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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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Emrah Ates | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Kevin Paynter | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Vincent Ciardiello | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Bogdan Tabor | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2011 |
Sekou Bourne | Detective | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Thomas Fusco | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Brian Donoghue | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Eric Samuels | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Christophe Furda | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Antonio Santana | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Claudio Ramirez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Eric Samuels | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Brian Gill | Captain | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Lawrence Fiorello | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Christophe Pasquale | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Christophe Pasquale | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Humberto Mantuano | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
James Picicci | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Patrick Nozdrovicky | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Robert Reed | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Claudio Ramirez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Annemarie Murphy | Sergeant | White female | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Michael Licitra | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Michael Licitra | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Joseph Lafata | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Claudio Ramirez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Sean Mccarren | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Ramon Hernandez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Joseph Gulotta | Captain | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Rodney Harrison | Deputy Inspector | Black male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Scott Hamburger | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Robert Henderson | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Duane Atkinson | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Damon Martin | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Stephen Jones | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Robert Henderson | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Andrew Beirne | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Andrew Beirne | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Aaron Lohman | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Alexander Wancel | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Kevin Shea | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Nathan Mole | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
David Grieco | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Anthony Ronda | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Leonard Clarke | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Titus Parham | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Richard Vetrano | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Patrick Davis | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
John Bastedenbeck | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Charles Cadiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
David Afanador | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Mark Vazquez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Brian Nyhus | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
James Titus | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Michael Kelly | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Robert Mayer | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Kevin Judge | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Carlos Segovia | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Daquan Bendele | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Sean Mcgrory | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Nicholas Horun | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Dayne Beissel | Police Officer | White female | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Eric Perez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Luke Denesopolis | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Dion Edwards | Detective | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Eric Beckel | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Spencer Garrett | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Christophe Owen | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Frank Gambina | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Jose Dejesus | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Michael White | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Patricio Ovando | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Krishna Tandrian | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Patricio Ovando | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Kevin Breen | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Terrell Anderson | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Brian Shevitz | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Javier Santos | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Jennifer Lavelle | Detective | White female | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Jennifer Lavelle | Detective | White female | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Christophe Ward | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
William Tergesen | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Essence Jackson | Detective | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Joseph Hayward | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2012 |
William Schumacher | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Michael Demonda | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2012 |
Michael White | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Florencio Arquer | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Florencio Arquer | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Erica Macauda | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Burt Antoine | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2012 |
Christophe Muller | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Richard Urena | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Christophe Muller | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Anand Bhoj | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Raymond Tomins | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Joseph Viggiano | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Adrian Uruci | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Richard Thompson | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Adrian Uruci | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 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.