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
Juan Santiago	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Peter Curran	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Other	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Peter Curran	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Peter Curran	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Race	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Hispanic male	Black male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged	Hispanic male	Black male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Hispanic male	Black male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic male	Black male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Coty Green	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2016
Coty Green	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Coty Green	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Coty Green	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Nelson Nin	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Nelson Nin	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Nelson Nin	Police Officer	Force: Handcuffs Too Tight	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Nelson Nin	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Race	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Nelson Nin	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Nelson Nin	Police Officer	Force: Pepper Spray	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2014
Christophe Popovic	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Brian Query	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2006
Brian Query	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2006
Brian Query	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2006
Alhadys Reyes	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2007
Donald Sehl	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Donald Sehl	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Donald Sehl	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Donald Sehl	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2014
Fernando Rodriguez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2015
Fernando Rodriguez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Janene Johnson	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	Black female	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2006
Jimmy Castillo	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black female, 13 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Romaine Wilson	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Romaine Wilson	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Romaine Wilson	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Romaine Wilson	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Romaine Wilson	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2016
Romaine Wilson	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Doreyda Munoz	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Hispanic female	Black female, 35 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2014
Doreyda Munoz	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons	Hispanic female	Black female, 35 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2014
Doreyda Munoz	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	Hispanic female	Black male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2014
Doreyda Munoz	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic female	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Doreyda Munoz	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic female	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Doreyda Munoz	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Hispanic female	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Edwin Ayala	Police Officer	Force: Pepper Spray	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Edwin Ayala	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Edwin Ayala	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Mario Morales	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk And/Or Search	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2003
Mario Morales	Police Officer	Force: Gun Pointed	Hispanic male	Black male, 14 years old	Exonerated	2004
Mario Morales	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Mario Morales	Police Officer	Force: Gun As Club	Hispanic male	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Edwin Ayala	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black female, 30 years old	Exonerated	2011
Juan Cabrera	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Sexual Orientation	Hispanic male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Juan Cabrera	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2016
Juan Cabrera	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Juan Cabrera	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Juan Cabrera	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Juan Cabrera	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
Juan Cabrera	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
John Caruso	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2005
John Caruso	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	Black female, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
John Caruso	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
John Caruso	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
John Caruso	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2006
John Caruso	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
John Caruso	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Johnanthon Alexander	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2019
Karla Arvayo	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Other	Hispanic female	Black male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2017
Cesar Gomez	Sergeant	Force: Other	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Cesar Gomez	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Cesar Gomez	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Cesar Gomez	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2017
Ritchie Baez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jorge Tavarez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk And/Or Search	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2003
Jorge Tavarez	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2004
Jorge Tavarez	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, -1 years old	Exonerated	2004
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
Christophe Schmidt	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Christophe Schmidt	Sergeant	Offensive Language: Race	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Christophe Schmidt	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Daniel Acosta	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Demeanor/Tone	Hispanic male	Black female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Daniel Acosta	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black female, 26 years old	Exonerated	2003
Manuel Gutierrez	Police Officer	Force: Pepper Spray	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Manuel Gutierrez	Police Officer	Force: Other	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Manuel Gutierrez	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Dino Tamayo	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment	Hispanic male	Black female, 47 years old	Exonerated	2009
Dino Tamayo	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Show Search Warrant	Hispanic male	Black female, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Clement Krug	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Clement Krug	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Clement Krug	Police Officer	Force: Pepper Spray	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2012
Clement Krug	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2012
Russell Lewis	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2012
Shawn Liriano	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014

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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.