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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
399
Complaints
484
Allegations
556
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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Mobeen Yasin | Sergeant | Asian male | White male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
David Cheesewright | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2005 |
Shibu Madhu | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Godwin Ngai | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Je Chai | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Teng Luo | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Je Chai | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Johnpaul Vinculado | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
Mobeen Yasin | Sergeant | Asian male | White male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
Eric Pena | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
David Cheesewright | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Afzal Ali | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Andrew Ho | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Shaquan Harvin | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Francis Bryant | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Shaquan Harvin | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Malik Mccloud | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 54 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Darrien King | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Robert Mciver | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Devin Long | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Gregory Abrahams | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Trevor Baronette | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2013 |
Maurice Fyffe | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Darrien King | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Malik Mccloud | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Shaquan Harvin | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Melvin Moultrie | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Robert Mainor | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Terrence Howard | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Kevin Mcleish | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Johnny Lawrence | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2005 |
Jamaal Miller | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Tanisha Greenaway | Police Officer | Black female | Black female, 35 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Dion Edwards | Detective | Black male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Jamaal Miller | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Richard Dixon | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Michael White | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Damon Martin | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
Brenton Cole | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Carlos Lewis | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 54 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
David Terrell | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
David Terrell | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Victor Defense | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Yves Brathwaite | Police Officer | Black female | Black female, 20 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2013 |
Kaz Daughtry | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Tristian Latimore | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Lamont Gibson | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Steven Degree | Sergeant | Black male | Hispanic male, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Shaquanna White | Police Officer | Black female | Black female, 31 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Troy Luis | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2012 |
Shaquan Harvin | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Starlette Gillespie | Police Officer | Black female | White female, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Marlon Wright | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Shaquan Harvin | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Annette Francis | Police Officer | Black female | Hispanic female, 32 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Kwame Kipp | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Marie Smith | Police Officer | Black female | Black female, 51 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2000 |
Vaughan Ettienne | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Peter Lazare | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Erlene Wiltshire | Police Officer | Black female | Black female, 18 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Thomas Diggs | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Darryl Chen | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Michael White | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Daphney Pamphile | Police Officer | Black female | Unknown female, 43 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
Mourad Mourad | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Terrence Howard | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
Mike Civil | Detective | Black male | White male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Charles Awani | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Cedric Green | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Lowez Walker | Detective | Black male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Michael White | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Duane Atkinson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Gerald Williams | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Erek Powers | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Francis Bryant | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2013 |
Anthony Wright | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Leonard Clarke | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Daphney Pamphile | Police Officer | Black female | Black female, 34 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Daphney Pamphile | Police Officer | Black female | Black female | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Carlos Lewis | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Petlyn Job | Police Officer | Black female | Hispanic female, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Dion Edwards | Detective | Black male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Gabrielle Walls | Sergeant | Black female | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2010 |
Duane Atkinson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Jimmy Clerge | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Jamaal Miller | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Jamaal Miller | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Richard Charles | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Sekou Bourne | Detective | Black male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Phillip Atkins | Detective | Black male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Phillip Atkins | Detective | Black male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Aaron Edwards | Sergeant | Black male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Davon Alston | Sergeant | Black male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Darryl Mack | Sergeant | Black male | Black female, 28 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Selwyn Fonrose | Detective | Black male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Anthony Peters | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Nadia Morant | Sergeant | Black female | Black male, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2005 |
Oghenevigh Okrokoto | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Devin Long | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
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.