Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers

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Abuse of Authority: Interference With Recording

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
100
Complaints
99
Allegations
111

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
OfficerAmaury Tineo Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 49 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2019
OfficerBjondin Skender Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 23 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2019
OfficerMichael Nocerino Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 29 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2019
OfficerMartin Rowley Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsBlack male Complainant DetailsOther Race female, 22 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2019
OfficerCory Levy Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 37 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline A) Year Received2019
OfficerVincent Gambino Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 36 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline A) Year Received2019
OfficerCraig Wright Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsBlack male Complainant DetailsOther Race male, 46 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2019
OfficerJalal Ali Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsNot available CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2019
OfficerRailyng Frias Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 23 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Formalized Training) Year Received2019
OfficerRafael Santos Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 22 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2019
OfficerRaul Torres Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack female, 39 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2019
OfficerGregg Minardi Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 36 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2019
OfficerMichael Hawk Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsOther Race male, 42 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline A) Year Received2019
OfficerJames Holder Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsBlack male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 28 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2019
OfficerThomas Morton Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack female, 34 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline B) Year Received2019
OfficerMichael Laborde Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsBlack male Complainant DetailsRefused male, 21 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2019
OfficerNelson Ayala Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 24 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2019
OfficerChristian Flores Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsOther Race male, 26 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2019
OfficerFrank Burns Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 22 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline A) Year Received2018
OfficerMichael Heinz Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsUnknown male, 24 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2018
OfficerAnthony Morales Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 42 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2018
OfficerTaina Pacheco Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic female Complainant DetailsBlack female, 29 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline B) Year Received2018
OfficerAntonio Andrade Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 47 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline A) Year Received2018
OfficerJustin Ortiz Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 24 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2018
OfficerJohnnie Rosario Rank at Time of ComplaintDetective Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 24 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2018
OfficerThomas Bodai Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack female, 22 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2018
OfficerOmar Carrascotatis Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsOther Race male, 27 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2018
OfficerPedro Lezcano Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 17 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2018
OfficerStephen Allocca Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 25 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2018
OfficerLuis Gutierrez Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsOther Race male, 50 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2018
OfficerJunaid Saeed Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsAsian male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 52 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2018
OfficerRawn Browne Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsBlack male Complainant DetailsBlack gender non-conforming, 35 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) Year Received2018
OfficerChristophe Harris Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsBlack male Complainant DetailsAsian male, 57 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2018
OfficerChristophe Sanchez Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 27 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2018
OfficerAngel Rolon Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsOther Race female, 40 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2018
OfficerHector Vargas Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack gender non-conforming, 35 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) Year Received2018
OfficerCharles Arnone Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack female, 50 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline B) Year Received2018
OfficerNeysa Korycki Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic female Complainant DetailsUnknown male, 50 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Formalized Training) Year Received2018
OfficerEdgar Rivera Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 33 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2018
OfficerJoseph Schwaner Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 50 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2018
OfficerMohamed Shaw Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsAsian male Complainant DetailsBlack female, 29 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline B) Year Received2018
OfficerRonnie Caraccioli Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack female, 50 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline B) Year Received2018
OfficerWilbert Rodriguez Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 24 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) Year Received2018
OfficerBrian Raghoenathsingh Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsAsian male Complainant DetailsOther Race male, 16 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2018
OfficerThomas Smith Rank at Time of ComplaintCaptain Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsHispanic female, 40 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2018
OfficerWilliam Diab Rank at Time of ComplaintLieutenant Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 30 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2018
OfficerTravis Fraser Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsBlack male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 22 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline A) Year Received2018
OfficerCarlos Pimentel Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 27 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2018
OfficerArtur Espenberg Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 19 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2018
OfficerJohn Cassidy Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsWhite male, 40 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline A) Year Received2018
OfficerAlan Chau Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant Officer DetailsAsian male Complainant DetailsNot available female, 23 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2018
OfficerMichael Scally Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 48 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2018
OfficerHenry Rivera Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 46 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline A) Year Received2018
OfficerVincent Gambino Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack female, 24 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2018
OfficerTodd Jacoby Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 26 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline B) Year Received2018
OfficerRenninton Belen Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack female, 42 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline A) Year Received2018
OfficerLamont Gibson Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant Officer DetailsBlack male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 33 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2017
OfficerYoryi Santana Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsNot available male, 25 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline B) Year Received2017
OfficerYoryi Santana Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 22 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2017
OfficerYoryi Santana Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 29 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2017
OfficerFarid Aliyev Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 26 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Charges) Year Received2017
OfficerPatrick Reilly Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsHispanic female, 13 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline B) Year Received2017
OfficerAlexander Morales Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsUnknown male, 32 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline B) Year Received2017
OfficerIdris Guven Rank at Time of ComplaintLieutenant Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsWhite female, 32 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2017
OfficerMichael Laborde Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsBlack male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 42 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2017
OfficerNanhao Chen Rank at Time of ComplaintLieutenant Officer DetailsAsian male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 24 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline B) Year Received2017
OfficerColin Kogan Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 34 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline B) Year Received2017
OfficerColin Kogan Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 34 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2017
OfficerMichael Heinz Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 23 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2017
OfficerAndrew Nash Rank at Time of ComplaintDetective Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 30 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Formalized Training) Year Received2017
OfficerAhmed Abdalla Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsBlack male Complainant DetailsWhite male, 32 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline B) Year Received2017
OfficerBernice Pacheco Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic female Complainant DetailsWhite male, 32 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline A) Year Received2017
OfficerPhillip Johnson Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsBlack male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 26 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Charges) Year Received2017
OfficerJose Cintron Rank at Time of ComplaintDetective Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsNot available male, 47 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2017
OfficerTarakur Chowdhury Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant Officer DetailsAsian male Complainant DetailsWhite male, 58 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2017
OfficerAngelo Pizzarro Rank at Time of ComplaintDetective Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 45 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline A) Year Received2017
OfficerLeon Pedigo Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 31 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline B) Year Received2017
OfficerJalal Ali Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsAsian male, 23 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2017
OfficerSylvia Golaszewski Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite female Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 29 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2017
OfficerSylvia Golaszewski Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite female Complainant DetailsNot available male, 25 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline B) Year Received2017
OfficerSylvia Golaszewski Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite female Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 22 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2017
OfficerTricia Grant Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsBlack female Complainant DetailsWhite male, 30 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline A) Year Received2017
OfficerStephen Polesovsky Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsWhite male, 36 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2017
OfficerRaphael Sylvestre Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsBlack male Complainant DetailsUnknown female, 17 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2017
OfficerEdwin Soto Rank at Time of ComplaintSergeant Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsWhite male, 30 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Charges) Year Received2017
OfficerDaniel Nunez Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 46 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2017
OfficerSteven Rupnick Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsUnknown male CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2017
OfficerMoses Lebron Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsNot available male, 39 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2017
OfficerBrian Bang Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 37 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline B) Year Received2017
OfficerKristo Cevi Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack female CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2017
OfficerJohn Katehis Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 12 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Formalized Training) Year Received2017
OfficerChad Hofsiss Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 30 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Formalized Training) Year Received2017
OfficerLeon Pedigo Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 31 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2017
OfficerTimothy Finn Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsAsian male Complainant DetailsAsian male, 24 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Command Discipline A) Year Received2016
OfficerRisel Martinez Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 23 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Formalized Training) Year Received2016
OfficerLydia Figueroa Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsHispanic female Complainant DetailsBlack female, 53 years old CCRB ConclusionExonerated Year Received2016
OfficerShawn Moynihan Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 26 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2016
OfficerWilliam Pugliese Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsBlack male, 26 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2016
OfficerTomasz Pulawski Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsWhite male Complainant DetailsAsian male, 21 years old CCRB ConclusionUnsubstantiated Year Received2016
OfficerMandeep Singh Rank at Time of ComplaintPolice Officer Officer DetailsAsian male Complainant DetailsHispanic male, 21 years old CCRB ConclusionSubstantiated (Charges) Year Received2016
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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.
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