Discourtesy: ACTION - The NYPD Files

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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
Chris Palmeri	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Brendan Dono	Police Officer	White male	White male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Joel Polichron	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Trifon Anagnostos	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Leonardo Viera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Haigh	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
David Demelia	Detective	White male	Black female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Edwin Ferreira	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black , 90 years old	Exonerated	2011
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Gabriel Baaith	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Desmund Nichols	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Daniel Mufaddi	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Atara Ashford	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Asian male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Adnan Radoncic	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Ramon Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
John Sears	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Kevin Martin	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Martin Maloney	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2010
Paul Oconnor	Police Officer	White male	American Indian male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Joseph Barbella	Police Officer	White male	White male, 50 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Benzion Cohen	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2010
Paul Chierico	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Elvis Cole	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christian Rojas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Reuben Antwi	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Kerbis	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Dennis Jaeger	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jose Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Richard Vetrano	Sergeant	White male	White male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Vladimir Garcia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Anthony Proscia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2009
Erek Powers	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Michael Perry	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Lee Wittek	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2009
Michael Dazi	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 34 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Christophe Derco	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Damon Martin	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michael Tarulli	Police Officer	White male	White female, 50 years old	Exonerated	2008
William Diab	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Miguel Frias	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Derek Sambolin	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Alexis Aguirre	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Peter Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michael Burbridge	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Alberto Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Gennaro Russo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Lawrence Perrotta	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Kevin Steele	Police Officer	White male	White male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2008
Manuel Matos	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
George Bonner	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2008
Michael Scoloveno	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Sean Mchugh	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Devin Long	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2008
James Dengate	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Alexander Wancel	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Mitchell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Dana Harge	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Angel Delgado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Kappa Farid	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Kenneth Vencak	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Casey Morgan	Police Officer	White male	Not available female, 38 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2006
Jerry Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Wendy Morel	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White female, 41 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2006
James Longo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Francisco Ponce	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Eric Duval	Police Officer	White male	White male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Kirth Buckley	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Cesar Gomez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
William Taylor	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Exonerated	2006
Eli Slavkin	Police Officer	White male	Black female	Unsubstantiated	2006
Steven Glassman	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Terrence Rooney	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Anthony Davila	Detective	Hispanic male	Black female, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Levon Holley	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Rodrigo Caballero	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Patrick Smith	Police Officer	American Indian male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Nicholas Garafola	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Harvin Hart	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Julio Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Evan Nielsen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Timothy Rogers	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Kirth Buckley	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Luis Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Joseph Scialabba	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Michael Doyle	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
John Facchini	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Randall Litrell	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Luis Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Thomas Schick	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Robert Vanhouten	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 67 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Frank Baldo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2004
Martin Toczek	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
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
William Sommer	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Thomas Tergesen	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Emilio Ortega	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003

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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.