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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
88
Complaints
77
Allegations
96
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marydanie Sessomsswinea | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
| Fadi Albishara | Police Officer | White male | White male, 62 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
| Tamara Clement | Police Officer | Black female | Other Race female, 26 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
| Ahmad Shaheed | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Kelvin Peralta | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Edward Klein | Detective | White male | Asian male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Danamarie Alessio | Police Officer | White female | White female, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
| Brendan Murphy | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Sean Mcdonnell | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Marika Williams | Police Officer | Black female | Asian male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Adela Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Other Race female, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Anthony Donato | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Matthew Bottcher | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Christophe Brower | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Miguel Donovan | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Md Rahman | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
| Amaury Tineo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 49 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| David Ramirez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Juan Carrero | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Miles Holman | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown female, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Robert Gallagher | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Jose Leon | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| David Ramirez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Karla Arvayo | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Adam Conlin | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Andre Morris | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Timothy Fox | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Matthew Bottcher | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Christophe Digioia | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Douglas Carr | Detective | Black male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Douglas Carr | Detective | Black male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Karl Thomas | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Thomas Dicamillo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Alex Merizalde | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race female, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Inna Miroshnyk | Police Officer | White female | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Michael Hawk | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Rafael Santos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Matthew Hammond | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 15 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Bryan Crespo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Kevin Cox | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Brian Bang | Police Officer | White male | White male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Robert Hyland | Sergeant | White male | White male, 72 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
| Robert Hyland | Sergeant | White male | White male, 68 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Miguel Figueroa | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Black male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Kevin Cox | Police Officer | Black male | White female, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Jerrison Lora | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 52 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Brendan Murphy | Police Officer | White male | Not available female, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Hugh Mackenzie | Lieutenant | White male | Unknown male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Kevin Mccaffrey | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Lorenzo Jones | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Keith Figueroa | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Alena Aminova | Police Officer | White female | White male, 58 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Michael Alpers | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Thomas Geberth | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Eric Bernard | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Ian Gallagher | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black transwoman (mtf), 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Lanier Glenn | Lieutenant | Black male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Lanier Glenn | Lieutenant | Black male | Hispanic female, 57 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Pedro Lezcano | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Chanel Gomez | Police Officer | Black female | Black female, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Kai Lee | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Umar Khitab | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Troy Luis | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Kevin Mccarthy | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Lukasz Solis | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Jose Genao | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 72 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Philip Picciano | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Frank Recca | Police Officer | White male | White male, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Ioannis Rizos | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Lawrice Crawford | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Brian Raghoenathsingh | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available female, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Michael Calle | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Frank Ryan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Kiel Sui | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Alexandru Anghel | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Wojciech Czech | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Brian Mahon | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Sean Gardner | Police Officer | White male | White male, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Matthew Sabella | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Michael Sidorskiy | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Kevin Kenny | Lieutenant | White male | Unknown male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Audrey Wise | Sergeant | Black female | Hispanic female, 32 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Eric Dym | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Eric Dym | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Richard Reid | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Michael Gonzalez | Detective | Hispanic male | Black female, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Steven Rupnick | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Nelson Caceres | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Neysa Korycki | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Unknown male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Daniel Mcilrath | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Larry Meyers | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Hugh Herbert | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Justin Ortiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Phillip Reyes | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown female, 40 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Keyana Kendall | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Stephen Lalchan | Detective | Asian male | Asian male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 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.