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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 |
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Frank Baldo | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Carlos Viera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available female, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Bruce Ceparano | Sergeant | White male | Not available male | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Joseph Bieniewicz | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2003 |
John Fennell | Detective | White male | Not available female, 60 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2004 |
Federico Martinez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2002 |
Gregory Abrahams | Sergeant | Black male | Not available , 16 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2005 |
Randolff Pinard | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Edward Deighan | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2002 |
Flavia Orellana | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Not available | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2003 |
Vladimir Garcia | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
James Mcgarry | Sergeant | White male | Not available male | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Joseph Gulotta | Detective | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1999 |
Thomas Mclaughlin | Sergeant | White male | Not available female, 60 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2004 |
Steven Lopez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2016 |
Sicelin Ortiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available female, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Sean Downes | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1999 |
Michael Catusco | Lieutenant | White male | Not available male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Andrew Mcevoy | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2000 |
Domenick Lagomarsine | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Sharif Portee | Police Officer | Black male | American Indian female, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Jeremiah Williams | Detective | Black male | Asian female, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Adam Robbins | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2013 |
Derek Epstein | Sergeant | White male | Asian female, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Marco Balboni | Detective | White male | Asian male, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Thomas Leonardo | Police Officer | White male | Asian female, -1 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
Sicelin Ortiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 69 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Paul Oconnor | Police Officer | White male | Asian female, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Dikensy Moussignac | Police Officer | Black male | Asian male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Edson Brutus | Police Officer | Black male | Asian female, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
James Famiano | Police Officer | White male | Asian female, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Jacob Giannelli | Police Officer | White male | Asian female, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Thomas Oggeri | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2013 |
Janna Salisbury | Police Officer | White female | Asian female, 29 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2005 |
Lamont Kirkland | Police Officer | Black male | Asian male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Kenneth Vencak | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Fernando Guimaraes | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Asian male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Jalal Ali | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
Jennifer Cittadino | Police Officer | White female | Asian female, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Risel Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Andrew Hayes | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 49 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2012 |
Joseph Mcevoy | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
John Gergis | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Joseph Stynes | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Justin Caballero | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Joseph Mcevoy | Detective | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Miguel Sanchez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2002 |
Mercedes Conejo | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Kevin Mockel | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Mark Ward | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Thomas Woods | Detective | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Walter Valentin | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 37 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Kevin Mockel | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Milly Matos | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Edward Reardon | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Kristy Abbasciano | Police Officer | White female | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Wesley Fradera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Joaquin Altamirano | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
Darnell Jones | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Frank Sarrica | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Stephen Polesovsky | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 57 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2006 |
Dana Ladson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Brian Mchenry | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 15 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
Justin Simms | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Charles Gove | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Gerard Walker | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Joseph Weldon | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Max Rolffot | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Tanya Bucknor | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Joseph Mcevoy | Detective | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Hector Rodriguez | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
James Lukeson | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Zoilo Encarnacion | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Anson Lancaster | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Kelvin Peralta | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Eric Ruiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Frank Sarrica | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Ralph Cilento | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 75 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Thomas Marksberry | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Jose Garcia | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 53 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Michael Carnacchio | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
Ralph Cilento | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Bryan Ortiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Erika Moore | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
John Tancredi | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
John Tancredi | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 60 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
John Tancredi | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Christophe Mcdonald | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Christophe Muller | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Adrian Duran | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
Christophe Muller | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Erik Lubrano | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Fitzroy Vigilance | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 56 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Fitzroy Vigilance | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Marco Balboni | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Luke Denesopolis | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Justin Cracchiola | Police Officer | White male | Black male | Substantiated (Charges) | 2005 |
Jorge Mergeche | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2007 |
Charles Gove | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
James Lukeson | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
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.