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
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Shaun Tanner	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Joseph Bieniewicz	Police Officer	White male	White male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Patrick Smith	Police Officer	American Indian male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Jeffrey Mayo	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2005
Christophe Lawrence	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Zoilo Encarnacion	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Dustin Genco	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 53 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Kirth Buckley	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2005
Rodrigo Caballero	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Jean Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Johanna Urena	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Refused male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Mario Moreno	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2005
Jose Acevedo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Justin Cracchiola	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2005
Miguel Marte	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Daniel Pietranico	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 19 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Lipetri	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Ignazio Selvaggio	Police Officer	White male	White female, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Frank Tarantola	Lieutenant	White male	White male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Joseph Lafata	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2005
Christophe Lembo	Police Officer	White male	White male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Jesus Capo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Gene Etoria	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2005
John Todaro	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Eric Downes	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Ohmeed Davodian	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Brian Mccloskey	Police Officer	White male	White male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Patrick Gaines	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Jean Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Michael Sykora	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Mahmoud Attia	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Robert Winslow	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Anthony Salato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2004
Frank Sarrica	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Robert Nugent	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Ohmeed Davodian	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Jose Rodriguez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2004
Freddy Dominguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2004
Thomas Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Mahmoud Attia	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Martin Toczek	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Patrick Cherry	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Exonerated	2004
Peter Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2004
Christophe Price	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Ignazio Selvaggio	Police Officer	White male	White male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Tyrone Thompson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Thomas Kid	Sergeant	White male	White male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Felix Graciani	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Yvonne Baez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 12 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Christophe Marrow	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Ernest Morales	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black female, 57 years old	Exonerated	2003
Rodney Harrison	Sergeant	Black male	Not available male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Emily Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2003
James Armstrong	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2003
Kevin Matthews	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Kevin Matthews	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Alex Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Brian Farrelly	Police Officer	White male	White male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Marco Balboni	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Jean Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Michael Sidorskiy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2003
Colin Caesar	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Steven Weiss	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2003
Carlos Silva	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Joseph Collura	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Scott Mateyaschuk	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2003
John Miata	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Carlos Fabara	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Michael Goldreyer	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Darnay Harris	Police Officer	Black male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2002
David Cheesewright	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Kevin Matthews	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Raymond Festino	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Vincent Maher	Police Officer	White male	White male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Edward Barry	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Federico Martinez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2002
Michael Gibbs	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Kevin Matthews	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Edward Young	Police Officer	Black male	Other Race male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Willus Murray	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Osvaldo Nunez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
William Simon	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Christophe Lagrasta	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Franklin Bohr	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2001
Joseph Gulotta	Sergeant	White male	Other Race male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2001
Paul Digiacomo	Detective	White male	White male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Titus Parham	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2001
Christophe Cantelmi	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Vernon Kendrick	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Anthony Longobardi	Police Officer	White male	White male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Ischaler Grant	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2001
Robert Corbett	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2001
Vincent Virbukas	Police Officer	White male	White male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2001
Michael Catusco	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
David Demelia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2001
Angel Leon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2000

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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.