40th Precinct - The NYPD Files

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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

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
Robert Mciver	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Robert Mciver	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2017
Robert Mciver	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Race	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	Black male	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Ethnicity	Black male	Black male, 50 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2013
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Black male	Black male, 50 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2013
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Force: Chokehold	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Other	Black male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Force: Other	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2016
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Race	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
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
John Caruso	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
John Ferrara	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
John Ferrara	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
John Ferrara	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
John Ferrara	Sergeant	Offensive Language: Other	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
John Ferrara	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Action	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
John Ferrara	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Other	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
John Ferrara	Sergeant	Offensive Language: Race	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Vladimir Garcia	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2009
Vladimir Garcia	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Action	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Angel Dejesus	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Process Civilian Complaint	Hispanic male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2019
Omar Habib	Police Officer	Force: Chokehold	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
Omar Habib	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
Omar Habib	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
Christophe Schmidt	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Frisk And/Or Search	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Pawel Lachowski	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2005
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	Force: Pepper Spray	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2005
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2005
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Arrest	Black male	Black male, 13 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2017
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Black male	Black male, 13 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2017
Paul Dubrosky	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Paul Dubrosky	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2012
Christophe Crain	Police Officer	Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton)	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Black male	Black male, 13 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2017
Genti Bektashaj	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Process Civilian Complaint	White male	Black female, 34 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2019
Joaquin Morales	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Show Search Warrant	Hispanic male	Black female, 64 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Peter Murtsef	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2001
Salvador Cornejocastillo	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2019
Julia Goldberg	Police Officer	Force: Nonlethal Restraining Device	White female	Black male, 55 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
Manuel Gutierrez	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Elbi Martines	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2019
Malik Mccloud	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Black male	Black male, 53 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Brian Ramirez	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2016
Brian Ramirez	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Arrest	Hispanic male	Black male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Brian Ramirez	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Black male	Black male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Raymond Ip	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment	Asian male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Michael Vento	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk And/Or Search	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	1998
Michael Vento	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	1998
Robin Crucey	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2006
Christopher McCormack	Deputy Inspector	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Christopher McCormack	Deputy Inspector	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2012
Christopher McCormack	Deputy Inspector	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black female, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Christopher McCormack	Deputy Inspector	Offensive Language: Race	White male	Black female, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Christopher McCormack	Deputy Inspector	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black female, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Julio Lasalle	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2005
Julio Lasalle	Police Officer	Force: Gun Fired	Hispanic male	Black female, 34 years old	Exonerated	2006
Julio Lasalle	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black female, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Julio Lasalle	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2007
John Caruso	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Daryl Melhado	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Daryl Melhado	Police Officer	Force: Pepper Spray	Black male	Black female, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Seth Lynch	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
John Zanca	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2014
John Zanca	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2014
John Zanca	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
John Zanca	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Other	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2015
John Zanca	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
John Zanca	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
John Zanca	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
John Zanca	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Francisco Agis	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Majeed Arif	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2017
Luis Robles	Police Officer	Force: Hit Against Inanimate Object	Hispanic male	Black male, 14 years old	Exonerated	2002
Luis Robles	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Luis Robles	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Luis Robles	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	Hispanic male	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Luis Robles	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2007
Luis Robles	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2009
Luis Robles	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Luis Robles	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Juan Santiago	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Juan Santiago	Police Officer	Force: Other	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Juan Santiago	Police Officer	Force: Chokehold	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Juan Santiago	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Juan Santiago	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Race	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Juan Santiago	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Juan Santiago	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 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.