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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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Midtown South 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
45
Complaints
64
Allegations
129
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 |
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Edward Ahearne | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
Edward Ahearne | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Danamarie Alessio | Police Officer | Offensive Language: Ethnicity | White female | Other Race male | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
Matthew Kelleher | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
Louis Depergola | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | White male | Other Race female, 29 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
Louis Depergola | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | White male | Other Race female, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Louis Depergola | Sergeant | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Other Race female, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Louis Depergola | Sergeant | Force: Pepper Spray | White male | Other Race female, 29 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
James Kelly | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Questioned Immigration Status | White male | Hispanic male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Danamarie Alessio | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name | White female | White female, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
Danamarie Alessio | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Shield Number | White female | White female, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
Edward Ahearne | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Forcible Removal To Hospital | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Edward Ahearne | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Edward Ahearne | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
Edward Ahearne | Police Officer | Force: Restricted Breathing | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Thomas Manning | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Entry Of Premises | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
Mark Cozzi | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Forcible Removal To Hospital | White male | Asian male, 56 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Edgar Figueroa | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | White male, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Andrew Ho | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Entry Of Premises | Asian male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Frederic Ortiz | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | Hispanic male | White male, 47 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Albert Castillo | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Christophe Napolitano | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Summons | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Albert Castillo | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search Of Recording Device | Hispanic male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Christophe Napolitano | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Other | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Christophe Napolitano | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Joseph Bonner | Detective | Force: Other | White male | Hispanic male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Albert Castillo | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched | Hispanic male | Black male, 53 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Albert Castillo | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched | Hispanic male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Albert Castillo | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Hariton Marachilian | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | White male | Black male, 60 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Hariton Marachilian | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Black male, 60 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
James Hall | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
James Hall | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
James Hall | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
James Hall | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Other | White male | Black female, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Joseph Bonner | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Hispanic female, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Danamarie Alessio | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | White female | Black male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Danamarie Alessio | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | White female | Black male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Kevin Shea | Lieutenant | Discourtesy: Action | White male | White male, 77 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Hariton Marachilian | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Black male, 60 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Robert Backiel | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Other | White male | Black female, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Joseph Bonner | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | White male | Hispanic female, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Joseph Bonner | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Hispanic female, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Lauren Orourke | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | White female | Black female, 58 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Joseph Bonner | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Lydell Boyd | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | Black male | Hispanic female, 54 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Philip Depasquale | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
Johnanthon Alexander | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Black male, 43 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Lydell Boyd | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | Black male | White female, 29 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2013 |
Travis Duke | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Black male, 53 years old | Exonerated | 2012 |
Travis Duke | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged | White male | Black male, 53 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Travis Duke | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | White male | Black male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2012 |
Vincent Grego | Lieutenant | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Process Civilian Complaint | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Eric Perez | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Martin Maloney | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Action | White male | Not available | Substantiated (No Recommendations) | 2010 |
Michael Loeffel | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Hispanic male, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Jason Chappina | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | White male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Jason Chappina | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Richard Young | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Raymond Mccann | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Not available male | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2009 |
Joseph Bonner | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2009 |
Joseph Bonner | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | White male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Brian Shevitz | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
Brian Shevitz | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
Jason Chappina | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons | White male | White female, 36 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
Alberto Ortiz | Police Officer | Force: Vehicle | Hispanic male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Michael Guzzino | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search | White male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Alberto Ortiz | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Action | Hispanic male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Alberto Ortiz | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Hugh Herbert | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | White male | White male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Lars Frantzen | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | White female, 45 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2007 |
Lars Frantzen | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | White female, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Michael Guzzino | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Michael Guzzino | Sergeant | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Michael Guzzino | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Kenneth Rosello | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black male, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Hugh Herbert | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black female, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Hugh Herbert | Police Officer | Force: Pepper Spray | White male | Black female, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Cornelius Oshea | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Mahmoud Attia | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | White male | White male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Mahmoud Attia | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | White male | White male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Mahmoud Attia | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Mahmoud Attia | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | White male | Black male, 63 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Mahmoud Attia | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat To Damage/Seize Property | White male | Black female, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Mahmoud Attia | Police Officer | Offensive Language: Other | White male | Black male, 63 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Joseph Seminara | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2005 |
Joseph Seminara | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | White male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2005 |
Joseph Seminara | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2005 |
Joseph Seminara | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | White male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2005 |
Lars Frantzen | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2005 |
Eric Robinson | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Arrest | White male | Unknown male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Kenneth Ayala | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | Hispanic male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2004 |
Kenneth Ayala | Police Officer | Force: Pepper Spray | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Kenneth Ayala | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Kenneth Ayala | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Arrest | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Thomas Schick | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | White male | Black female, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2004 |
Thomas Schick | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Action | White male | Black female, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2004 |
Eric Robinson | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2004 |
Thomas Schick | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop | White male | Black female, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
Eric Robinson | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | White male | Unknown male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
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.