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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lamarre | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Yurantz Assade | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Charles Cavallaro | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Risel Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Samuel Hui | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Christophe Ogarro | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Joseph Signorile | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Christophe Ogarro | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Richard Charles | Police Officer | Black male | Asian male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Mark Ward | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Charles Cavallaro | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Mark Ward | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Katherine Sepulveda | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2016 |
| Jolan Lewis | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Erik Depasquale | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Rudy Anzalone | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Vicente Vivar | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Frederic Ortiz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Anis Nikocevic | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Dmitry Brush | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Stephen Loffredo | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Brian Muldowney | Police Officer | White male | White male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Jamar Goddard | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic female, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Brian Holshek | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Ryan Hoffmann | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Charlie Harvell | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Matthew Pena | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Ananda Mirandamessner | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Unknown male, 81 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Timothy Gaven | Detective | White male | Other Race male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Michael Butler | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Paul Palminteri | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 54 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Daniel Guida | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Dmitry Brush | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Domenick Lagomarsine | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Mackenson Nelson | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Ahsan Zafar | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Daniel Gasperetti | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Daryl Melhado | Sergeant | Black male | Other Race female, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Edmundo Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Daniel Dallemand | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Edmundo Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Vitaliy Zelikov | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | White male | Asian male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Joel Crooms | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 24 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Philip Vaccarino | Detective | White male | Black female, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Kwang Choi | Police Officer | Asian male | White male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Edmundo Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| William Pugliese | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Kevin Deleon | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Eric Stclair | Police Officer | White male | White male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| John Parente | Sergeant | White male | Black male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Jonathan Taveras | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Joseph Franco | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Henry Daverin | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Teddy Duroc | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
| Jason Barish | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Jason Barish | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Luis Martinez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Mandeep Singh | Police Officer | Asian male | Black female, 26 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Mathew Reich | Detective | White male | Black female, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Patrick Cortright | Deputy Inspector | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Jesus Capo | Detective | Hispanic male | White male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Matthew Cahill | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Vincent Agostino | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Justin Simms | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Tomasz Pulawski | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Michael Fahmy | Detective | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Mathew Reich | Detective | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Brian Green | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Orlando Phillip | Sergeant | Black male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| William Taylor | Deputy Inspector | White male | Black female, 39 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Joel Ayala | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Brian Alexander | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Ryan Hoffmann | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Scott Hamburger | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Ryan Olsen | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Andry Duarte | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Michael Mccarthy | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Davinder Singh | Police Officer | Asian male | American Indian male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
| Christophe Haws | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
| Vito Poliseno | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Steve Lafortune | Detective | Black male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Bilal Ates | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
| Nadine Burgos | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
| Matthew Lewis | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
| Michael Raso | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| Juan Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 62 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Miguel Figueroa | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 67 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Kevin Morgan | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Bennett Shelley | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Gary Calhoun | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Shante Terrell | Detective | Black male | White male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Thomas Casey | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| David Delvillar | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Pamela Benites | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Anderson Ortiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Christophe Goldrick | Detective | White male | White female, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Richard Mcknight | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Bennett Shelley | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Essence Jackson | Detective | Black male | Not available male | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
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.