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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Heinz | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Kiesha Lawhorne | Police Officer | Black female | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Abiola Browne | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Michael Laborde | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Joseph Sotira | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Michael Heinz | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Daniel Diaz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Thomas Mccue | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Robert Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Michael Whelan | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic female, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Hector Figueroa | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Joseph Mcevoy | Detective | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Gabriel Cuadros | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Brian Doherty | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Nikolaos Stefopoulos | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| John Katehis | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Nikolaos Stefopoulos | Sergeant | White male | White male, 61 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| William Froehlich | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Daniel Guida | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Edward Pellerano | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Brendan Murphy | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Stephanie Mazza | Police Officer | White female | Other Race male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| John Londono | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Richard Mezzatesta | Sergeant | White male | Asian male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jonathan Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Mayko Matos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Michael Raheb | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Gina Mestre | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Michael Barbetto | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Ariel Eusebio | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Charles Cavallaro | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jack Dagnese | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jack Dagnese | Police Officer | White male | White male, 73 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Michael Gagliardi | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Moses Lebron | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 49 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Aldo Yubini | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Soney Varghese | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Konstantin Panagiotopoulos | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Miroslav Maric | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Anthony Bomparola | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 49 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Christian Lopez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Filastin Srour | Lieutenant | White female | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Anthony Bomparola | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Ioana Matiuta | Police Officer | White female | Black female, 54 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Stephen Lalchan | Detective | Asian male | Asian male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Anthony Bomparola | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| William Pugliese | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Daniel Nunez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Patrick Reilly | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| John Londono | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Brian Mahon | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Francine Delvalle | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Patrick Jean | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Louis Villegas | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Noel Alphonso | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Thomas Bates | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Mark Brinadze | Detective | White male | White male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Anthony Hyde | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Aleksandr Kovalenko | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Robert Gallagher | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Rafael Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Antoine Gilkes | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Julio Meyreles | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Lawrice Crawford | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| David Grieco | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Phillip Johnson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Aleksandr Pasynkov | Sergeant | White male | White male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Stephen Hillmann | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Miroslav Maric | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Pedro Vallecillo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Joel Ayala | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jeffrey Liu | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Paul Marconi | Detective | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| David Velez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Anthony Cassase | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Wojciech Czech | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Daniel Sitruk | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Nelson Figueroa | Detective | Hispanic male | Refused female, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Vicente Vivar | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Steve Lafortune | Detective | Black male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Ahsan Zafar | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Christophe Ogarro | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Kevin Morgan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Paul Palminteri | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 54 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Jonathan Taveras | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Christophe Ogarro | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Mandeep Singh | Police Officer | Asian male | Black female, 26 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Albert Garcia | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Jamar Goddard | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic female, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| David Quattrocchi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| David Quattrocchi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Sandra Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Michael Romeo | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Christophe Musa | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| David Lamarre | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Risel Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Erik Depasquale | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Stephen Loffredo | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Samuel Hui | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Joseph Signorile | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
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.