Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers

This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date. For more recent information, visit the city's database of civilian complaints against the NYPD.

Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search

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
981
Complaints
1,170
Allegations
1,405

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
Robert King Sergeant White male White male, 26 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
William Concannon Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Thomas White Lieutenant White male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2015
Jose Santory Sergeant Hispanic male White male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Daniel Ludemann Police Officer White male Black male, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Anderson Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 24 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Derek Sambolin Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Frank Kish Sergeant White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Richard Mcknight Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
James Williams Detective White male White male, 26 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Matthew Lewis Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2015
Timothy Donnelly Detective White male White male, 45 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Abraham Arteaga Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 41 years old Exonerated 2015
Michael Dicecco Sergeant White male Black male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Charlie Harvell Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Fidel Santiago Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 31 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
John Rajan Sergeant Asian male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
John Rajan Sergeant Asian male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2015
Mark Sinatra Sergeant White male Black male, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Vladimir Radionov Police Officer White male White male, 31 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
David Delvillar Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 45 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Lauren Au Police Officer Asian female White male, 20 years old Exonerated 2015
Dominic Ruggiero Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Luis Machado Lieutenant Hispanic male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Joseph Mcevoy Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Mark Sinatra Sergeant White male Black male, 58 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Miguel Figueroa Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 67 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
John Galbo Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Exonerated 2015
James Dick Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Christophe Goldrick Detective White male White female, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Bryan Vaughan Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Hugh Herbert Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Hugh Herbert Police Officer White male Black male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Mark Sinatra Sergeant White male Black female, 53 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Christophe Zaleski Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 63 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Lawrence Fiorello Sergeant White male White male, 31 years old Exonerated 2015
William Reddin Police Officer White male Black male, 48 years old Exonerated 2015
James Campbell Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Christophe Zaleski Lieutenant White male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Pedro Bobe Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Michael Casey Police Officer White male Hispanic male Unsubstantiated 2015
Okera Morrison Sergeant Black male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Shibu Madhu Sergeant Asian male Black male, 59 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Larry Meyers Sergeant White male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2015
Jens Maldonado Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 62 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Robert Hawreluk Detective White male Hispanic male Unsubstantiated 2015
John Zanca Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Michelle Maldonado Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
James Haley Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Paul Kearon Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2015
Paul Kearon Police Officer White male Other Race male, 32 years old Exonerated 2015
Nicholas Kane Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 23 years old Exonerated 2015
Brian Alexander Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Timothy Brovakos Sergeant White male Black male, 31 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Rafael Figueroa Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Juan Ortiz Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Jason Deonarinesingh Sergeant Black male Black female, 23 years old Exonerated 2015
William Beattie Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Derek Webber Police Officer White male Other Race male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Daniel Dallemand Sergeant Black male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Jean Seder Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 50 years old Exonerated 2015
Cory Smith Police Officer White male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 2015
Max Rolffot Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Jamaal Arthur Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 19 years old Exonerated 2015
Daniel Beddows Detective White male Black male, 62 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Kevin Kenny Lieutenant White male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2015
Nikolaos Stefopoulos Sergeant White male White male, 17 years old Exonerated 2015
Henry Daverin Sergeant White male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Sherrod Stuart Police Officer Black male Black male, 25 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Robert Musolino Police Officer White male White female, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Matthew Cahill Sergeant White male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Louis Villegas Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Essence Jackson Detective Black male Not available male Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
David Cordano Lieutenant White male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Shante Terrell Detective Black male White male, 43 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Mark Xylas Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2015
Marcel Francis Police Officer Black male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Philip Vaccarino Detective White male Unknown female, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Mark Brinadze Police Officer White male White male, 26 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Christophe Greiner Detective White male White male, 43 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Elvin Gashi Police Officer White male Hispanic male Unsubstantiated 2015
Edwin Ching Sergeant Asian male Hispanic male, 24 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Paul Padilla Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2015
Dalsh Veve Police Officer Black male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Michael Raso Lieutenant White male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Mathew Reich Detective White male White female, 25 years old Exonerated 2015
Juan Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 62 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Thomas Casey Sergeant White male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Bennett Shelley Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Delcar Savage Detective Hispanic female Black female, 53 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
John Ryan Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 58 years old Exonerated 2015
Kenneth Sepulveda Police Officer Hispanic male Other Race male, 20 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Bennett Shelley Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Brendan Reilly Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Exonerated 2015
William Schumacher Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 32 years old Exonerated 2014
Mark Scarlatelli Detective White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jonathan Glazer Police Officer White male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jonathan Glazer Police Officer White male Black male, 31 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Jonathan Glazer Police Officer White male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Adnan Radoncic Sergeant White male Black male, 34 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
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.
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