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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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Transit Bureau District 4
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
16
Complaints
18
Allegations
51
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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Lennoxann Samerson | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Summons | Black female | Hispanic female, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
Lennoxann Samerson | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Shield Number | Black female | Hispanic female, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Lennoxann Samerson | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Question | Black female | Hispanic female, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
Lennoxann Samerson | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop | Black female | Hispanic female, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
Jason Wells | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Process Civilian Complaint | Black male | White female, 51 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
Son Cao | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | Asian male | Hispanic male, 55 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2016 |
Lennoxann Samerson | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black female | Hispanic male, 55 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2016 |
Clyde Jasmin | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Black male, 66 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Angela Morris | Lieutenant | Abuse of Authority: Other | Black female | Black male, 66 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Angela Morris | Lieutenant | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Black female | Black male, 66 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Michael Fruchter | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Question | White male | White male, 47 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Michael Fruchter | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | White male | White male, 47 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2014 |
Colin Mcguire | Police Officer | Force: Chokehold | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Colin Mcguire | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Jonathan Correa | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Hispanic male | White male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Jonathan Correa | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | Hispanic male | White male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Clyde Jasmin | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Other | Black male | White male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Jonathan Correa | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Other | Hispanic male | White male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Jonathan Correa | Police Officer | Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton) | Hispanic male | White male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Hariton Marachilian | Police Officer | Offensive Language: Sexual Orientation | White male | Asian female, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Hariton Marachilian | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Hispanic male | Exonerated | 2011 |
Christophe Eastmond | Police Officer | Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton) | Black male | Hispanic male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Jorge Tricoche | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 53 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Christophe Eastmond | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Black male, 63 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Christophe Eastmond | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black male, 63 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Christophe Eastmond | Police Officer | Force: Other Blunt Instrument As A Club | Black male | Black male, 63 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Jacob Suarez | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Jacob Suarez | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Adam Helschein | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Hispanic male, 49 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Adam Helschein | Police Officer | Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton) | White male | Hispanic male, 49 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2008 |
Hariton Marachilian | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black male, 61 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Hariton Marachilian | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Black male, 61 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Hariton Marachilian | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | White male | Black male, 61 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Michaelang Hidalgo | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | Hispanic male | White female, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Michaelang Hidalgo | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | Hispanic male | White female, 39 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
Michaelang Hidalgo | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Hispanic male | Black male, 61 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Michaelang Hidalgo | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | Hispanic male | Black male, 61 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Hariton Marachilian | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Black male, 61 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Jermaine Matos | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | Black male | White male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2004 |
Jermaine Matos | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk And/Or Search | Black male | White male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2004 |
Jermaine Matos | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons | Black male | White male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2004 |
Hector Lopez | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk And/Or Search | Hispanic male | White male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2004 |
Hector Lopez | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | Hispanic male | White male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2004 |
Hector Lopez | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | White male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2004 |
Hector Lopez | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | White male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2004 |
Jermaine Matos | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Other | Black male | White male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
Jermaine Matos | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | White male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2004 |
Hector Lopez | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Other | Hispanic male | White male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
Hector Lopez | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Other | Hispanic male | Asian male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
Hector Lopez | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Asian male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2002 |
Hector Lopez | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons | Hispanic male | Asian male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2002 |
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.