Narcotics Borough Manhattan South - The NYPD Files

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Narcotics Borough Manhattan 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
Michael Guzzino	Detective	Force: Physical Force	White male	White male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Mendez	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	White female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
David Guevara	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	Hispanic male	White male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2005
David Guevara	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic male	White male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2005
Richard Turk	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	White male	White male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Richard Turk	Detective	Force: Physical Force	White male	White male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Welington Feliz	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2006
Welington Feliz	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2006
Welington Feliz	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Show Search Warrant	Hispanic male	Black female	Unsubstantiated	2006
Karyn Mccormack	Detective	Force: Physical Force	White female	White male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2007
Frank Altieri	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Hispanic male	Exonerated	2008
Frederic Ortiz	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Frederic Ortiz	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	Hispanic male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Frank Altieri	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic male	Hispanic male	Exonerated	2008
Robert Numssen	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2008
Robert Numssen	Detective	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Frederic Ortiz	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic male	Hispanic male	Exonerated	2008
Anthony Demonte	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Frederic Ortiz	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Hispanic male	Exonerated	2008
Anthony Demonte	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2008
John Hall	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	Other Race male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
John Hall	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	White male	Other Race male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
John Hall	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	White male	Hispanic male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Frederic Ortiz	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Frederic Ortiz	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
John Hall	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Other Race male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Anthony Demonte	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2010
Kenneth Tysdal	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Anthony Demonte	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2010
Gennaro Russo	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Show Search Warrant	White male	Black male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Gennaro Russo	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black female, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Gennaro Russo	Detective	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black female, 53 years old	Exonerated	2010
Gennaro Russo	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment	White male	Black female, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Frank Altieri	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Frank Altieri	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Frank Altieri	Detective	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Frank Altieri	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Frank Altieri	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Frank Altieri	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Dede	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Show Search Warrant	White male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
David Guevara	Detective	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 64 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2013
Frederic Ortiz	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Frank Altieri	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Robert Lotufo	Detective	Offensive Language: Gender	Hispanic male	Black female, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
David Guevara	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Black male, 64 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2013
Robert Lotufo	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black female, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Paul Rivera	Detective	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	White male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Frank Altieri	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2014
Frank Altieri	Detective	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2014
Juan Ortiz	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Juan Ortiz	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
James Romano	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Show Search Warrant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
James Romano	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat To Notify Acs	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2015
James Romano	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Herbert Medina	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Herbert Medina	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Herbert Medina	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Herbert Medina	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Hispanic male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Juan Ortiz	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2015
Juan Ortiz	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2015
Paul Rivera	Detective	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Asian female, 46 years old	Exonerated	2016
Paul Rivera	Detective	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2016
Herbert Medina	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Herbert Medina	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Interference With Recording	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Herbert Medina	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Herbert Medina	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Seizure Of Property	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Herbert Medina	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Brian Byrnes	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Asian female, 46 years old	Exonerated	2016
Roy Abounaoum	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Roy Abounaoum	Detective	Force: Other	White male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Roy Abounaoum	Detective	Force: Chokehold	White male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jason Stocker	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Washington Zurita	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	Hispanic male	Black female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Joseph Franco	Detective	Force: Gun Pointed	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2017
Joseph Franco	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Joseph Franco	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2017
Herbert Medina	Detective	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Roy Abounaoum	Detective	Force: Physical Force	White male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Roy Abounaoum	Detective	Force: Police Shield	White male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Roy Abounaoum	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment	White male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Joseph Matzinger	Captain	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2017

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.