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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
Robert Mcginn	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Rodney Wikira	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
David Leonardi	Sergeant	White male	White female, 33 years old	Exonerated	2013
Louis Marinacci	Police Officer	White male	White male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2013
Louis Marinacci	Police Officer	White male	White male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Anthony Wright	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2013
Anthony Wright	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Jose Vasquezmiranda	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Stephen Faber	Sergeant	White male	White female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2013
Jacqueline Estrada	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2013
James Lee	Sergeant	Asian male	Hispanic female, 20 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Otto Pereira	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Jonvincent Testaccio	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2013
John Todaro	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Ricardo Cuenca	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Emrah Ates	Detective	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Greg Vallerugo	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
George Allen	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
George Allen	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2013
Rosa Gonzaleznoa	Detective	Hispanic female	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Timothy Finn	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Niles Prince	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Gerald Stlouis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Oghenevigh Okrokoto	Detective	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Paul Dieugenia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Joseph Durante	Sergeant	White male	White male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Ryan Galvin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Daniel Beddows	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Brian Green	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2013
William Butler	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Daniel Haggerty	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Daniel Meade	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Felix Concepcion	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
William Gavigan	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Ryan Habermehl	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 63 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2013
Selwyn Fonrose	Detective	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Jason Bernfeld	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2013
Paul Robinson	Detective	Black male	Asian male, 60 years old	Exonerated	2013
James Kelly	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
James Seder	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2013
Jared Tepperman	Detective	White male	Black female, 46 years old	Exonerated	2013
Anthony Donato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2013
Erik Nelson	Detective	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jack Dagnese	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Andrew Fago	Detective	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Justin Delmonico	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2013
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Paul Kogan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
John Gumpel	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Andrew Kamna	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2013
Juan Cabrera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Jason Jansky	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Steven Marshall	Detective	White male	Unknown male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Brian Clements	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Joseph Spina	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Michele Butera	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 53 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2013
Jovaniel Cordova	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available male	Unsubstantiated	2013
Carlos Corporan	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2013
Brian Dobbins	Police Officer	White male	White male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Eric Healy	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2013
Piero Lasaponara	Police Officer	White male	Not available male	Unsubstantiated	2013
Scott Lieneck	Detective	White male	Unknown male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Gustavo Ochoa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2013
Clifford Louis	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Kevin Colvin	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Roman Goris	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Tyler Ehrlein	Sergeant	White male	White male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2013
Anthony Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Bryan Cullen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Pete Massa	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2013
Robert Deferrari	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Christophe Denny	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Kwame Kipp	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Dawud Danielbey	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Belinda Delgado	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Robert Hawreluk	Police Officer	White male	White male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Charlie Little	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Luis Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Aaron Lohman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Charles Arnone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Paul Mcmahon	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Anis Nikocevic	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Ryan Puglisi	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Timothy Rizzo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2014
Omar Elsayed	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Omar Elsayed	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 23 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014
Jonathan Glazer	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Whelan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2014
Carlos Delgado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female	Exonerated	2014
Daniel Cross	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2014
Thomas Woods	Detective	White male	Black female, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Jonathan Glazer	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2014
William Morris	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Exonerated	2014
Sergio Merino	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2014
Jonathan Glazer	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014
Shawn Liriano	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014
Christophe White	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jeffrey Gaston	Police Officer	Black male	White female, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Carl Pattelli	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Anthony Wright	Detective	Black male	White male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014

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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.