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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
Gary Aaronson	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2008
Khandakar Abdullah	Sergeant	Asian male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014
Raymond Abear	Police Officer	Asian male	Other Race male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Donald Abrams	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Henry Adames	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2009
Isabelo Adames	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Robert Admirand	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Robert Admirand	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2008
Vincent Agostino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2016
Wilding Aguasanta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Danny Aguilar	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Thomas Ailman	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Kenan Akaydin	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Nicholas Albano	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Joseph Albertini	Police Officer	White male	White male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Elvis Alcivar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Brian Alexander	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Brian Alexander	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael Alfieri	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Jalal Ali	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Farid Aliyev	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 44 years old	Exonerated	2007
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
Francesco Allevato	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2014
Stephen Allocca	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2018
Pedro Almanzar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 60 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2014
Derek Almeida	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Michael Alpers	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Noel Alphonso	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2017
Thomas Alps	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2010
Davon Alston	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Christophe Alvarado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Alvarado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
Christophe Alvarado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Miguel Alvarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Miguel Alvarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Reinaldo Alvarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Sean Aman	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Terrell Anderson	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Terrell Anderson	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Terrell Anderson	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Anthony Anglisano	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 59 years old	Exonerated	2007
Nathaniel Anthony	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 58 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Nathaniel Anthony	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2009
Burt Antoine	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Rudy Anzalone	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2016
Louis Aponte	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 36 years old	Exonerated	2019
Emilio Aponte	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2006
Michael Ardolino	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 32 years old	Exonerated	2014
James Armstrong	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Charles Arnone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Charles Arnone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2014
Florencio Arquer	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jaime Arroyo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2003
Abraham Arteaga	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2015
Jamaal Arthur	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2015
Adrian Ashby	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Adrian Ashby	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Atara Ashford	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2013
Rexford Asiedu	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2019
Yurantz Assade	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2009
Yurantz Assade	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Emrah Ates	Detective	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Bilal Ates	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Bilal Ates	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Phillip Atkins	Detective	Black male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Phillip Atkins	Detective	Black male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2007
Phillip Atkins	Detective	Black male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Lauren Au	Police Officer	Asian female	White male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2015
Joseph Augello	Police Officer	White male	White male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Colin Austin	Lieutenant	Black male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2018
Colin Austin	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Charles Awani	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2009
Joel Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Joel Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Joel Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Joel Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Joseph Azevedo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Herminio Baez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2003
Herminio Baez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
James Baez	Detective	Hispanic male	White female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Frank Baldo	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Lukasz Banach	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2019
Brian Bang	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2017
Charles Barberi	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Barbetto	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jason Barish	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2016
Jason Barish	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2016
David Barker	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Gilbert Barkman	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 24 years old	Exonerated	2009
Gilbert Barkman	Sergeant	White male	Other Race male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Gilbert Barkman	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Exonerated	2010
Gilbert Barkman	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Trevor Baronette	Detective	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Anton Bartoldus	Police Officer	White male	White male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2014
Jaysen Basnight	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2014
Jaysen Basnight	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2014
Thomas Bates	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2017
Leon Batson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
William Beattie	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015

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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.