Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers

This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date. For more recent information, visit the city's database of civilian complaints against the NYPD.

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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
Ruben Guerrero Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 52 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Juan Ortiz Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 32 years old Exonerated 2015
Paul Farella Sergeant White male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2015
Anis Nikocevic Sergeant White male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2015
Robert Mciver Police Officer Black male Black male, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Philip Vaccarino Detective White male Hispanic male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
John Keane Sergeant White male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Robert King Sergeant White male White female, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Washington Zurita Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Michael Alfieri Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 27 years old Exonerated 2014
Richard Charles Police Officer Black male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Johnpaul Vinculado Police Officer Asian male Black male, 32 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Pete Massa Sergeant White male Black male, 47 years old Exonerated 2014
Gerard Delprete Detective White male White male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jean Seder Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 54 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Paul Palminteri Police Officer White male Hispanic male Unsubstantiated 2014
David Leonardi Sergeant White male Black male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
David Leonardi Sergeant White male Black male, 25 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
David Leonardi Sergeant White male Black male, 31 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Edgar Clases Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Francisco Allende Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 47 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Dean Campbell Detective Black male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Elvis Cole Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Ryan Habermehl Sergeant White male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2014
Mike Civil Detective Black male White male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
John Todaro Sergeant White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Kevin Judge Lieutenant White male Black female, 52 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Anthony Peters Sergeant Black male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2014
Stephen Sheppard Police Officer White male White male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Sandy Marrero Detective Hispanic female Black female, 52 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Terrence Howard Police Officer Black male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Rudy Dominguez Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Brian Ramirez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Carl Pattelli Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Matthew Escudero Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Christophe Reilly Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Larry Meyers Sergeant White male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2014
Malik Mccloud Police Officer Black male White male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Adrian Ramos Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
William Ditomaso Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 34 years old Exonerated 2014
Tristian Latimore Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Robert Kelly Sergeant White male White female, 48 years old Exonerated 2014
Seth Lynch Lieutenant White male Black female, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Shaquanna White Police Officer Black female Black female, 31 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Terrence Howard Police Officer Black male Black male, 31 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Keith Beddows Sergeant White male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Darrien King Sergeant Black male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2014
Matthew Escudero Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Michael Scally Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Joseph Fernandez Detective Hispanic male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Seth Lynch Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 50 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Richard Romance Sergeant White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2014
Michael Dannecker Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 45 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Andrew Fago Detective White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jamaal Miller Police Officer Black male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Bruce Ceparano Lieutenant White male White male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Dmitry Brush Sergeant White male Not available female, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Joseph Marquez Detective Hispanic male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Andrew Ho Police Officer Asian male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Stephen Polesovsky Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Anthony Wright Police Officer Black male White male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
David Leonardi Sergeant White male Black male, 60 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
David Leonardi Sergeant White male Black male, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
David Leonardi Sergeant White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2013
Craig Edelman Lieutenant White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
David Leonardi Sergeant White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Vaughan Ettienne Police Officer Black male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Steven Degree Sergeant Black male Hispanic male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
John Mchugh Detective White male Black male, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Jose Martinez Sergeant Hispanic male Unknown male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Mauricio Thomas Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Frank Desiderato Police Officer White male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Winston Willabus Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 44 years old Exonerated 2013
Robert Kelly Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
James Dennedy Captain White male Hispanic male Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2013
Roman Goris Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Edward Barry Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Kevin Kavanagh Sergeant White male White male, 30 years old Exonerated 2013
Emile Provencher Lieutenant White male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Jimmy Clerge Police Officer Black male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Angel Vasquez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Mark Dibenedetto Sergeant White male Refused male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Jamaal Miller Police Officer Black male Black male, 20 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Thomas Diggs Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Francis Bryant Sergeant Black male Black male, 50 years old Exonerated 2013
Tancredo Contreras Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Michael Fahmy Detective White male Hispanic male Unsubstantiated 2013
Mark Dibenedetto Sergeant White male Refused male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Kwame Kipp Sergeant Black male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Jose Peinan Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Sergio Delamota Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Robert Bracero Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Charles Ingrassia Detective White male Black male, 47 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Robert Bracero Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2013
Yves Brathwaite Police Officer Black female Black female, 20 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2013
Joseph Marquez Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Trevor Baronette Sergeant Black male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2013
Christophe Schlanger Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Exonerated 2013
Forrest Hirsch Sergeant White male Black male, 47 years old Exonerated 2013
Edgar Clases Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 56 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
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.
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