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
Christophe Crain Police Officer White male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2008
Louis Dambrosio Police Officer White male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2008
Christophe Zaleski Sergeant White male Black male, 44 years old Exonerated 2008
Jennifer Lavelle Police Officer White female Black female, 22 years old Exonerated 2008
Anthony Kotarski Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Anthony Kotarski Lieutenant White male Black male, 45 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
James Mcgarry Sergeant White male Black male, 18 years old Exonerated 2008
Richard Pignatelli Sergeant White male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Michael White Sergeant Black male Black male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Wilmar Mejia Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 34 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Michael Dannecker Sergeant White male White male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Derek Lenart Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Louis Latorre Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Marc Klausner Sergeant White male White male, 25 years old Exonerated 2008
Jose Tabora Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown female Exonerated 2008
Gilbert Barkman Sergeant White male Black male, 34 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Mike Civil Police Officer Black male White male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
William Glynn Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Exonerated 2007
Flavio Rodriguez Sergeant Hispanic male Black female, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Janene Johnson Police Officer Black female Black male, 63 years old Exonerated 2007
Diego Dotres Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2007
Alexander Wancel Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Miguel Alvarez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Lawrence Fiorello Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Gene Etoria Sergeant White male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Anthony Anglisano Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 59 years old Exonerated 2007
Frank Jurs Police Officer White male Other Race male, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Michael Raso Police Officer White male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
William Beattie Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 21 years old Exonerated 2007
Bryan Zuccaro Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 46 years old Exonerated 2007
Christophe Siani Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2007
Leonard Clarke Police Officer Black male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Richard Lavelle Police Officer White male Black male, 49 years old Exonerated 2007
Jon Derise Police Officer White male Black female, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Mack Lipinski Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Je Chai Police Officer Asian male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Thomas Casey Sergeant White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2007
Robert Reed Police Officer White male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2007
Robert Henderson Sergeant White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2007
Eric Beckel Sergeant White male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2007
Jason Reynolds Police Officer Black male White male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Anthony Romero Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Ruben Alvarez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 60 years old Exonerated 2007
Richard Gibson Lieutenant White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2007
Vaughan Ettienne Police Officer Black male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2007
Raymond Abear Police Officer Asian male Other Race male, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Frank Lupo Police Officer White male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Jonathan Leon Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Kevin Maloney Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 45 years old Exonerated 2007
Joseph Matzinger Sergeant White male Other Race male, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Bilal Ates Police Officer White male Asian male, 27 years old Exonerated 2007
Joseph Brunetti Police Officer White male Black male, 42 years old Exonerated 2007
Joseph Brunetti Police Officer White male Black male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Joseph Stynes Police Officer White male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2007
Miguel Sanchez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2007
John Ogorman Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Jason Sharp Police Officer White male Asian male, 27 years old Exonerated 2007
Darryl Mack Police Officer Black male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2007
Felix Gross Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2007
Michael Ernst Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2007
Gary Messina Lieutenant White male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2007
John Todaro Sergeant White male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2007
Edward Reardon Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 33 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Luis Cabrera Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2007
Jennifer Lavelle Police Officer White female Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Marianela Tejada Sergeant Hispanic female Hispanic male, 23 years old Exonerated 2007
Michael Dunn Sergeant White male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2007
Joseph Agosta Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Brendan Owens Police Officer White male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2007
Mark Holder Detective Black male Other Race male, 32 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Christophe Wit Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Exonerated 2007
Kishon Hickman Sergeant Black male White male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Robin Crucey Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 63 years old Exonerated 2007
Christophe Daly Police Officer White male Unknown male, 46 years old Exonerated 2007
Juan Ortiz Sergeant Hispanic male Black female, 25 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2007
William Sommer Sergeant White male Black male, 36 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Robert Admirand Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2007
Jeremiah Williams Police Officer Black male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
John Rajan Sergeant Asian male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
John Rajan Sergeant Asian male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2007
Jose Bonilla Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Carlos Vazquez Detective Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Brendan Obrien Detective White male Black female, 55 years old Exonerated 2007
William Buchanan Sergeant White male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Anthony Leitao Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 30 years old Exonerated 2007
Gregory Pekera Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 30 years old Exonerated 2007
Gregory Pekera Sergeant White male Black male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Robert Oswald Police Officer White male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2007
Mike Civil Police Officer Black male White male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Joseph Agosta Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2006
Shawn Gallagher Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2006
Ralph Cilento Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Wilmar Mejia Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 38 years old Exonerated 2006
Mike Civil Police Officer Black male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2006
Rudolph Hall Sergeant Black male Black male, 47 years old Exonerated 2006
Larry Burnham Lieutenant White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2006
Robert Oswald Police Officer White male Black male, 38 years old Exonerated 2006
Norman Grandstaff Sergeant White male Asian male, 21 years old Exonerated 2006
Emilio Aponte Police Officer Black male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2006
Scott Cote Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
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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