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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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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
176
Complaints
203
Allegations
241
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 |
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Joseph Redmond | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
Andrew Kinsella | Police Officer | White male | White male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Gary Messina | Lieutenant | White male | Unknown male, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
Michael Licitra | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
Eric Single | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 1999 |
Robert Delaney | Detective | White male | Black male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 1999 |
Vincent Maher | Police Officer | White male | White male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2001 |
Gary Messina | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
Kevin Roughneen | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
Raymond Festino | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
John Facchini | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
Gregory Pekera | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
Patrick Brown | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
Mitchell Eisenberg | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1999 |
Patrick Davis | Police Officer | White male | Black male | Substantiated (Charges) | 1999 |
Edward Deighan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2002 |
Gary Messina | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2003 |
Gary Messina | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2003 |
Robert Mamys | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2003 |
Carl Roadarmel | Detective | White male | White male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2001 |
Sean Edwards | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Raymond Festino | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
Raymond Jansen | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1999 |
Thomas Woods | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2002 |
Patrick Brown | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2002 |
John Jacoby | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2000 |
Richard Mccarty | Detective | White male | Black male | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2000 |
Richard Mccarty | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2000 |
Donald Kipp | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 15 years old | Exonerated | 2003 |
Richard Warner | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2003 |
Anthony Lustica | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Christopher McCormack | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2004 |
Brian Farrelly | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2002 |
Randall Litrell | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Kenneth Anderson | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2002 |
Dmitry Durets | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 47 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2000 |
Peter Ievolo | Sergeant | White male | White male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
Gary Denezzo | Detective | White male | White female, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2001 |
Louis Pepe | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2000 |
Anthony Pizzo | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 14 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Christopher McCormack | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Michael Cronin | Detective | White male | Black male, 47 years old | Exonerated | 1998 |
Michael Gaine | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 14 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2000 |
Michael Alongi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2000 |
Andrew Mcevoy | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2000 |
Thomas Tergesen | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
Patrick Brown | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2002 |
Joseph Stynes | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Andrew Puglisi | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
Brian Finn | Police Officer | White male | White male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2001 |
John Fogelman | Detective | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
John Fogelman | Detective | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Dana Czvekus | Police Officer | White female | Black male, 14 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
Michael Alleva | Detective | White male | Black male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Patrick Cherry | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2002 |
Patrick Cherry | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Patrick Cherry | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Patrick Gaines | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Richard Bergin | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2000 |
Richard Bergin | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 18 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Christophe Cooke | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2002 |
Dustin Genco | Detective | White male | Black male, 14 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2001 |
Dustin Genco | Detective | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Vincent Testa | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2000 |
Frank Galati | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2004 |
Douglas Lansing | Detective | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2000 |
Salvatore Lopiccolo | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
Christophe Schmidt | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 14 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2002 |
Joseph Delduca | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2001 |
Joseph Delduca | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 39 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Alexander Grandstaff | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 48 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2002 |
Herbert Martin | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2002 |
Herbert Martin | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2002 |
Keith Walker | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Christopher McCormack | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Christopher McCormack | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Peter Ievolo | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Christopher McCormack | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Christopher McCormack | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
Christopher McCormack | Sergeant | White male | Black male | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
Christopher McCormack | Sergeant | White male | White male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2003 |
Robert Nugent | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
Michael Dannecker | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 13 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
John Quigley | Police Officer | White male | White male, 63 years old | Exonerated | 2003 |
Edward Barry | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 1999 |
Edward Barry | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2002 |
Michael Cronin | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 1999 |
Michael Gaine | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 14 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2000 |
Brian Depalo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
Marco Balboni | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Mark Kurys | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 1999 |
Timothy Skretch | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
Bryan Mcnulty | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2000 |
Bryan Mcnulty | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
Bryan Mcnulty | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Thomas Tergesen | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
Michael Vento | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 1998 |
Finbarr Fleming | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2001 |
John Hoffman | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2000 |
Gerald Breiner | Detective | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Exonerated | 2000 |
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.