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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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
Luke Denesopolis Sergeant White male White male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Daniel Jennings Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 25 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2012
Matthew Lewis Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2012
Mike Civil Detective Black male Not available female Unsubstantiated 2012
Michael Alfieri Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2012
Edwin Estrada Detective Hispanic male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 2012
Kendrick Maldonado Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2012
John Loftus Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 27 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2012
Jose Ortiz Lieutenant Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Timothy Kraft Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2012
Juan Morales Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2012
Matthew Borden Police Officer Black male Black male, 51 years old Exonerated 2012
Washington Zurita Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Alan Hassel Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 35 years old Exonerated 2012
Kieran Fox Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2012
Stephen Berardi Police Officer White male Black male, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Thomas Ailman Lieutenant White male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Justin Cracchiola Police Officer White male Other Race female, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2012
Keith Gallagher Sergeant White male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Frederick Reyes Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2012
Min Kim Police Officer Asian male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Mark Vazquez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2012
Sasha Rosen Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Jessica Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 52 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Winston Willabus Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Reinaldo Alvarez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 52 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2011
Winston Willabus Sergeant Hispanic male White male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Tyler Ehrlein Detective White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Exonerated 2011
Albert Rodriguez Sergeant Hispanic male White male, 35 years old Exonerated 2011
Michael Raso Sergeant White male Hispanic female, 29 years old Exonerated 2011
Min Kim Police Officer Asian male Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2011
Juan Moreno Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 28 years old Exonerated 2011
Anthony Lee Police Officer Black male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Sasha Rosen Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Brian Garay Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 43 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Michael Cintron Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 36 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2011
Min Kim Police Officer Asian male White male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Steven Lopez Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Derrick Milligan Sergeant Black male Black male, 45 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Jose Ramos Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Patrick Davis Lieutenant White male Not available male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Michael Diaz Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2011
Carlos Lewis Sergeant Black male Black male, 54 years old Exonerated 2011
Jonathan Kalman Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2011
Joseph Fernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Nicholas Vandyke Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 45 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Daniel Sjoberg Police Officer White male Black male, 44 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Carlos Segovia Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 44 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Jason Fritz Police Officer White male Asian male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Christophe Alvarado Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2011
Jared Tepperman Detective White male Black male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Jared Tepperman Detective White male Black male, 45 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Michael Scoloveno Detective White male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2011
Terrell Anderson Sergeant Black male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Mervin Montalban Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Petr Janak Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Michael Espenberg Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Gary Messina Lieutenant White male Black male, 45 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2011
Leon Batson Police Officer Black male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Konstantin Genin Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2011
Dionicio Brito Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Cesar Polanco Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Matthew Mccoy Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Seth Lynch Sergeant White male Hispanic female, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Marlon Bethel Police Officer Black male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2011
Christophe Morris Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2011
Joseph Albertini Police Officer White male White male, 33 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Patrick Volgende Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Christophe Hebert Police Officer White male Black male, 52 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Blase Mucciariello Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Camilo Rosario Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 43 years old Exonerated 2011
Greg Vallerugo Sergeant White male Black female, 35 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Vladimir Garcia Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Kimberly Motto Sergeant White female Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Erica Lloyd Sergeant Black female Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
John Stoltenborg Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2011
Trevor Baronette Detective Black male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Jason Cira Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Michael Nocerino Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2011
Kevin Colvin Sergeant White male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Derek Almeida Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 45 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Ricardo Lewis Police Officer Black male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Albert Rodriguez Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 39 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Christophe Esposito Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Brian Goldberg Sergeant White male Asian male, 22 years old Exonerated 2011
Elvis Duran Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 37 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Dominick Raso Police Officer White male White female, 26 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2011
Thomas Gagliardi Sergeant White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2011
Anthony Wright Police Officer Black male White female, 21 years old Exonerated 2011
Anthony Ronda Lieutenant Hispanic male Black male, 63 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Terrell Anderson Sergeant Black male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Kevin Kavanagh Sergeant White male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2010
Jason Harris Lieutenant White male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2010
Stephen Dimassa Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 32 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2010
Kevin Whelan Sergeant White male Black female, 52 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2010
Sonia Belardo Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2010
Stephen Dimassa Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Charlie Little Police Officer Black male Black female, 25 years old Exonerated 2010
William Butler Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2010
Matthew Pena Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
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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