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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
Jason Harris	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Ronald Perez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
James Armstrong	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Brendan Egan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Phillip Atkins	Detective	Black male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Sonia Belardo	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2010
Steven Ramunno	Police Officer	White male	Refused male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2010
Christophe White	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Gilbert Barkman	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Exonerated	2010
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Christophe Goldrick	Police Officer	White male	White male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Cesar Polanco	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Nicholas Norris	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2010
Timothy Jaycox	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Morris	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Joseph Albertini	Police Officer	White male	White male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Patrick Volgende	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Brian Garay	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Christophe Hebert	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Greg Vallerugo	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Trevor Baronette	Detective	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jose Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Joseph Fernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Anthony Lee	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jason Cira	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Steven Lopez	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Kimberly Motto	Sergeant	White female	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Derrick Milligan	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Juan Moreno	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
Albert Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2011
Michael Raso	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 29 years old	Exonerated	2011
Camilo Rosario	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2011
Michael Nocerino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
Blase Mucciariello	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Albert Rodriguez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Mervin Montalban	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Christophe Alvarado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
Seth Lynch	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Espenberg	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Gary Messina	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2011
Christophe Esposito	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Nicholas Vandyke	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Brian Goldberg	Sergeant	White male	Asian male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jonathan Kalman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Konstantin Genin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Jessica Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Carlos Segovia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Anthony Ronda	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 63 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Daniel Sjoberg	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Dominick Raso	Police Officer	White male	White female, 26 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Michael Scoloveno	Detective	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2011
John Stoltenborg	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Thomas Gagliardi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2011
Anthony Wright	Police Officer	Black male	White female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2011
Elvis Duran	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 37 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Min Kim	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Marlon Bethel	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2011
Reinaldo Alvarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Petr Janak	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Erica Lloyd	Sergeant	Black female	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Min Kim	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Ricardo Lewis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Dionicio Brito	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Jared Tepperman	Detective	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Leon Batson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Carlos Lewis	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 54 years old	Exonerated	2011
Derek Almeida	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Tyler Ehrlein	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2011
Vladimir Garcia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Diaz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2011
Kevin Colvin	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Patrick Davis	Lieutenant	White male	Not available male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jared Tepperman	Detective	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Sasha Rosen	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jason Fritz	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Terrell Anderson	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Terrell Anderson	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Sasha Rosen	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Cesar Polanco	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Cintron	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Matthew Mccoy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Winston Willabus	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Winston Willabus	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Hemadeh Fattah	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Justin Cracchiola	Police Officer	White male	Other Race female, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Michael Hansson	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2012
Lee Wittek	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Leonardo Viera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Michael Weber	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Lydia Figueroa	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jon Westendorf	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2012
Robert Brenzel	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 35 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2012
Aleksandr Pasynkov	Police Officer	White male	White male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Frank Lupo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Delisa Brownsmith	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2012
Charles Francis	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Stephen Dimassa	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Michael Corsello	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Bruce Ceparano	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2012
Nicholas Canepa	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2012

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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.