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Discourtesy: Action
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
286
Complaints
305
Allegations
316
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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Jonathan Re | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Frank Baldo | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
Christophe Doll | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 14 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Kevin Cox | Police Officer | Black male | White female, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Edwin Ferreira | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black , 90 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Joseph Padula | Sergeant | White male | White male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Aaron Lohman | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 75 years old | Exonerated | 2012 |
William Taylor | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Michael Tarulli | Police Officer | White male | White female, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Nico Hewitt | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2002 |
Carlos Fabara | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White female, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
Mark Offenbacher | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 46 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Derrick Kreckmann | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 50 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
John Sears | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Cory Smith | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Diery Louis | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 32 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Desmund Nichols | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 47 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Wilfredo Ramos | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | White female, 18 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Luis Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Joseph Nicosia | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Darrel Oneill | Detective | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Randall Litrell | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Matthew Borden | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
John Ferrara | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 40 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Louis Leblanc | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2002 |
Patrick Cherry | Detective | White male | Asian male, 47 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Dion Edwards | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
John Fogelman | Detective | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
David Afanador | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Roy George | Police Officer | Asian male | Other Race male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Evan Nielsen | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2005 |
Jonathan Suero | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 14 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
Garey Gordon | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Robert Vanhouten | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 67 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Gerald Heanue | Detective | White male | Asian male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2000 |
Robert Henderson | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2002 |
Anthony Cimmino | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Jason Santana | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Kevin Martin | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Joseph Barbella | Police Officer | White male | White male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Derrick Mcintosh | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
William Diab | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
Jeannette Brenes | Police Officer | White female | Black male, 14 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2001 |
James Longo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Scott Henderson | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 35 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2002 |
Howard Shank | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2000 |
Luis Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2004 |
Charles Gove | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Derek Sambolin | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 40 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2008 |
Paul Oconnor | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Michael Reinecke | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2013 |
Michael Dazi | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2009 |
Delores Mitchell | Police Officer | Black female | Refused male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2002 |
Liam Swords | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2001 |
Wendy Morel | Police Officer | Hispanic female | White female, 41 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2006 |
William Tergesen | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Stephen Hillmann | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Thomas Marksberry | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Samuel Hui | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Antoine Gilkes | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Kenneth Harris | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Wael Jaber | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 42 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Joseph Pierce | Sergeant | White male | Refused male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
Kishon Hickman | Lieutenant | Black male | Black male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Christophe Debonis | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 72 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
Leon Batson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
Shynell Parrismitchell | Police Officer | Black female | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
Kevin Cox | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
Jeffrey Mota | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
Ryan Olsen | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
Ryan Mcguinness | Lieutenant | White male | White male, 63 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
Wayne Ngor | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 40 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Leon Pedigo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
Stacey Hulse | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Other Race transman (ftm), 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
Jason Brown | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
Efrain Rojas | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 47 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
Triston Trunk | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
Salvatore Lopiccolo | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
Gregory Gianacopulos | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
David Sammarco | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 56 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
Francine Delvalle | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 18 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
Emilio Melendez | Captain | Hispanic male | Not available male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
Carlos Serrano | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Thomas Morton | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 34 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2019 |
Michael Carrieri | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2016 |
Jovanna Woloski | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
Darren Caranella | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 51 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
Richard Light | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
Isaac Souchak | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
Andrew Wunsch | Detective | White male | White male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
Amit Dua | Sergeant | Asian male | White male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2016 |
Gerard Sanjurjo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Michael Raso | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
Eric Dym | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 27 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
Jonathan Re | Police Officer | White male | White male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Kamil Choinski | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Mario Bueno | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race female, 33 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
Mario Bueno | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race female, 33 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
Adam Imperato | Police Officer | White male | White male, 64 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Kenneth Clarke | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 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.