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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 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

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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.