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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 |
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Christophe Muller | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Brian Worthington | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2014 |
Doreyda Munoz | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Brian Volpi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Mobeen Yasin | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Gary Leite | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Michael Carleo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
James Baez | Detective | Hispanic male | White female, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Mark Dibenedetto | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 56 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Shawn Liriano | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Michael Odonnell | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Luke Denesopolis | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Susana Ventura | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Jonathan Kalman | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 56 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Derek Sambolin | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Vincenzo Trabolse | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 56 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Juan Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Jeffrey Gaston | Police Officer | Black male | White female, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Ahsan Zafar | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
Davon Alston | Sergeant | Black male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Vincent Ciardiello | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
Joseph Dalbero | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
Vincent Dima | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Matthew Lewis | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Pedro Almanzar | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 60 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
Christophe Burton | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Stephen Lalchan | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Michael Cappellano | Police Officer | White male | White male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2014 |
Jovanna Woloski | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Gregory Tloczkowski | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Michael Cappellano | Police Officer | White male | White male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Timothy Rizzo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Derek Sambolin | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Omar Elsayed | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Omar Elsayed | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Adam Conlin | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Thomas Fitzgerald | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2014 |
Kenan Akaydin | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
Jay Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Carlos Delgado | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female | Exonerated | 2014 |
Jay Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Andrew Ho | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
John Ryan | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
George Katris | Detective | White male | Asian male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Daniel Cross | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Michael Mitchell | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
William Morris | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Maribel Collado | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
Emilio Ortega | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Anton Bartoldus | Police Officer | White male | White male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
Anthony Biondolillo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Anthony Wright | Detective | Black male | White male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Anthony Wright | Detective | Black male | White male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Jonathan Glazer | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Omar Elsayed | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Louis Marinacci | Police Officer | White male | White male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Jonathan Glazer | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Peter Curran | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Jonathan Glazer | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
Martin Cunningham | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Michael Whooley | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2014 |
Jonathan Glazer | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Dominic Ruggiero | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Derek Webber | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2014 |
Luke Denesopolis | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Rafael Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Anil Jacob | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Steve Crozier | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Jonathan Glazer | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Jonathan Glazer | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Brian Kovarik | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Jonathan Glazer | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Anatoli Eltsov | Police Officer | White male | White male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Jonathan Glazer | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Ted Holway | Police Officer | White male | White male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Nikolaos Stefopoulos | Detective | White male | White male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Washington Zurita | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | American Indian male, 53 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Jack Wu | Sergeant | Asian male | Asian male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Elvis Alcivar | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
James Haviland | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2014 |
Walter Warkenthien | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2014 |
Robert Kelly | Sergeant | White male | White female, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Joseph Cruzado | Sergeant | White male | Other Race male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Matthew Bourbeau | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Sergio Merino | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Jason Bianchini | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2014 |
Jason Bianchini | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Charles Arnone | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Brian Tiernan | Sergeant | White male | Asian male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Thomas Woods | Detective | White male | Black female, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Shamika Thomas | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 54 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Mathew Reich | Detective | White male | White male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Richard Vetrano | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Mathew Reich | Detective | White male | Unknown male, 56 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Carl Pattelli | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
Khandakar Abdullah | Sergeant | Asian male | Hispanic male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Matthew Mauro | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Thomas Reo | Detective | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Matthew Fried | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
Emmanuel Kwo | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
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.