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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
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

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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.