The NYPD Files
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
1,145
Complaints
1,228
Allegations
1,483
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Powell | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Daniel Silverio | Detective | Hispanic male | Black female, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Matthew Finn | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Darion Francis | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| John Gergis | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Gabriel Cuevas | Sergeant | Hispanic male | White male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Richard Light | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 63 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Michael Fratangelo | Detective | White male | Black female, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Jason Barish | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Steve Fleischhauer | Police Officer | White male | White female, 45 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| William Diab | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Kevin Gwinn | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 70 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Brian Finnerty | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 26 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Steven Muskovic | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Yaowen Liu | Police Officer | Asian male | Black female, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Chanel Gomez | Police Officer | Black female | Black female, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Bryan Pocalyko | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| George Vrotsos | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 58 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Kimberly Lucas | Police Officer | Black female | Other Race female, 68 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Brett Woodard | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Artur Espenberg | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Erek Powers | Sergeant | Black male | Black female, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Jose Torres | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Andrew Wunsch | Detective | White male | White male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Andre Teterycz | Sergeant | White male | White female, 76 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Brian Alexander | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Victor Borg | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Adrian Duran | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Nairobi Grayson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Odalis Perez | Detective | Hispanic female | Black female, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Yefersson Salasmartinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Edgar Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Sean Murphy | Police Officer | White male | White male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Tarakur Chowdhury | Sergeant | Asian male | White male, 58 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Ariel Urena | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| John Mascetti | Police Officer | White male | White male, 52 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Doreyda Munoz | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Michael Algerio | Police Officer | White male | White female, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Alan Hassel | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Rafael Moscoso | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Michael Mccarthy | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Wojciech Czech | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Richard Light | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Michael Demonda | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| John Katehis | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| John Hansen | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Karanlall Brijbukhan | Detective | Asian male | Black female, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Steven Schwartz | Police Officer | White male | White female, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| David Gordon | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Anthony Cassase | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Brian Mahon | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Gabriel Cuadros | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Christophe Schiro | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Leon Batson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| James Olson | Police Officer | White male | White female, 71 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Joby Thomas | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic female, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Bridget Courtney | Police Officer | White female | White male, 52 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Joseph Mcevoy | Detective | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Gina Mestre | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Gina Mestre | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Veronica Martino | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Gabriel Nacelewicz | Detective | White male | Black male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Aleksandr Pasynkov | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jason Brown | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 53 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Leonard Clarke | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Robert Clark | Sergeant | White male | Other Race male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| David Cowan | Detective | White male | Hispanic female, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Suthom Ungcharoen | Police Officer | Asian male | White male, 63 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Iftekharul Awal | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Mordecai Austrie | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Brian Holshek | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Michael Becker | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Yaowen Liu | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Joseph Mcevoy | Detective | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Christophe Mcdonald | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Jeannette Rivera | Detective | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Edson Brutus | Police Officer | Black male | Asian female, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Gregory Green | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Yaritza Casul | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 64 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Sharif Portee | Police Officer | Black male | American Indian female, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Michael Carnacchio | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Aleksandr Pasynkov | Sergeant | White male | White male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Kevin Brennan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Carlton Mckenney | Sergeant | Black male | White male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Yevgeniy Zaytsev | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Alwyn Phillips | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown female, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Salvatore Melore | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Sharif Portee | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Kevin Morgan | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jeremiah Williams | Detective | Black male | Asian female, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Matthew Medina | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 54 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Keyana Kendall | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic female, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Yael Magori | Lieutenant | White female | White female, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Daniel Castaldo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| John Peppard | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Justin Simms | Sergeant | White male | Refused male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Lukasz Solis | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Gregory Kielb | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Brian Ramirez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jose Caban | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 22 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.