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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 |
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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 |
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.