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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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Jason Sharp | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Brian Goldberg | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
John Ferrara | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2005 |
Daniel Barreto | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
John Gogarty | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2003 |
Mark Xylas | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Robert Krohley | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2005 |
Robert Krohley | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Justin Simms | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
Justin Simms | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Luke Denesopolis | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
John Gogarty | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Thomas Woods | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Calvin Black | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
Kristian Flood | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
William Cusack | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Luke Denesopolis | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Jasmin Nikocevic | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Charles Gove | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Michael Fahmy | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Stanley Macnear | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Craig Basler | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Ryan Hayes | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2016 |
Ryan Hayes | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Jeffrey Griffin | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Jeffrey Gryz | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Emile Pratt | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Mitchell Eisenberg | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
Corey Gresko | Detective | White male | Hispanic female, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Joseph Stynes | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Anthony Biondolillo | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2013 |
Timothy Brovakos | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Robert Roda | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Frank Bulzoni | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Bennett Shelley | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2013 |
Nikolaos Stefopoulos | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Brian Shevitz | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Salvatore Lopiccolo | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Michael Paulik | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Joseph Hayward | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Robert Belle | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Brendan Grace | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2013 |
Adam Dumelle | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Christophe Zaleski | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Barbara Fischer | Sergeant | White female | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Barbara Fischer | Sergeant | White female | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Barbara Fischer | Sergeant | White female | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Barbara Fischer | Sergeant | White female | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Barbara Fischer | Lieutenant | White female | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
John Ulmer | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Mark Ward | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2013 |
Sean Turner | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
James Berk | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Keith Silardi | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Mark Brinadze | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Anthony Longobardi | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Darren Caranella | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Craig Edelman | Captain | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Eduard Nogol | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Eduard Nogol | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Robert Roda | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2009 |
Michael Odonnell | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Richard Gibson | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
John Tancredi | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Gary Denezzo | Detective | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Thomas Fusco | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Todd Hansen | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Todd Hansen | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Todd Hansen | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Christophe Muller | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Eric Bernard | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Radoslaw Terepka | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Christophe Muller | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Joshua Bienvenue | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Gary Calhoun | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Gary Calhoun | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Gary Calhoun | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Gary Calhoun | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
Steven Green | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2001 |
Philip Fioranelli | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Michael Kaminsky | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
Sean Keegan | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Justin Puccia | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Adnan Radoncic | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2011 |
William Schumacher | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
William Schumacher | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Victor Paribello | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
William Tergesen | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
William Tergesen | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2014 |
William Tergesen | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Gilbert Barkman | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Paul Mckenna | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Paul Mckenna | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Paul Mckenna | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Nicholas Canepa | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2017 |
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.