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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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40th Precinct
This page contains allegations that were filed against officers who were serving at this precinct or in this unit at the time an incident is alleged to have occured. A complaint received from a civilian can include multiple allegations.
Officers with Complaints
93
Complaints
163
Allegations
477
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 | Allegation | Officer Details | Complainant Details | CCRB Conclusion | Year Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | Black male | Black male, 13 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Doreyda Munoz | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | Hispanic female | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Black male, 13 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Force: Chokehold | Black male | Black male, 13 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Black male | Black male, 13 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Force: Other | Black male | Black male, 13 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Black male, 13 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | Black male | Black male, 13 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | Black male | Black male, 13 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Black male | Not available male | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | Black male | Black male, 13 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Force: Chokehold | Black male | Black male, 13 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Action | Black male | Black male, 13 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | Black male | Black male, 13 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | Black male | Not available male | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Juan Cabrera | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| John Katehis | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Hispanic male, 12 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Majeed Arif | Police Officer | Force: Chokehold | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| John Katehis | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| John Katehis | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Hispanic male, 12 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Cesar Gomez | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Cesar Gomez | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| John Katehis | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Coty Green | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| John Katehis | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged | White male | Hispanic male, 12 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Ernesto Bautista | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | Hispanic male | Black male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Ernesto Bautista | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Hispanic male | Black male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Ernesto Bautista | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Hispanic male | Black male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | Black male | Black male, 13 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Cesar Gomez | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Black male | Black male, 13 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Arrest | Black male | Black male, 13 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Cesar Gomez | Sergeant | Force: Other | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Manuel Gutierrez | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Eduard Lucero | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Force: Handcuffs Too Tight | Black male | Hispanic male, 12 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Russell Lewis | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Unknown male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Russell Lewis | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Unknown male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Julia Goldberg | Police Officer | Force: Nonlethal Restraining Device | White female | Black male, 55 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
| Johnanthon Alexander | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Hispanic male, 40 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Malik Mccloud | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Black male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| John Manzo | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| John Manzo | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| John Manzo | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Fresia Maciasburgos | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Fresia Maciasburgos | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Omar Habib | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black male, 55 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
| Ernesto Bautista | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Ernesto Bautista | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Gesture | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Andrei Nijnic | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Ernesto Bautista | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Omar Habib | Police Officer | Force: Chokehold | White male | Black male, 55 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
| Malachi Mckenith | Police Officer | Offensive Language: Gender | Black male | Hispanic male, 12 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| John Manzo | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Entry Of Premises | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Fresia Maciasburgos | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched | Hispanic female | Hispanic female, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Fresia Maciasburgos | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched | Hispanic female | Black female, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Fresia Maciasburgos | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic female | Black male, 59 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Russell Lewis | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Arrest | Black male | Unknown male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Omar Habib | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Black male, 55 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
| Karla Arvayo | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Karla Arvayo | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Shield Number | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Ivan Luciano | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Karla Arvayo | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Johnanthon Alexander | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Elbi Martines | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Angel Dejesus | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Forcible Removal To Hospital | Hispanic male | Refused male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Elbi Martines | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Karla Arvayo | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Angel Dejesus | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Process Civilian Complaint | Hispanic male | Black male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Genti Bektashaj | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Process Civilian Complaint | White male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Karla Arvayo | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Genti Bektashaj | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Process Civilian Complaint | White male | Black female, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Elbi Martines | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Eduard Lucero | Police Officer | Force: Hit Against Inanimate Object | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Eduard Lucero | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Salvador Cornejocastillo | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Ivan Luciano | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Hispanic male | Black male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
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.