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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
Christophe Crain	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Luis Cabrera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Mark Offenbacher	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Jonathan Leon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Christophe Wit	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2007
Vito Nicoletta	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Pedro Bobe	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jorge Mergeche	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Todd Jacoby	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2007
Justin Cracchiola	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
John Tancredi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Langlois	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2007
Rashan Lacoste	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2007
Richard Warner	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Adrian Ashby	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2006
Richard Vetrano	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2006
Miguel Alvarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Kevin Devine	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2006
Michael Scoloveno	Police Officer	White male	White female, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Adrian Ashby	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Vitaliy Zelikov	Police Officer	White male	White female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2006
Donald Abrams	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Dominick Bizzarro	Police Officer	White male	White male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Ralph Cilento	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 17 years old	Exonerated	2006
John Caruso	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 19 years old	Exonerated	2006
Erik Lubrano	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Ralph Cilento	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2006
Brian Newberry	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Kelvin Puello	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 37 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2006
Leandro Castro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2006
Shawn Gallagher	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Emilio Aponte	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2006
Jean Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Malcolm Freeman	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Jaime Pedraza	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Michael Granshaw	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Kevin Gallagher	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2006
Lawrence Fiorello	Sergeant	White male	White male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2006
David Pulice	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Edward Scali	Police Officer	White male	White male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Larry Burnham	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2006
Ricardo Bocachica	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Karanlall Brijbukhan	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Kevin Colvin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2006
Luis Robles	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Raymond Molloy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Joseph Scialabba	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2006
Ivan Kolovic	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Zoilo Encarnacion	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
John Donovan	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Wilmar Mejia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2006
Justin Caballero	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Mike Civil	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2006
Thomas Casey	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Norman Grandstaff	Sergeant	White male	Asian male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Frank Sarrica	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2006
Julio Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2006
Kevin Paynter	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2006
Silvio Schettini	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Ohmeed Davodian	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
David Barker	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
John Caruso	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Anthony Lustica	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2005
Edmund Rumman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Matthew Granahan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Michael Korabel	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2005
Robert Dress	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Douglas Carr	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2005
Marcelo Razzo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Jensen Dayle	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Peter Borukhov	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 36 years old	Exonerated	2005
Charesse Davis	Police Officer	Black female	Hispanic female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2005
Jill Puma	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Fabio Nunez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Harvin Hart	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Kenneth Juart	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Ralph Cilento	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2005
Andrew Hatki	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Zoilo Encarnacion	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Titus Parham	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2005
Kevin Mcleish	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Bobby Mohip	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Michael Perry	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Rudolph Hall	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Charles Barberi	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Raso	Police Officer	White male	White male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Luis Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2005
Kristian Flood	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Keith Degiorgio	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2005
Jorge Ulloa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2005
Roberto Melendez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Patrick Smith	Police Officer	American Indian male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Michael Manzolillo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Blas Colon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Richard Pignatelli	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005

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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.