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Discourtesy: Word

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

2,120

Complaints

3,293

Allegations

3,942

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
Thomas Smith	Lieutenant	White male	White male, 63 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2013
Andrew Ho	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
James Argila	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Andre Blake	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jorge Torres	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Joseph Viggiano	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Charles Ingrassia	Detective	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Raymond Tomins	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Lahmar Sanders	Detective	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Ana Maradiaga	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Eric Samuels	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
George Allen	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Thomas Moroney	Police Officer	White male	White male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Andrew Hayes	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2013
Craig Edelman	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Steven Degree	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jay Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Elvis Cole	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Glenda Wajer	Detective	Hispanic female	Other Race female, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Thomas Trachta	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Vitaliy Zelikov	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Paul Mcmahon	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jorge Minier	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jose Peinan	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Frank Baldo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Donald Sehl	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Roberto Cordero	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Vincent Dima	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Declan Ludington	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Scott Lieneck	Detective	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Arthur Leahy	Detective	White male	Black female, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
George Allen	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Gustavo Ochoa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Ryan Puglisi	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Eddy Gutierrez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Roy Abounaoum	Police Officer	White male	White male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Brian Fragliossi	Police Officer	White male	White female, 61 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jasmin Nikocevic	Police Officer	White male	White male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Brian Mccarthy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2013
Brian Mccarthy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Matthew Lewis	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Kevin Devine	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Timothy Finn	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jack Dagnese	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jose Dejesus	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Mathew Reich	Detective	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Blase Mucciariello	Police Officer	White male	White female, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Kristo Cevi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Kenneth Vencak	Police Officer	White male	White male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Kirth Buckley	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jonathan Ku	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 57 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Lawrence Bosch	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Keith Knight	Detective	Black male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Trevor Baronette	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Terrence Howard	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Trevor Baronette	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Andrew Kamna	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Forrest Hirsch	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Fredy Cruz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Robert Castro	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Hugh Herbert	Police Officer	White male	Unknown female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Michael Sidorskiy	Police Officer	White male	White male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Garey Gordon	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Garey Gordon	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Ali Cheikhali	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Vincent Trozzi	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Ahmad Brannon	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Robert Deferrari	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Tancredo Contreras	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Anthony Lee	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Brian Schulman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2013
Eric Reynolds	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jose Barbosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Michael Cozier	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Kevin Colvin	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Marco Balboni	Detective	White male	Asian male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Christophe Beckett	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2013
Miguel Figueroa	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Nicholas Derleth	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Nicholas Derleth	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2013
Michelle Maldonado	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Troy Luis	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Lanier Glenn	Lieutenant	Black male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Lanier Glenn	Lieutenant	Black male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Joseph Marquez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Sean Murphy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
John Kealy	Police Officer	White male	White male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Richard Lavelle	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Diana Pichardo	Sergeant	Hispanic female	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Diana Pichardo	Sergeant	Hispanic female	White male, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Angelo Pizzarro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Francesco Allevato	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Francesco Allevato	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Francesco Allevato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Timothy Rizzo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Paul Ortiz	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Perry Jean	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 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.