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This page contains all allegations assigned to this category by the CCRB. Multiple similar allegations can appear for the same officer because a complaint received from a civilian can include multiple allegations.
Officers With Complaints
149
Complaints
88
Allegations
176
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 | Officer Details | Complainant Details | CCRB Conclusion | Year Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waqas Shabir | Police Officer | Asian male | Unknown male, 14 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Giselle Batista | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Renaldo Weekes | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Matthew Monkowski | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Paul Mallilo | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| David Grieco | Sergeant | White male | White female | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Timothy Fox | Lieutenant | White male | Other Race male, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Bryan Scheblein | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Samuel Hui | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
| Michael Scally | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Tyler Angelo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Kitwane Lewis | Sergeant | Black male | Unknown male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Vincent Gambino | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Sean Collins | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Joseph Spina | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Steven Cruver | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Richard Moore | Police Officer | White male | White female, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Michael Raso | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
| Robert Dominicci | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 61 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
| Billy Dill | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
| Michael Hansson | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
| Paul Dieugenia | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 61 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
| Sean Kern | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Janert Gil | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Rafael Santos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Vincent Caprino | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Robert Musolino | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Pedro Lezcano | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Christophe Matthews | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 51 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Tomas Janciauskas | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Noelle Miglino | Police Officer | White female | Hispanic male, 51 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Sean Christian | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 40 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Joseph Nicoletti | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Michael Giallanza | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 54 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Brian Mahon | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Brett Woodard | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Renaldo Weekes | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Craig Wright | Police Officer | Black male | Other Race male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Joseluis Deluna | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Lucas Hasnay | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Joseph Accetta | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Leechau Wai | Police Officer | Asian male | Refused not described, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Robert Gallagher | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Steven Schwartz | Police Officer | White male | Asian female, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Hilton Jeanpierre | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Dylan Mattern | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Michael Crichlow | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Ever Cruz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Tyler Howe | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Joseph Lorenzi | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Gregg Minardi | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Gregg Minardi | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| James Holder | Police Officer | Black male | Not available , 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| James Holder | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Stephen Schmitt | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Teara Wilson | Sergeant | Black female | Other Race male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Stephen Dunne | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Anthony Limoncelli | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| John Tepedino | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Nathaniel Beck | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Christophe Schiro | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| William Diab | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 52 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Steven Abrams | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 42 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Oliver Castillo | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Bjondin Skender | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Philip Tantillo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Thomas Taverna | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Michael Falcon | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Jose Cintron | Detective | Hispanic male | Asian male, 64 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Frederick Reyes | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Asian male, 64 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Richard Charles | Detective | Black male | White , 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Richard Charles | Detective | Black male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Richard Charles | Detective | Black male | White male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Wayne Costello | Detective | White male | White male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Joel Edwards | Sergeant | Black male | White male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Michael Johnston | Detective | White male | White male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Ricardo Moreno | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Ricardo Moreno | Detective | Hispanic male | White , 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Philip Smith | Detective | White male | White , 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Philip Smith | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Curt Thomas | Detective | Black male | White male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Ricardo Lewis | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Godwin Ngai | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Richard Reid | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Brendan Murphy | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Nelson Reyes | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Robert Gallagher | Police Officer | White male | Black , 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Robert Gallagher | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Piero Lasaponara | Detective | White male | Black female, 52 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| David Ramirez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Shawn Romero | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Heriberto Hernandez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 51 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Michael Nesterwitz | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 51 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Juan Guzman | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 51 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Thomas Macca | Police Officer | White male | White female, 74 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Alex Merizalde | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race female, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Hassan Paris | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Jonathan Ruiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Anthony Bomparola | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Nelson Caceres | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
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.