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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
Anthony Leitao	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2009
Phillip Johnson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Victoria Lafauci	Detective	White female	White male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Gerald Cucchiara	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2009
Frank Desiderato	Police Officer	White male	White male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Brian Holshek	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Leonardo Nimo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Phillip Atkins	Detective	Black male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Robert Nugent	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2009
Robert Nugent	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Timothy Kraft	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male	Unsubstantiated	2009
Herve Francois	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Eric Konoski	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	White male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	White female	Unsubstantiated	2009
Christophe Friscia	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Luke Denesopolis	Sergeant	White male	White male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2009
Katrina Forrester	Police Officer	Black female	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Joseph Azevedo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Jacy Reese	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Thomas Nicoletti	Police Officer	White male	White male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
David Cuce	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2009
Rikkie Dookie	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2009
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Michael Raso	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Edgard Calderon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2009
Sasha Rosen	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2009
Sasha Rosen	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Sasha Rosen	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Yurantz Assade	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2009
Michael Bellagamba	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male	Unsubstantiated	2009
Robert Roda	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Charles Cavallaro	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Gilbert Barkman	Sergeant	White male	Other Race male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Nathaniel Anthony	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2009
Gilbert Barkman	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 24 years old	Exonerated	2009
Patrick Horkan	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Christophe White	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2009
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2009
Stephen Schoefer	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Christophe Devaney	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Frantz Souffrant	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Joseph Ricotta	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2010
Erik Nelson	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Charlie Little	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2010
Anthony Proscia	Detective	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Waziri Rumala	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Stephen Dimassa	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Stephen Dimassa	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Thomas Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 14 years old	Exonerated	2010
James Armstrong	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2010
Erik Depasquale	Police Officer	White male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Patrick Cain	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Francisco Ponce	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	White male	White female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Patrick Cain	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2010
Christophe Alvarado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
William Butler	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2010
Alfredo Brewster	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Mario Morales	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Alvarado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Ferdi Memedoski	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Min Kim	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Patrick Craig	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Patrick Cain	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Daniel Zollo	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Goldrick	Police Officer	White male	White male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Theohari Koumniotes	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Paul Scocca	Police Officer	White male	American Indian male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Christophe Beckett	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jude Reimbeau	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2010
Matthew Pena	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Timothy Jaycox	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Sonia Belardo	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2010
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Matthew Zito	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Sandra Mamanicampos	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic female, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Jason Harris	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Matthew Zito	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Kevin Whelan	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 52 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Cesar Polanco	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Phillip Atkins	Detective	Black male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Derco	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Ronald Perez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Nicholas Norris	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2010
Kenny Valladares	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael Sidorskiy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Exonerated	2010
Richard Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 34 years old	Exonerated	2010
Thomas Alps	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2010
Felix Concepcion	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Kevin Kavanagh	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Irene Bonicadelgado	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Raymond Higgins	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael Miller	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2010
Marcin Drozniak	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2010
Dean Campbell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2010
Kevin Casey	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2010
Joe Green	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 18 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.