Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers

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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
Andrew Hatki Lieutenant White male Black female, 48 years old Exonerated 2004
Charles Rubenstrunk Police Officer White male Other Race male, 23 years old Exonerated 2004
Patrick Smith Police Officer American Indian male Black male Unsubstantiated 2004
Edward Deighan Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2004
Joseph Marquez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 38 years old Exonerated 2004
Daniel Alessandrino Police Officer White male Other Race male, 46 years old Exonerated 2004
Latisha Wilder Police Officer Black female White male, 33 years old Exonerated 2004
Rafael Iturralde Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male Unsubstantiated 2004
John Rajan Sergeant Asian male Hispanic male, 22 years old Exonerated 2005
Zoilo Encarnacion Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2005
Edmund Rumman Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2005
Titus Parham Police Officer Black male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2005
Bilal Ates Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2005
Michael Korabel Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 43 years old Exonerated 2005
Keith Chatterton Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2005
Christophe Lawrence Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Adrian Ashby Sergeant Black male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2005
Kevin Mcleish Police Officer Black male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2005
Michael Dannecker Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 23 years old Exonerated 2005
Ralph Cilento Sergeant White male Black male, 36 years old Substantiated (No Recommendations) 2005
William Waldron Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Michael Diaz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Douglas Carr Police Officer Black male White male, 31 years old Exonerated 2005
Kenneth Juart Police Officer White male Black male, 45 years old Exonerated 2005
Keith Degiorgio Sergeant White male Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Giovanni Giovanniello Police Officer White male Black female, 40 years old Exonerated 2005
Robert Dress Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2005
William Butler Police Officer White male Black female, 34 years old Exonerated 2005
Michael Rivera Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 22 years old Exonerated 2005
Rudolph Hall Sergeant Black male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2005
Gregory Pekera Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Brian Mchenry Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Eric Duval Police Officer White male White male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Eric Delman Sergeant White male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 2005
Donald Abrams Sergeant White male White male, 21 years old Exonerated 2005
Frank Diaz Detective Hispanic male Hispanic female, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Deodat Urprasad Lieutenant Asian male Hispanic male, 34 years old Exonerated 2005
Christophe Friscia Police Officer White male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2005
Peter Ievolo Sergeant White male Hispanic female, 24 years old Exonerated 2005
Patrick Smith Police Officer American Indian male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Joseph Lessard Police Officer White male White male, 46 years old Exonerated 2005
Daniel Sbarra Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 25 years old Exonerated 2005
Emilio Melendez Lieutenant Hispanic male Black male, 47 years old Exonerated 2005
Nicole Gondry Police Officer White female Black female, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Mahmoud Attia Police Officer White male Not available Unsubstantiated 2005
Luis Perez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 33 years old Exonerated 2005
Ralph Cilento Police Officer White male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2005
John Hopkins Sergeant White male Black male, 47 years old Exonerated 2005
Abraham Arteaga Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Federico Martinez Lieutenant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 22 years old Exonerated 2005
David Demelia Police Officer White male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2005
Roberto Melendez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Matthew Granahan Police Officer White male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Blas Colon Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Andrew Hatki Lieutenant White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2005
Adrian Ashby Sergeant Black male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Berkley Vantull Police Officer Black male Black male, 52 years old Exonerated 2006
Titus Parham Sergeant Black male Hispanic male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Cecilia Medina Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 36 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2006
James Lyons Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2006
Jose Ortiz Sergeant Hispanic male Black female, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Robert Oswald Police Officer White male Black male, 38 years old Exonerated 2006
Dominick Bizzarro Police Officer White male White male, 18 years old Exonerated 2006
Norman Grandstaff Sergeant White male Asian male, 21 years old Exonerated 2006
Vitaliy Zelikov Police Officer White male White female, 16 years old Exonerated 2006
Victor Lopez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 57 years old Exonerated 2006
Emilio Aponte Police Officer Black male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2006
Oscar Fernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2006
Miguel Alvarez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2006
Wilmar Mejia Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 38 years old Exonerated 2006
Michael Scoloveno Police Officer White male Black female, 21 years old Exonerated 2006
Frank Danzi Police Officer White male White male, 24 years old Exonerated 2006
James Biondo Police Officer White male Black female, 33 years old Exonerated 2006
Cesar Gomez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 19 years old Exonerated 2006
Sean Downes Sergeant White male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Johanna Urena Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Malcolm Freeman Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 26 years old Exonerated 2006
Troy Luis Police Officer Black male Black male, 51 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Christophe Mcnerney Police Officer White male White male, 22 years old Exonerated 2006
William Haut Police Officer White male Unknown female, 76 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Joseph Agosta Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2006
Rudolph Hall Sergeant Black male Black male, 47 years old Exonerated 2006
John Caruso Police Officer White male Black male, 38 years old Exonerated 2006
Jude Reimbeau Police Officer Black male Black male Exonerated 2006
Robert Rivera Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 31 years old Exonerated 2006
Kelvin Puello Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 37 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2006
Kevin Paynter Lieutenant White male Black female, 41 years old Exonerated 2006
Brian Newberry Police Officer White male Asian male, 21 years old Exonerated 2006
Sergio Merino Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 36 years old Exonerated 2006
Lawrence Fiorello Sergeant White male White male, 21 years old Exonerated 2006
Neil Zuber Police Officer White male White female, 52 years old Exonerated 2006
Shawn Gallagher Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2006
Ralph Cilento Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Carlos Martinez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2006
Larry Burnham Lieutenant White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2006
Scott Cote Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Ivan Kolovic Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 41 years old Exonerated 2006
Kevin Devine Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2006
Mike Civil Police Officer Black male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2006
Thomas Casey Sergeant White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2006
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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