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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
Thomas Gagliardi	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2019
Daniel Cross	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2014
Carlos Delgado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female	Exonerated	2014
Theohari Koumniotes	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Theohari Koumniotes	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Anthony Anglisano	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 59 years old	Exonerated	2007
Brian Bang	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2017
Christophe Esposito	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
James Lee	Sergeant	Asian male	Hispanic female, 20 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Jensen Dayle	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Vincent Dima	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2018
Konstantin Panagiotopoulos	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
John Rajan	Sergeant	Asian male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2008
Vincent Ciardiello	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2014
Elmer Pastran	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2018
John Todaro	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Stephen Dimassa	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Steven Mancini	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Richard Quinones	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Brian Worthington	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2014
Michael Perry	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Lawrice Crawford	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Brendan Dono	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2020
Felix Graciani	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2008
Orlando Phillip	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2016
Miroslav Maric	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2017
Miroslav Maric	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2017
Cesar Polanco	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Ingram	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2008
Robert Admirand	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2008
Robert Nugent	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2009
Ricardo Bocachica	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Bryan Mcnulty	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2002
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Patrick Cortright	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Nicholas Albano	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michael Korabel	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2005
Timothy Kraft	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male	Unsubstantiated	2009
Sergio Merino	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2014
Stephen Schoefer	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Christophe Derco	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Walter Warkenthien	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2014
Matthew Zito	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Eliezer Caraballo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Cintron	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Brian Ellensohn	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Eric Pena	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Anthony Kotarski	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Daniel Campbell	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Ohmeed Davodian	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Steve Lafortune	Detective	Black male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Kwame Kipp	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
John Loftus	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Brian Kovarik	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Matthew Fried	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2009
Joseph Collura	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Cesar Marinelli	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2007
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Lagrasta	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
David Cussen	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Mike Civil	Detective	Black male	Hispanic male, 56 years old	Exonerated	2014
James Haley	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Daniel Beddows	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Brian Green	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2016
Seth Lynch	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Pedro Vallecillo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Colin Austin	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
John Ryan	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 58 years old	Exonerated	2015
Filastin Srour	Lieutenant	White female	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Anthony Ronda	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Rudy Anzalone	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2016
Yurantz Assade	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2009
Charles Cavallaro	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Charles Cavallaro	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Charles Cavallaro	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2017
Charles Cavallaro	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Felix Concepcion	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Felix Concepcion	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 33 years old	Exonerated	2012
Felix Concepcion	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
John Galbo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2015
Michael Heinz	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2017
Michael Heinz	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2017
Brian Holshek	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Daniel Jennings	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Ivan Kolovic	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Kendrick Maldonado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Andrew Nash	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jose Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Paul Pizzuta	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2001
Malcolm Freeman	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Michael Guzzino	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Brendan Owens	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2000
David Powers	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Bellagamba	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Joseph Metsopulos	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
David Cuce	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2009

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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.