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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
981
Complaints
1,170
Allegations
1,405
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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Kevin Morgan | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Michelle Maldonado | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Okera Morrison | Sergeant | Black male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Timothy Brovakos | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Edwin Ching | Sergeant | Asian male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Gary Calhoun | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Jorge Sanabria | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Abraham Arteaga | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Larry Meyers | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Jose Santory | Sergeant | Hispanic male | White male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
William Beattie | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Brian Alexander | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Michael Carrieri | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
John Galbo | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Pamela Benites | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Joseph Mcevoy | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Christophe Zaleski | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Christophe Zaleski | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 63 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Lauren Au | Police Officer | Asian female | White male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Jean Seder | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Christophe Ogarro | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Brian Holshek | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
Christophe Ogarro | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Orlando Phillip | Sergeant | Black male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Teddy Duroc | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
David Quattrocchi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Jesus Capo | Detective | Hispanic male | White male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Richard Charles | Police Officer | Black male | Asian male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Jolan Lewis | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Matthew Cahill | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Samuel Hui | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Stephen Hillmann | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Ahsan Zafar | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Yurantz Assade | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Michael Fahmy | Detective | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Joel Ayala | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Luis Martinez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Brian Green | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
John Hopkins | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Bilal Ates | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Joseph Franco | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
John Parente | Sergeant | White male | Black male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Mark Ward | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
Jamar Goddard | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic female, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | White male | Asian male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Kevin Deleon | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Ananda Mirandamessner | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Unknown male, 81 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Joel Ayala | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Brian Alexander | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Albert Garcia | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Mackenson Nelson | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Erik Depasquale | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Andry Duarte | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Brian Ohanlon | Sergeant | White male | Other Race male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Rudy Anzalone | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Christophe Musa | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Derrick Kreckmann | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Dmitry Brush | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Matthew Pena | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Edmundo Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Dmitry Brush | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Michael Butler | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Michael Ustick | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Daniel Sitruk | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Justin Simms | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Sean Aman | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Scott Hamburger | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Ryan Loomis | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Kevin Morgan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Ryan Olsen | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Risel Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Daquan Bendele | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Edmundo Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Joel Crooms | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 24 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Mark Ward | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
Edmundo Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Stephen Loffredo | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Jason Barish | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Michael Mccarthy | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Jason Barish | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Katherine Sepulveda | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2016 |
Charles Cavallaro | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Christophe Haws | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Kwang Choi | Police Officer | Asian male | White male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Matthew Lewis | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Anis Nikocevic | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Charles Cavallaro | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Mandeep Singh | Police Officer | Asian male | Black female, 26 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Eric Stclair | Police Officer | White male | White male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Daniel Gasperetti | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
William Taylor | Deputy Inspector | White male | Black female, 39 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Frederic Ortiz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Vincent Agostino | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Davinder Singh | Police Officer | Asian male | American Indian male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Nadine Burgos | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
Charles Cavallaro | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Charles Cavallaro | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Joseph Signorile | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
Patrick Cortright | Deputy Inspector | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
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.