Kalifa Diomande	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jaime Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Greg Desideri	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
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
Alberto Angilletta	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Tatiana Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jeffrey Arceo	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Kristy Abbasciano	Police Officer	White female	Hispanic female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Alexander Wancel	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2012
Martin Gimenez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Andrew Fago	Detective	White male	Black female, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	White female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Mauricio Thomas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jonathan Kalman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jonathan Kalman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Carlos Lozada	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Scott Rizzo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
David Caro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Joseph Redner	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Joey Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Milton Diaz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Angel Vasquez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Scott Sanseverino	Police Officer	White male	White male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Sasha Brugal	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011

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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.