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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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
Isa Abbassi Sergeant White male Black male Exonerated 2003
Khandakar Abdullah Sergeant Asian male Hispanic male, 38 years old Exonerated 2014
Raymond Abear Police Officer Asian male Other Race male, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Donald Abrams Sergeant White male White male, 21 years old Exonerated 2005
Steven Abrams Police Officer White male Black female, 42 years old Exonerated 2018
Henry Adames Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 44 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2011
Richard Adamiak Police Officer White male Black female, 28 years old Exonerated 2001
Keenen Adamsedwards Police Officer Black male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2016
Robert Admirand Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2007
Joseph Agosta Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Joseph Agosta Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2006
Vincent Agostino Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2016
Vincent Agostino Police Officer White male White male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Wilding Aguasanta Police Officer Hispanic male White female, 43 years old Exonerated 2012
Joseph Albertini Police Officer White male White male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Daniel Alessandrino Police Officer White male Other Race male, 46 years old Exonerated 2004
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
Brian Alexander Sergeant White male Black male, 60 years old Exonerated 2018
Brian Alexander Sergeant White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Brian Alexander Sergeant White male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Brian Alexander Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2016
Stephen Allocca Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2018
Pedro Almanzar Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 60 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Michael Alpers Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2018
Noel Alphonso Police Officer Black male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2017
Davon Alston Sergeant Black male Black male, 54 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Christophe Alvarado Police Officer Hispanic male White female, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Miguel Alvarez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2006
Miguel Alvarez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Ruben Alvarez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 60 years old Exonerated 2007
Sean Aman Sergeant White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2016
Frank Amill Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2015
Terrell Anderson Sergeant Black male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Kenneth Anderson Detective White male Hispanic male, 41 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Terrell Anderson Sergeant Black male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Christina Anderson Police Officer Black female Black female, 28 years old Exonerated 2018
Anthony Anglisano Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 59 years old Exonerated 2007
Burt Antoine Police Officer Black male Black female, 29 years old Exonerated 2010
Paul Aparo Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2008
Emilio Aponte Police Officer Black male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2006
Louis Aponte Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 43 years old Exonerated 2019
James Armstrong Sergeant White male Black male, 45 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2011
Abraham Arteaga Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Adrian Ashby Sergeant Black male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Adrian Ashby Sergeant Black male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2005
Atara Ashford Police Officer Hispanic female White male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Rexford Asiedu Police Officer Black male White male, 33 years old Exonerated 2019
Yurantz Assade Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Yurantz Assade Police Officer White male Black female, 34 years old Exonerated 2010
Emrah Ates Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2012
Bilal Ates Sergeant White male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2016
Bilal Ates Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2005
Bilal Ates Police Officer White male Asian male, 27 years old Exonerated 2007
Mahmoud Attia Police Officer White male Not available Unsubstantiated 2005
Joseph Augello Police Officer White male White male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Colin Austin Lieutenant Black male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2018
Colin Austin Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 19 years old Exonerated 2003
Elijah Austin Police Officer Black male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Mordecai Austrie Police Officer Black male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2017
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
Nelson Ayala Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Joel Ayala Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2016
Joel Ayala Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Joel Ayala Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 34 years old Exonerated 2016
Kenneth Ayala Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 38 years old Exonerated 2001
Ahmd Ayoubi Police Officer White male Black male, 60 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2016
Joseph Azevedo Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 25 years old Exonerated 2009
Daniel Baca Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 51 years old Exonerated 2010
Robert Backiel Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Lukasz Banach Police Officer White male Black female, 45 years old Exonerated 2015
Gilbert Barkman Sergeant White male Black male, 34 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Trevor Baronette Sergeant Black male Black male, 45 years old Exonerated 2013
Anthony Barresi Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Daniel Barreto Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2011
Michael Barreto Lieutenant Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2001
Thomas Bates Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 34 years old Exonerated 2017
William Beattie Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 21 years old Exonerated 2007
William Beattie Police Officer White male Black male, 38 years old Exonerated 2012
Nathaniel Beck Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 44 years old Exonerated 2019
Eric Beckel Sergeant White male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2007
Christophe Beckett Police Officer White male Black female, 34 years old Exonerated 2010
Daniel Beddows Detective White male Black male, 62 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Nicholas Bekas Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 34 years old Exonerated 2019
Michael Bellagamba Police Officer White male Not available Unsubstantiated 2009
Michael Bellagamba Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Exonerated 2009
Daquan Bendele Sergeant Black male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Pamela Benites Police Officer Hispanic female Hispanic male, 29 years old Exonerated 2015
Pamela Benites Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Richard Bergin Lieutenant White male Black female, 18 years old Exonerated 2004
Jason Bernfeld Police Officer White male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2012
Marlon Bethel Police Officer Black male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2011
Jason Bianchini Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 25 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2014
Joseph Bieniewicz Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 23 years old Exonerated 2003
James Biondo Police Officer White male Black female, 33 years old Exonerated 2006
Dominick Bizzarro Police Officer White male White male, 18 years old Exonerated 2006
Andre Blake Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
David Bleck Police Officer White male White male, 75 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2018
Pedro Bobe Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
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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.
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