Abuse of Authority: THREAT OF SUMMONS - The NYPD Files

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Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Summons

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

109

Complaints

114

Allegations

116

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
Charles Barberi	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1994
Thomas Cerbone	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	1996
Gregory Butler	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	1997
William Maye	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	1998
Joyce Williams	Police Officer	Black female	Not available	Exonerated	1998
Charles Barberi	Sergeant	White male	Not available , 21 years old	Exonerated	1999
Richard Adamiak	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2000
Louis Pepe	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2000
Richard Bergin	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2000
Orin Cox	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Andrew Buck	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2002
Andrew Bershad	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Hector Rodriguez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2002
Zoilo Encarnacion	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Maria Jeanty	Police Officer	Black female	Other Race male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Brian Depalo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Peter Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2003
Christophe Klein	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Peter Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2004
Kevin Judge	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2004
Michael Perry	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 74 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2004
Ryan Habermehl	Police Officer	White male	White female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2005
Donald Abrams	Sergeant	White male	White male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Joseph Cruzado	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Peter Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2005
Carlos Viera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Jose Delrosario	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
William Ditomaso	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael White	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Albert Anzalone	Police Officer	White male	White male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Joseph Bell	Lieutenant	White male	White male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Neil Zuber	Police Officer	White male	White female, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Francisco Ponce	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Armando Cardenio	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2006
Patrick Ryan	Police Officer	White male	Not available female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2006
Robert Oswald	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2006
Shuzhen Wong	Police Officer	Asian female	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Jonathan Leon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2006
Thomas Smith	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Nico Hewitt	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Christophe Oconnor	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Barbara Fischer	Sergeant	White female	White female, 57 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Mitchell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Alexander Wancel	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
John Rajan	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Bruce Ceparano	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2007
Pedro Rios	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 29 years old	Exonerated	2008
Marcy Velez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Albert Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Florencio Arquer	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2008
Ryan Dowling	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Il Baik	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic female, 23 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Mark Kistoo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Senia Taveras	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Ruben Serrano	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2012
Vincenzo Trabolse	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2012
Jeffrey Hunold	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Ryan Healy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Juan Cabrera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Nico Hewitt	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 55 years old	Exonerated	2012
Adam Imperato	Police Officer	White male	White female, 27 years old	Exonerated	2012
Jay Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 53 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Kenneth Gallart	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Vincent Dima	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Alejandro Valderrama	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2013
Danny Williams	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2014
Bryan Vaughan	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Gregory Gianacopulos	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Darnell Forrester	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 67 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Michael Whelan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Joseph Mcevoy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Ramiro Ruiz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
William Palmer	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Thomas Gagliardi	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 56 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Patrick Cherry	Detective	White male	Asian male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Kevin Mockel	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2015
Jason Santana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Larry Meyers	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Samuel Hui	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Christophe Napolitano	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2016
Mark Ward	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2016
Roman Israilov	Lieutenant	White male	Unknown not described	Exonerated	2016
Brendan Dono	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
William Taylor	Deputy Inspector	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Joby Thomas	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Robert Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Daniel Pietranico	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2017
Leon Batson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2017
George Isabel	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 38 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
Md Rahman	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 50 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2018
Brendan Dono	Police Officer	White male	White male, 52 years old	Exonerated	2018
Ioannis Rizos	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 29 years old	Exonerated	2018
Michael Pyzikiewicz	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Yezenia Wagner	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Asian male, 54 years old	Exonerated	2018
Dion Edwards	Detective	Black male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
William Froehlich	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Thomas Smith	Captain	White male	White male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2018
Christian Salazar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2018
Edward Mcclain	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Irene Bonicadelgado	Detective	Hispanic female	White male, 66 years old	Exonerated	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.