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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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Jurs | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Walter Valentin | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 37 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic female, 39 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Brian Kovarik | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Mercedes Conejo | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Michael Greaney | Detective | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Charles Stewart | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Johana Rios | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Elizabeth Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Kirth Buckley | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 75 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Thomas Marksberry | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Jesus Capo | Detective | Hispanic male | Black female, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Justin Delmonico | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Anderson Ortiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Noel Gutierrez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Refused male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Kevin Mccaffrey | Police Officer | White male | White male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| David Harris | Police Officer | White male | White female, 62 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Kevin Finegan | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic female, 67 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Hipolito Duran | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 56 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| John Mccrossen | Detective | White male | Black male, 54 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Miguel Nunez | Detective | Black male | Black male, 55 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2015 |
| Thomas Napolitano | Detective | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Okera Morrison | Sergeant | Black male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Wilmar Mejia | Detective | Hispanic male | White male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Scott Zeitler | Police Officer | White male | White male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Jose Tabora | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Danny Aguilar | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Unknown female, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Johnathan Smith | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Hugh Herbert | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Alexi Serpani | Sergeant | White male | White male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Terrence Howard | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Louis Villegas | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Michael Cappellano | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Evangelos Galatas | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Marlon Sanchez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Anthony Gulotta | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Jonathan Hom | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Brian Alexander | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Allan Taeza | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Derek Webber | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Keith Chatterton | Police Officer | White male | White male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Cory Smith | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Cory Smith | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Henry Daverin | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Julia Nazim | Police Officer | White female | Other Race male, 58 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Numael Amador | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| James White | Detective | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Domenick Lagomarsine | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Robert Smith | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Richard Ernyey | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Daniel Pelan | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 32 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| Gregory Long | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Hector Justinico | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Charles Buglione | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Lamont Kirkland | Police Officer | Black male | Asian male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Salvatore Tevere | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Sophia Rodriguez | Police Officer | Black female | Black female, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Erek Powers | Sergeant | Black male | Black female, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Kevan Williams | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 65 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Greg Desideri | Police Officer | White male | White male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Lukasz Organistka | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Tulio Camejo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Philip Tsang | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Carlos Nieves | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Sean Claxton | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Jose Deschamps | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Todd Hansen | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Joseph Mcevoy | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 58 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| Dana Ladson | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| John Mcloughlin | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| Gary Cerda | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Sheena Lawrence | Police Officer | Black female | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Dean Campbell | Detective | Black male | Refused male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Orlando Sanchez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Refused male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Daniel Dallemand | Sergeant | Black male | Unknown male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Daniel Dallemand | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Hector Vargas | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Refused male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| James Burke | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Max Rolffot | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Michael Dicecco | Sergeant | White male | White male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Michael Dicecco | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Angela Polancobrito | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Louis Villegas | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Kevin Mockel | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| James Haley | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Charles Gove | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Marcel Francis | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Sean Mccarren | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic female, 23 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Charles Gove | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Christophe Mcdonald | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Daniel Marussich | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Jeremiah Williams | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Rajesh Lalwani | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Timothy Brovakos | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| William Concannon | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Timothy Brovakos | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Darnell Forrester | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 67 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
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.