Abuse of Authority: VEHICLE STOP - The NYPD Files

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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
Daniel Gukelberger	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Kenneth Sepulveda	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Christophe Greiner	Detective	White male	White male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Shante Terrell	Detective	Black male	White male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Thomas Casey	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Miguel Frias	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Matthew Lewis	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Daniel Ludemann	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2015
Daniel Ludemann	Detective	White male	Black female, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Derek Sambolin	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Timothy Terrillion	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2015
Jorge Sanabria	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2015
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	White female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2015
Dwight Powell	Police Officer	Black male	Refused male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Michael Whelan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jason Cira	Detective	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2015
Martin Palazzo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2015
Nicholas Kane	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2015
Frank Amill	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2015
Pamela Benites	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2015
Juan Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 62 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Lukasz Banach	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 45 years old	Exonerated	2015
Noel Gutierrez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Refused male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Piero Lasaponara	Detective	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2015
Patrick Jean	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 62 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Walter Valentin	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
James Burke	Police Officer	White male	Refused male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Brian Alexander	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Brian Alexander	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Lukasz Organistka	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Richard Danese	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Kevin Mcleish	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
James Delumen	Detective	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Pedro Bobe	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Charlie Harvell	Police Officer	Black male	Other Race male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2015
Jordan Lomba	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Essence Jackson	Detective	Black male	Not available male	Exonerated	2015
James Stgermain	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Emilio Estevez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2015
Michael Carrieri	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2015
Stephan Carr	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Matthew Brustad	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Miguel Pierre	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2016
Joseph Signorile	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2016
Michael Mccarthy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2016
Stephen Hillmann	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Richard Charles	Police Officer	Black male	Asian male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2016
Kevin Morgan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
David Oyague	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Luis Martinez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Bilal Ates	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2016
Ryan Hoffmann	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Ryan Hoffmann	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
William Schumacher	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Andry Duarte	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 38 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Yilson Melendez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Thomas Ramirez	Detective	Hispanic male	Asian male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2016
Domenick Lagomarsine	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2016
Donald Kipp	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2016
Brian Ilund	Detective	White male	Black female, 32 years old	Exonerated	2016
Scott Hamburger	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 24 years old	Exonerated	2016
Teddy Duroc	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Daniel Gasperetti	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2016
Joel Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2016
Joel Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Joel Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Joel Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Angel Delgado	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Refused male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2016
Adam Conlin	Detective	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2016
Edmundo Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Matthew Demaio	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2016
Henry Daverin	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Sean Kern	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2016
Rafael Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 68 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Henry Daverin	Sergeant	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2016
Terrance Lloyd	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 58 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jonathan Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
John Hopkins	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2016
David Lamarre	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2016
Nelson Reyes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Nelson Reyes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2016
Brian Ohanlon	Sergeant	White male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Mark Sinatra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Mark Sinatra	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Steve Lafortune	Detective	Black male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jolan Lewis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2016
Charles Cavallaro	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Edmundo Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2016
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2016
Brian Green	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Charles Cavallaro	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Philip Vaccarino	Detective	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2016
Charles Cavallaro	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Carlos Segovia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2016
Mandeep Singh	Police Officer	Asian male	Black female, 26 years old	Exonerated	2016
Ahmd Ayoubi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 60 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2016
Tony Cuoco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2016
Yurantz Assade	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016

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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.