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Gang Squad Brooklyn South

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.

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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
OfficerMichael Christiano	Rank at Time of ComplaintDetective	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Frisk	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 25 years old	CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Formalized Training)	Year Received2018
OfficerMichael Christiano	Rank at Time of ComplaintDetective	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Frisk	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 16 years old	CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Formalized Training)	Year Received2018
OfficerPaul Marconi	Rank at Time of ComplaintDetective	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 29 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2017
OfficerGerald Cucchiara	Rank at Time of ComplaintDetective	AllegationDiscourtesy: Word	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 20 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2016
OfficerGerald Cucchiara	Rank at Time of ComplaintDetective	AllegationForce: Physical Force	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 22 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2016
OfficerGerald Cucchiara	Rank at Time of ComplaintDetective	AllegationForce: Gun Pointed	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 22 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2016
OfficerGerald Cucchiara	Rank at Time of ComplaintDetective	AllegationDiscourtesy: Action	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 20 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2016
OfficerGerald Cucchiara	Rank at Time of ComplaintDetective	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsNot available	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2015
OfficerRichard Vargas	Rank at Time of ComplaintDetective	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Frisk	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 30 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2015
OfficerRichard Vargas	Rank at Time of ComplaintDetective	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 30 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2015
OfficerPaul Marconi	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsOther Race male, 38 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2014
OfficerAnthony Biondolillo	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 31 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2014
OfficerPaul Marconi	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Physical Force	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsOther Race male, 38 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2014
OfficerAnthony Biondolillo	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationDiscourtesy: Word	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 31 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2014
OfficerAnthony Biondolillo	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 21 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2013
OfficerCharne Jimenez	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Frisk	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 24 years old	CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Charges)	Year Received2013
OfficerAnthony Biondolillo	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Frisk	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 18 years old	CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Instructions)	Year Received2013
OfficerAleksandr Pasynkov	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Stop	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 17 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2013
OfficerPaul Dieugenia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 17 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2013
OfficerPaul Dieugenia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Stop	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 17 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2013
OfficerPaul Dieugenia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 21 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2013
OfficerPaul Dieugenia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Frisk	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 21 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2013
OfficerPaul Dieugenia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 21 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2013
OfficerTerrell Anderson	Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	Officer DetailsBlack male	Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 24 years old	CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Charges)	Year Received2013
OfficerTerrell Anderson	Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	Officer DetailsBlack male	Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 24 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2013
OfficerTerrell Anderson	Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Officer DetailsBlack male	Complainant DetailsNot available	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2013
OfficerMichael Christiano	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationDiscourtesy: Word	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 20 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2013
OfficerTerrell Anderson	Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Officer DetailsBlack male	Complainant DetailsNot available	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2012
OfficerCharles Francis	Rank at Time of ComplaintLieutenant	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 27 years old	CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Charges)	Year Received2012
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Hit Against Inanimate Object	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsUnknown male, 46 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2011
OfficerJoseph Lafata	Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsNot available	CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline)	Year Received2011
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Police Shield	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsUnknown male, 46 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2011
OfficerCraig Bier	Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsNot available	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2010
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationDiscourtesy: Word	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsBlack female, 29 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2010
OfficerCraig Bier	Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Stop	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 22 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2009
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Physical Force	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 22 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2009
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Gun As Club	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 22 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2009
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsNot available	CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Charges)	Year Received2009
OfficerJoseph Lafata	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Physical Force	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 22 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2009
OfficerJoseph Lafata	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Pepper Spray	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 22 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2009
OfficerJoseph Lafata	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton)	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 22 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2009
OfficerAnthony Proscia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Physical Force	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 31 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2009
OfficerAnthony Proscia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Frisk	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 31 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2009
OfficerAnthony Proscia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 31 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2009
OfficerAnthony Proscia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationDiscourtesy: Action	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 31 years old	CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Instructions)	Year Received2009
OfficerAnthony Proscia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Gun Pointed	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 55 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2009
OfficerAnthony Proscia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 55 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2009
OfficerAnthony Proscia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 55 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2009
OfficerAnthony Proscia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 55 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2009
OfficerAnthony Proscia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Physical Force	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 17 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2009
OfficerCraig Bier	Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 22 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2009
OfficerCraig Bier	Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant	AllegationDiscourtesy: Word	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 22 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2009
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Physical Force	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 21 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2008
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Physical Force	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsWhite female, 26 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2008
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Frisk	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 33 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2008
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationDiscourtesy: Word	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 33 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2008
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Physical Force	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 33 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2008
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Stop	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 33 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2008
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationDiscourtesy: Word	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 33 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2008
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsBlack female, 34 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2008
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 33 years old	CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline)	Year Received2008
OfficerAnthony Proscia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 34 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2008
OfficerAnthony Proscia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Stop	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 34 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2008
OfficerAnthony Proscia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Physical Force	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 34 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2008
OfficerAnthony Proscia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Stop	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 19 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2008
OfficerAnthony Proscia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Frisk	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack female	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2008
OfficerAnthony Proscia	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Officer DetailsWhite male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 19 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2008
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationAbuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsBlack female, 34 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2008
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Physical Force	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsBlack female, 34 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2008
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Physical Force	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 34 years old	CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated	Year Received2008
OfficerJames Mahoney	Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer	AllegationForce: Physical Force	Officer DetailsHispanic male	Complainant DetailsBlack male, 33 years old	CCRB ConclusionExonerated	Year Received2008

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.