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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
952
Complaints
1,224
Allegations
1,555
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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Randy Rose | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Cornelius Oshea | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Gerald Cucchiara | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Dustin Genco | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2001 |
Gerald Cucchiara | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
James Miles | Detective | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Jennifer Lavelle | Detective | White female | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Keith Degiorgio | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1998 |
John Mccrossen | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Robert Locher | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Patrick Davis | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2002 |
Jennifer Lavelle | Detective | White female | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Christophe Mcgee | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Miguel Nunez | Detective | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Frank Sarrica | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Thomas Lodico | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Thomas Lodico | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
David Marconi | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Brian Fleming | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2009 |
Daniel Silverio | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Michael Perez | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Matthew Wright | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Frank Sarrica | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Lawrence Hotaling | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
David Cowan | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Alexandros Kalogiros | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Robert Ciolino | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Alexandros Kalogiros | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Robert Mayer | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Robert Mayer | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Frank Sarrica | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Nicholas Neve | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Frank Sarrica | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
John Gengo | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Richard Turk | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Keith Devine | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Jeremiah Williams | Detective | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
James Walsh | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Christophe Ward | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
William Ryan | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Gary Denezzo | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Christophe Ward | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Mark Grant | Detective | Black male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Daniel Castillo | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Daniel Castillo | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Daniel Castillo | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
James Baez | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Anthony Quagliariello | Detective | White male | White male, 57 years old | Exonerated | 2000 |
Lyudmila Howell | Detective | Hispanic female | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
Dion Edwards | Detective | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
John Fennell | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Joseph Tallarine | Detective | White male | Black female, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Matthew Wright | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Adam Sager | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Joseph Fernandez | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Joseph Viggiano | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Joseph Fernandez | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Joseph Viggiano | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
Daniel Mahoney | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Joseph Tallarine | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Michael Perez | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Matthew Lamendola | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Charles Ingrassia | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2013 |
Charles Ingrassia | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Waliur Rahman | Detective | Asian male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Emrah Ates | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Shante Terrell | Detective | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Essence Jackson | Detective | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Joseph Gulotta | Inspector | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Christopher McCormack | Inspector | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Michael Lipetri | Inspector | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Brian Mcgee | Inspector | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
John Bastedenbeck | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
John Bastedenbeck | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Steven Green | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2009 |
Enrique Santos | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Enrique Santos | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Michael Raso | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Michael Raso | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
Thomas Kelly | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
John Bastedenbeck | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Emilio Melendez | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2003 |
William Cusack | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Persio Polanco | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Eric Dym | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Michael Brown | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Joseph Gulotta | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Enrique Santos | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2006 |
John Gogarty | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Brian Mcginn | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
Michael Raso | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
Sean Mchugh | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Sean Mchugh | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2013 |
John Gogarty | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (No Recommendations) | 2009 |
Anand Bhoj | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
John Gogarty | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2005 |
Anand Bhoj | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
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.