81st Precinct - The NYPD Files

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81st 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

148

Allegations

410

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
Mark Xylas	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2015
Michael Miller	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2015
Diery Louis	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Unknown male	Unsubstantiated	2015
Barbara Fischer	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White female	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2015
Raul Torres	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	White female, 27 years old	Exonerated	2015
Barbara Fischer	Lieutenant	Force: Physical Force	White female	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2015
Diery Louis	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged	Black male	Unknown male	Unsubstantiated	2015
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black female, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Black male	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black female, 39 years old	Exonerated	2015
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	Black male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Diery Louis	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Seizure Of Property	Black male	Black female, 27 years old	Exonerated	2015
Diery Louis	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Action	Black male	Unknown male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	Black male	Black male, 57 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Michael Miller	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael Miller	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Michael Miller	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2016
Michael Miller	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael Miller	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2016
Devon Hudson	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Soney Varghese	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Asian male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Offensive Language: Race	Black male	Black male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Other	Black male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Force: Other	Black male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Roman Israilov	Lieutenant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2016
Roman Israilov	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Summons	White male	Unknown not described	Exonerated	2016
Roman Israilov	Lieutenant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2016
Sean Mcdonnell	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2016
Diery Louis	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Unknown not described	Exonerated	2016
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Black male	Not available	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Shibu Madhu	Lieutenant	Force: Physical Force	Asian male	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Iftekharul Awal	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Asian male	Black female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Soney Varghese	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	Asian male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2017
Kevon Husband	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
Diery Louis	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Kevon Husband	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat To Damage/Seize Property	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Kevon Husband	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Seizure Of Property	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2017
Iftekharul Awal	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Asian male	Black female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Iftekharul Awal	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Asian male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Michael Miller	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	White male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2017
Alexander Morales	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Kevon Husband	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged	Black male	White female, 53 years old	Exonerated	2017
Sean Mcdonnell	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Iftekharul Awal	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Asian male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Alexander Morales	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2017
Sharif Portee	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black female, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Alexander Morales	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Alexander Morales	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Forcible Removal To Hospital	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2017
Alexander Morales	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Alexander Morales	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2017
Sharif Portee	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Sharif Portee	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Gender	Black male	Black female, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Sharif Portee	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Sharif Portee	Police Officer	Force: Other	Black male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Sharif Portee	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black female, 18 years old	Exonerated	2017
Sharif Portee	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black female, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Sharif Portee	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Black male	American Indian female, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Sharif Portee	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Black male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Alexander Morales	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Interference With Recording	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2017
Shibu Madhu	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment	Asian male	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Sean Mcdonnell	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Sean Mcdonnell	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Gender	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Sean Mcdonnell	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Action	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Sean Mcdonnell	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Sean Mcdonnell	Police Officer	Force: Hit Against Inanimate Object	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Sean Mcdonnell	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Roman Israilov	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Mark Xylas	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Search Of Premises	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2017
Mark Xylas	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Entry Of Premises	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2017
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Entry Of Premises	Black male	Not available	Exonerated	2017
Shibu Madhu	Lieutenant	Force: Physical Force	Asian male	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Shibu Madhu	Lieutenant	Force: Physical Force	Asian male	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Search Of Premises	Black male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2017
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Refused male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Soney Varghese	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	Asian male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Soney Varghese	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Asian male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Charles Goff	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2018
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Black male	Black female, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Other	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2018
Soney Varghese	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Asian male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Ryan Galvin	Police Officer	Force: Other	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2018
Mark Xylas	Police Officer	Force: Gun Pointed	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2018
Soney Varghese	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	Asian male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2018
Tricia Thomas	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Black female	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2018
Tricia Thomas	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Black female	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2018
Tricia Thomas	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Black female	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2018
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Force: Gun Pointed	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2018
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2018
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2018
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Other	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Sean Mcdonnell	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Failure To Provide Rtka Card	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2019
Sean Mcdonnell	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Entry Of Premises	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2019
Charles Goff	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Entry Of Premises	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2019
Raul Torres	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Entry Of Premises	Hispanic male	Not available	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2019

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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.