Police Service Area 3 - The NYPD Files

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Police Service Area 3

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
Isa Abbassi	Police Officer	Force: Push/Shove	White male	Not available	Exonerated	1997
Keith Livingston	Police Officer	Force: Dragged/Pulled	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	1997
Isa Abbassi	Police Officer	Force: Punch/Kick	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1997
Isa Abbassi	Police Officer	Force: Beat	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1997
Keith Livingston	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	1999
James Ecker	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2000
John Caban	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2000
James Ecker	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2000
Isa Abbassi	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2000
Isa Abbassi	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2001
John Caban	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2001
Joseph Delduca	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Frisk And/Or Search	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2001
Liam Swords	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Action	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2001
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Force: Hit Against Inanimate Object	Black male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2001
Joseph Delduca	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2001
James Ecker	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2002
Jorge Torres	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 53 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2002
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2002
Scott Henderson	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2002
Scott Henderson	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Black male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Paul Perodin	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	Black male	Black female, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2002
Paul Perodin	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk And/Or Search	Black male	Black female, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Hispanic female, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Jorge Torres	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2002
Scott Henderson	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Action	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Scott Henderson	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black female, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Scott Henderson	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Robert Smith	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Robert Smith	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Scott Henderson	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Gun Drawn	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2002
Zoilo Encarnacion	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Summons	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Zoilo Encarnacion	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2002
Scott Henderson	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2002
Isa Abbassi	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Arrest	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2003
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Other	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2003
Isa Abbassi	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2003
Joseph Delduca	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Joseph Delduca	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Frisk And/Or Search	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Michael Dunphy	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Joseph Delduca	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Isa Abbassi	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2003
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk And/Or Search	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2003
Isa Abbassi	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2003
Joseph Delduca	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Other	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Patrick Fitzgerald	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Exonerated	2003
Isa Abbassi	Sergeant	Force: Hit Against Inanimate Object	White male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2003
Isa Abbassi	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black female, 18 years old	Exonerated	2003
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2003
Isa Abbassi	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2003
Isa Abbassi	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2003
Keith Livingston	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2003
Isa Abbassi	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2003
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk And/Or Search	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Other	White male	Hispanic female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2004
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black female, 14 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2004
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Race	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2004
Patrick Fitzgerald	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk And/Or Search	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2004
Patrick Fitzgerald	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk And/Or Search	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2004
Paul Perodin	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Unknown male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2004
Wilfredo Cruz	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2004
Patrick Fitzgerald	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Patrick Fitzgerald	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2004
Patrick Fitzgerald	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2004
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Johnny Lawrence	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Jorge Torres	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2005
Johnny Lawrence	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2005
Jorge Torres	Police Officer	Force: Pepper Spray	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2005
Jorge Torres	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment	Hispanic male	Hispanic male	Unsubstantiated	2005
Zoilo Encarnacion	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Johnny Lawrence	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Sexual Orientation	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Zoilo Encarnacion	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Johnny Lawrence	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Johnny Lawrence	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Black male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2005
Johnny Lawrence	Police Officer	Force: Pepper Spray	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2005
Colbert Martin	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Hispanic female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2005
Colbert Martin	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	Black male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Johnny Lawrence	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2005
Zoilo Encarnacion	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Zoilo Encarnacion	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton)	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	White male	Black female, 45 years old	Exonerated	2006
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Other	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2006
Sean Mitchell	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	Black male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Sean Mitchell	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Black male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2006
Sean Mitchell	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Sean Mitchell	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Black male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Sean Mitchell	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	Black male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Zoilo Encarnacion	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Kenneth Singletary	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black female, 30 years old	Exonerated	2006
Zoilo Encarnacion	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006

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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.