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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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Abuse of Authority: Stop
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
1,473
Complaints
1,701
Allegations
2,300
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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Steven Ramunno | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
William Taylor | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Juan Pichardo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Willie Artiles | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 46 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Christophe Greiner | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Victor Paribello | Police Officer | White male | Black male | Exonerated | 2007 |
Jorge Rodriguez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Michael Eschmann | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Kaz Daughtry | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Rob Lewis | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Jeremy Demarco | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Louis Leblanc | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Gilbert Barkman | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Carlos Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Rashan Lacoste | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Michael Park | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2007 |
Anthony Russo | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Andrew Kinsella | Detective | White male | White male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Herminio Baez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Jeremiah Williams | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 15 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Patrick Sullivan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Herminio Baez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Jose Ramos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Nicole Gondry | Police Officer | White female | Black male, 12 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
James Marcinek | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Mourad Mourad | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
William Gavigan | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Angel Delgado | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
William Larkin | Police Officer | White male | White male, 58 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Patrick Cortright | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Angela Morris | Sergeant | Black female | Black male, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Emilio Aponte | Police Officer | Black male | Black male | Exonerated | 2007 |
David Cowan | Detective | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Damon Martin | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Christophe Paul | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 11 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Jeannette Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Damian Vizcarrondo | Detective | Hispanic male | Refused male, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Michael Fitzgibbon | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 39 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Damian Vizcarrondo | Detective | Hispanic male | White female, 25 years old | Substantiated (No Recommendations) | 2007 |
Vito Nicoletta | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Joseph Bermudez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Brian Stassi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Kevin Matthews | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Mark Kistoo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Daniel Ticali | Detective | American Indian male | Other Race male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Marco Gonzalez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Joseph Ross | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Terrell Anderson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Michael Gonzalez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Kenneth Dwyer | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Jeannette Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Jason Sharp | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Michael Burke | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Victor Dejesus | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Luis Machado | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 59 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Francisco Pina | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Jeremiah Williams | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Justin Caballero | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Brian Manning | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Joseph Cruzado | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Tiery Samuels | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Michael Mitchell | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Wilson Quiles | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Robert Dress | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Pedro Rios | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 57 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Adam Seidenberg | Detective | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Richard Zacarese | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2007 |
Sasha Rosen | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 39 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Timothy Schultz | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
James Lukeson | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
James Slavin | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Ricardo Bocachica | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Angelo Cuozzo | Detective | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Sasha Rosen | Police Officer | White male | White male, 78 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Nerys Ramirez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Zoilo Encarnacion | Sergeant | Hispanic male | White male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Christophe Oconnor | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Christophe Winiarz | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
James Delumen | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Eric Reynolds | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
John Tancredi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 14 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
John Tancredi | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Michael Cronin | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Michael Cronin | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Edwin Ferreira | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Jose Caban | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2007 |
Luke Denesopolis | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Alvin Pizarro | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Thomas Casey | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Joseph Stynes | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Joseph Brunetti | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Marco Gonzalez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Frank Galati | Detective | White male | Black male, 56 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Michael Gibbs | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Siu Lam | Police Officer | Asian male | White male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Thomas Woods | Detective | White male | Black male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Michael Ignatz | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
David Creely | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 12 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Dustin Edwards | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 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.