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Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop

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

824

Complaints

853

Allegations

1,094

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
Marie Pilieci	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
Steve Crozier	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Anatoli Eltsov	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Richard Lavelle	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2017
Julio Meyreles	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
David Velez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2017
Thomas Bates	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2017
Kitwane Lewis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2017
Robert Gallagher	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
William Froehlich	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
William Froehlich	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Steven Ramunno	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2017
Steven Lopez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Anderson Ortiz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Steven Ramunno	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2017
James Lindquist	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Kevin Morgan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Bryan Scheblein	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Louis Villegas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2017
Sean Collins	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2017
Harris Haskovic	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Anthony Bomparola	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
Anthony Bomparola	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2017
Scott Hughes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Moses Lebron	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2017
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Daniel Guida	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2017
Martin Cunningham	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Joseph Pierce	Sergeant	White male	Refused male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
Andre Morris	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Juan Pichardo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
James Lukeson	Police Officer	White male	White male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Daniel Nunez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Amjad Kasaji	Detective	White male	Other Race female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
William Pugliese	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2017
George Taylor	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2017
Eduard Nogol	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2017
Brendan Murphy	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Phillip Johnson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2017
James Williams	Detective	White male	White male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2017
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Triston Trunk	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Triston Trunk	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2017
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Sergeant	White male	White male, 61 years old	Exonerated	2017
Cesar Reyes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2017
Brandon Gembecki	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Matthew Palmerini	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Brian Mahon	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Eric Kim	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 63 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2017
Fizgeralda Herndonsoto	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 63 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2017
Michael Heinz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
David Grieco	Sergeant	White male	Other Race female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Christian Cayenne	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 60 years old	Exonerated	2018
Steven Abrams	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 42 years old	Exonerated	2018
Christian Cayenne	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Saquoi Harris	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Gary Leite	Police Officer	White male	White female, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Justin Ellis	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Joseph Villarreal	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2018
Michael Mccarthy	Police Officer	White male	White male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Matthew Finn	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Richard Danese	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2018
Christian Cayenne	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Timothy Gaven	Detective	White male	Black female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2018
Joseph Villarreal	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Nairobi Grayson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2018
Colin Austin	Lieutenant	Black male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2018
Matthew Librizzi	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 36 years old	Exonerated	2018
Jorge Sanabria	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2018
Brian Muldowney	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Joseph Schwaner	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 57 years old	Exonerated	2018
Alberto Pizarro	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2018
Brian Muldowney	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Juan Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2018
Louis Dambrosio	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2018
Christian Calvagna	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2018
Michael Pyzikiewicz	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Charles Cavallaro	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2018
Liam Ohara	Detective	White male	Black female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2018
Irene Bonicadelgado	Detective	Hispanic female	White male, 66 years old	Exonerated	2018
Timothy Fox	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Aman Rana	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2018
James Gale	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Aman Rana	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Christina Anderson	Police Officer	Black female	Black female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2018
Leo Bonacasa	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2018
James Gale	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Matthew Lambert	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2018
James Holder	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Alexander Lopez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2018
Daryl Melhado	Lieutenant	Black male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Thomas Macca	Police Officer	White male	White female, 74 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
James Holder	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 60 years old	Exonerated	2018
Alberto Pizarro	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Michael Alpers	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2018
Soney Varghese	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2018
Robert Eysel	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Richard Browne	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Matthew Finn	Police Officer	White male	White male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2018
Michael Collarini	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	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.