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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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 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
Brian Tiernan Sergeant White male Asian male, 44 years old Exonerated 2014
James Haley Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Mark Scarlatelli Detective White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Exonerated 2014
Gregory Tloczkowski Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
William Morris Police Officer White male Black female, 33 years old Exonerated 2014
Joseph Cruzado Sergeant White male Other Race male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
George Katris Detective White male Asian male, 29 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Mathew Reich Detective White male Unknown male, 56 years old Exonerated 2014
Michael Gagliardi Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Exonerated 2014
Charles Gove Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2014
Stephen Faber Sergeant White male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Robert Carbone Detective White male Black male, 35 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Jared Rothschild Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Hassan Raza Police Officer Asian male Hispanic male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jason Bianchini Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 25 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2014
Richard Vetrano Lieutenant White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Orlando Phillip Sergeant Black male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Wilson Verdesoto Police Officer Hispanic male Black male Unsubstantiated 2014
John Todaro Sergeant White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Vincent Agostino Police Officer White male White male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Michael Kaczor Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 49 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Vincent Ciardiello Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Anthony Wright Detective Black male White male, 25 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Kyle Stanley Police Officer White male Asian male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Brian Worthington Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 20 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2014
Thomas Skobla Police Officer White male Black male, 51 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Emilio Ortega Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Richard Romance Sergeant White male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2014
Michael Butler Police Officer White male Black male, 54 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Matthew Bourbeau Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 27 years old Exonerated 2014
Thomas Fitzgerald Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2014
Brian Volpi Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Justin Ellis Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 32 years old Exonerated 2014
Philip Vaccarino Detective White male White male, 44 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Thomas Reo Detective White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Felix Cortez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Anthony Cimmino Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Dustin Edwards Sergeant Black male Black male Unsubstantiated 2014
David Marconi Detective White male White male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
John Todaro Sergeant White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Yevgeniy Zaytsev Police Officer White male Black male, 51 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Michael Whooley Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2014
Jonathan Taveras Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Exonerated 2014
Daniel Golat Police Officer White male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Pedro Almanzar Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 60 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Brendan Reilly Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Exonerated 2015
Edwin Ching Sergeant Asian male Hispanic male, 24 years old Exonerated 2015
Richard Mcknight Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2015
Nikolaos Stefopoulos Sergeant White male White male, 17 years old Exonerated 2015
Darnell Forrester Police Officer Black male Black male, 67 years old Exonerated 2015
Dalsh Veve Police Officer Black male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Raymond Higgins Police Officer White male Black male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Ramiro Ruiz Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2015
Ramiro Ruiz Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Daniel Dallemand Sergeant Black male Unknown male, 28 years old Exonerated 2015
Daniel Guida Sergeant White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Joseph Mcevoy Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2015
Oscar Nunez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2015
Kenneth Anderson Detective White male Hispanic male, 41 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Sean Keegan Police Officer White male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2015
Delcar Savage Detective Hispanic female Black female, 53 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Matthew Cahill Sergeant White male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2015
Cory Smith Police Officer White male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Paul Kearon Police Officer White male Other Race male, 32 years old Exonerated 2015
Sheldon Malcolm Police Officer Black male Black male, 47 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Andrew Schlegel Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2015
Timothy Rizzo Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Richard Ernyey Police Officer White male Black female, 27 years old Exonerated 2015
Richard Ernyey Police Officer White male Black female, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Hugh Herbert Police Officer White male Black male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Miguel Figueroa Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 67 years old Exonerated 2015
Kappa Farid Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Michael Carleo Police Officer White male Black male, 46 years old Exonerated 2015
Michael Demonda Police Officer White male Black male, 45 years old Exonerated 2015
Joel Crooms Police Officer Black male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Mauvin Bute Lieutenant Black male Black male, 37 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Wayne Ngor Police Officer Asian male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2015
Wayne Ngor Police Officer Asian male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2015
Patrick Cherry Detective White male Asian male, 47 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Michael Mccaffrey Police Officer White male Black female, 27 years old Exonerated 2015
Michael Mccaffrey Police Officer White male Black female, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Stephen Schoefer Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Jens Maldonado Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 62 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
John Loftus Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 27 years old Exonerated 2015
Mark Sinatra Sergeant White male Black male, 49 years old Exonerated 2015
Mark Sinatra Sergeant White male Black female, 53 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Mark Sinatra Sergeant White male Black male, 58 years old Exonerated 2015
Matthew Fried Sergeant White male Black female, 60 years old Exonerated 2015
Matthew Manchester Police Officer White male White female, 37 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
John King Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
James Haley Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Daniel Beddows Detective White male Black male, 62 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Christyan Garcia Detective Hispanic male White male, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Robert King Sergeant White male White male, 26 years old Exonerated 2015
Pawel Dabrowski Police Officer White male Unknown male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Jason Santana Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 25 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Qamar Zaman Police Officer Asian male Black male, 24 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Brian Manning Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
David Delvillar Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 45 years old Exonerated 2015
Michael Duggan Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2015
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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