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 |
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Spencer Strauss | Police Officer | White male | Other Race female, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Brian Manning | Police Officer | White male | White male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2013 |
David Sullivan | Police Officer | White male | White male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2013 |
Thomas Lodico | Detective | White male | Black male, 54 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Robert Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Thomas Mccue | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Demetrios Kekatos | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Rosa Gonzaleznoa | Detective | Hispanic female | Black male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Fredy Cruz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Philip Picciano | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 65 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Kirth Buckley | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Craig Victorino | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Jose Sandoval | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Eliot Arias | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Nercida Cepeda | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Michael Rivera | Detective | Hispanic male | Refused male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Alberto Pizarro | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
James Wilson | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Amjad Kasaji | Detective | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Michelle Maldonado | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Miguel Marte | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Kenneth Douglas | Police Officer | Black male | Refused female, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2013 |
Eric Konoski | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Timothy Brovakos | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Jacob Giannelli | Police Officer | White male | Asian female, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Erick Flores | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Jesus Capo | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
James Picicci | Detective | White male | Black female, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Patrick Hennessy | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Felix Concepcion | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Lynn Ruger | Police Officer | White female | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Anthony Lamberti | Police Officer | White male | White male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Shartisia Steward | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Johnpaul Slater | Detective | White male | Black male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
John Hopkins | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 63 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Christophe Smith | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Frank Calafiore | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Esperanza Visbal | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 57 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2012 |
Erick Flores | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 70 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Kishon Hickman | Sergeant | Black male | Hispanic male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
David Savella | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Paul Ortiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Christophe Greiner | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Robert Mayer | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Thomas Reo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Dominick Vasaturo | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Michael Demonda | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Kalifa Diomande | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Chris Palmeri | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 51 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2012 |
Bruce Ceparano | Sergeant | White male | Not available male | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Winston Willabus | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Angel Delgado | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Vincent Dima | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Jensen Dayle | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Michael Geraldi | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2012 |
Elijah Austin | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Christophe Muller | Sergeant | White male | White female, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Christophe Siani | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Bryan Polster | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Angel Reyes | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 57 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2012 |
Aaron Lohman | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Rosa Soto | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2012 |
David Marconi | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Ahmed Abdalla | Police Officer | Black male | Other Race male, 51 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Andrew Hayes | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 49 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2012 |
Frank Sarrica | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Jared Tepperman | Detective | White male | Black male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Alban Kalaj | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Edward Carrasco | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Wilding Aguasanta | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White female, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Stephen Penaranda | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Christophe Capone | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2012 |
Konrad Zakiewicz | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Jude Sciarillo | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Michael Pitkewicz | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Stacey Ellis | Police Officer | Black female | White female, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Greg Desideri | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 48 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Alberto Angilletta | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Robert Simms | Detective | Black male | Black female, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Nelson Nin | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2012 |
Brian Query | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Ivelisse Rodriguez | Detective | Hispanic female | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Pedro Bobe | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Ronald Pereira | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Hemadeh Fattah | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Hemadeh Fattah | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Domingo Arjona | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Hemadeh Fattah | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Mourad Arslanbeck | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Henry Daverin | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Michael Tarulli | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Joseph Gartner | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Rebecca Guzman | Police Officer | Hispanic female | White male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Matthew Lewis | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Matthew Mozdziak | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Richard Thompson | Detective | White male | White female, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Derek Sambolin | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White female, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Alexis Fernandez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Timothy Rogers | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 57 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Benjamin Perez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
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.