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
Edward Deighan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2004
Richard Warner	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2004
Robert Henderson	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Rolando Carbonell	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male	Unsubstantiated	2004
Freddy Dominguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Peter Ievolo	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Joseph Matthew	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2004
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2004
Louis Pepe	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Joseph Marquez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2004
Anthony Barresi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Jerome Teahan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Robert Garcia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2004
Keith Chatterton	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Exonerated	2004
Andrew Hatki	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2004
Christophe Lagrasta	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Andrew Hatki	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 48 years old	Exonerated	2004
Richard Bergin	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 18 years old	Exonerated	2004
Herbert Martin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2004
Cesar Marinelli	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2004
Harvin Hart	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2004
Patrick Smith	Police Officer	American Indian male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2004
Joseph Lessard	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2004
Patrick Cortright	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Daniel Alessandrino	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2004
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Christophe Price	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2004
Ignazio Selvaggio	Police Officer	White male	White male, 52 years old	Exonerated	2004
Kevin Judge	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2004
Darren King	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2003
William Bravo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2003
Robert Henderson	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Benjamin Gottlieb	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2003
Richard Warner	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2003
Erika Moore	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White female, 74 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Isa Abbassi	Sergeant	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2003
Kenneth Douglas	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2003
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2003
Joseph Bieniewicz	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2003
Robert Pearo	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2003
Ignazio Selvaggio	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2003
Colin Austin	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2003
Robert Nugent	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2003
Robert Falcone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2003
James Eisert	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 36 years old	Exonerated	2003
Paul Insauto	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2003
Gary Messina	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2003
Brian Depalo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Rafael Vega	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Alan Gaspard	Detective	Black male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
James Byrne	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Michael Williams	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Kieran Creighton	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Darren King	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 48 years old	Exonerated	2003
Timera Floodsuero	Police Officer	Black female	White female, 74 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Louis Leblanc	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Patrick Brown	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 48 years old	Exonerated	2002
Karl Eckert	Police Officer	White male	White male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2002
Daniel Collins	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2002
Eric Samuels	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2002
William Schmidt	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2002
Scott Henderson	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2002
Thomas Woods	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2002
Michael Oconnor	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Exonerated	2002
Raymond Festino	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Christophe Valis	Sergeant	White male	Asian male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2002
David Cheesewright	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Michael Guzzino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Paul Mcmahon	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
David Cheesewright	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Paul Deentremont	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
David Cheesewright	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2002
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2001
Darrell Nathan	Detective	Black male	White male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2001
Michael Barreto	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2001
Kevin Judge	Sergeant	White male	White male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2001
Dominic Casalino	Sergeant	White male	Not available male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2001
Kevin Judge	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2001
Richard Adamiak	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2001
Kenneth Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2001
David Cheesewright	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Richard Mccarty	Detective	White male	Black male	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2000
Frank Knight	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2000
Osvaldo Nunez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2000
Christophe Cunha	Sergeant	White male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2000
John Hoffman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2000
Kevin Matthews	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2000
Louis Pepe	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2000
Vincent Testa	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2000
Douglas Lansing	Detective	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2000
James Ross	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2000
Paul Inzirillo	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	1999
Shawn Gallagher	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	1999
Mark Kurys	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	1999

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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.