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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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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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Steven Green | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2001 |
William Tergesen | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Joshua Bienvenue | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Gary Calhoun | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Adnan Radoncic | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
William Schumacher | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Todd Hansen | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Juan Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Gary Calhoun | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Gary Calhoun | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Michael Kaminsky | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Hector Rodriguez | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Alexander Bobo | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Barbara Fischer | Lieutenant | White female | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Frank Sarrica | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Abraham Arteaga | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Todd Hansen | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Anthony Biondolillo | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2013 |
Craig Edelman | Captain | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Frank Sarrica | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Darren Caranella | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Gary Calhoun | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Abraham Arteaga | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2009 |
Zoilo Encarnacion | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
John Ferrara | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2005 |
Ramiro Ruiz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Johnny Orellana | Captain | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Ryan Hayes | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Fitzroy Vigilance | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2009 |
Dana Harge | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2006 |
Frank Sarrica | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Robert Krohley | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Robert Krohley | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2005 |
Titus Parham | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2009 |
Fitzroy Vigilance | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2009 |
Fitzroy Vigilance | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Luke Denesopolis | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Titus Parham | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Mark Ward | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2013 |
Justin Simms | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Salvatore Lopiccolo | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Ching Nieh | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Tonica Corlette | Sergeant | Black female | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Calvin Black | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Steven Owens | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2009 |
Patrick Quigley | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Joaquin Morales | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Eric Ruiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Javier Santos | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
John Gogarty | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2003 |
John Gogarty | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2005 |
John Baumeister | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2006 |
Kristian Flood | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Thomas Woods | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Emilio Melendez | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2003 |
John Pirando | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2013 |
Charles Gove | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Daniel Baca | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2013 |
Thomas Alps | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2001 |
Elijah Boyle | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2013 |
Juan Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Jeffrey Griffin | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Thomas Geberth | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Jason Sharp | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Luke Denesopolis | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Timothy Brovakos | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Bennett Shelley | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2013 |
Nikolaos Stefopoulos | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Anthony Contessa | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Crystal Williams | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Rajesh Lalwani | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Christophe Zaleski | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Norberto Tirado | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2002 |
Christophe Alvarado | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Raghunan Ramroop | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Terrell Anderson | Sergeant | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Dany Fana | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Anthony Longobardi | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Eduard Nogol | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Richard Gibson | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 33 years old | Exonerated | 1999 |
Phillip Reyes | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2002 |
John Tancredi | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Gaetjeans Doxy | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
James Baez | Detective | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Leon Batson | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Tonica Corlette | Sergeant | Black female | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Sandra Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Leonardo Viera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Tyrone Seely | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
James Giamboi | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Robert Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Thomas Varghese | Detective | Asian male | Not available | Exonerated | 2013 |
Christopher McCormack | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2005 |
Jasmin Nikocevic | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Brian Bartley | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Thomas Decker | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Michael Paulik | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Robert Roda | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2009 |
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.