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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date. For more recent information, visit the city's database of civilian complaints against the NYPD.
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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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Matthew Moschetto | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Robert Roda | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Luis Robles | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Joseph Albertini | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Carlos Marchena | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Peter Valentin | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Sean Edwards | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Michael White | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Joseph Fernandez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Damon Martin | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Daniel Beddows | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Paul Prendergast | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Kevin Murphy | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Gaetjeans Doxy | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Joseph Fernandez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
John Tancredi | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Damon Martin | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Joseph Fernandez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Scott Sanseverino | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Jose Dejesus | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Derek Sambolin | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Eric Miller | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Barbara Fischer | Sergeant | White female | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Adam Robbins | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Amit Dua | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Erick Ortiz | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Matthew Borden | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Craig Bier | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Steven Weiss | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Richard Zacarese | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Richard Zacarese | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Stephen Jones | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Salvatore Lopiccolo | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Robert Castro | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2010 |
David Shimshi | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Brian Gill | Captain | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Kevin Judge | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Robert Barnett | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Andrew Puglisi | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Darren King | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Daniel Ticali | Detective | American Indian male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Richard Vetrano | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Jonathan Troncoso | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Fitzroy Vigilance | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Daniel Sbarra | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Kevin Judge | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Daniel Sbarra | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Daniel Sbarra | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Eric Downes | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Kevin Breen | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Dennis Friendly | Detective | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Juan Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Mohammed Rios | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Sean Mchugh | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Andres Libreros | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Jeffrey Griffin | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Jason Harris | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Felix Espinal | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Kevin Breen | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
John Todaro | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Lorenzo Johnson | Captain | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Joseph Lafata | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Edward Barry | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Patrick Jean | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Robert Orlando | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2011 |
Emile Provencher | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Ricardo Lewis | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Martin Gimenez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Kevin Gallagher | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Leon Batson | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Erek Powers | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Jason Bianchini | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Calvin Black | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Wilfredo Benitez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Christophe Owen | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
John Gogarty | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Terrell Anderson | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Florencio Arquer | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Michael Lennihan | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Kevin Paynter | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Jennifer Cittadino | Police Officer | White female | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Ramon Hernandez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Joseph Gulotta | Captain | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Sean Mccarren | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Malcolm Liu | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Terrell Anderson | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Andrew Puglisi | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Robert Roda | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Aaron Lohman | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Michael Licitra | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Rodney Harrison | Deputy Inspector | Black male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Francis Clough | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Matthew Monahan | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Bogdan Tabor | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2011 |
Joseph Gulotta | Captain | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Joseph Viggiano | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Claudio Ramirez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Adnan Radoncic | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
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.