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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
Andrew Nguyen	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Sean Claxton	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Numael Amador	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
John Zorrilla	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
John Zorrilla	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Francisco Perez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Thomas Mcdonnell	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
William Palmer	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Charles Stewart	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Michael Mccarthy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Tongzhong Zhang	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Tongzhong Zhang	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Diana Pichardo	Sergeant	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2015
Daniel Watson	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
David Harris	Police Officer	White male	White female, 62 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Adan Munoz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jenny Zurica	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Alfred Gallicchio	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Cory Smith	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Kishon Hickman	Lieutenant	Black male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Robert Castillo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Gary Calhoun	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Gerasimos Pyramides	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jeffrey Gaston	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Juan Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Malvi Moncion	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
John Keane	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Malvi Moncion	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2015
Eddie Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Paul Padilla	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Kendo Kinsey	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
William Schumacher	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
William Schumacher	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2015
Manolin Molina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Adnan Radoncic	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
David Oconnell	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Diana Pichardo	Sergeant	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Donald Climaco	Police Officer	Asian male	Other Race male, 13 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Christophe Winiarz	Sergeant	White male	American Indian male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Manuel Gomez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2015
Ryan Galvin	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Tony Ip	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Francesco Iorio	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Brian Benvenuto	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Anthony Longobardi	Captain	White male	Hispanic female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Gary Calhoun	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Yaris Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Robert Schierenbeck	Detective	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
John Diaz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Delvis Garcia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 64 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Brian Byrnes	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Danamarie Alessio	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Danamarie Alessio	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Bekim Kalicovic	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Bekim Kalicovic	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 46 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Joshua Bienvenue	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
James Argila	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
James Holder	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Donald Kipp	Sergeant	White male	American Indian male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Robert Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Domenick Lagomarsine	Police Officer	White male	American Indian male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
James White	Detective	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Luis Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2015
Michael Doyle	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Robert Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
David Leonardi	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Sean Phillips	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Frank Parisi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
James Reilly	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Asian male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Nolan Lauterborn	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 12 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Brian Kovarik	Police Officer	White male	Refused male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Brian Kovarik	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Paul Ortiz	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jason Tejada	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Brian Kovarik	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Kenneth Anderson	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Brian Kovarik	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Paul Palminteri	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Rashan Lacoste	Detective	Black male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Allan Taeza	Police Officer	Asian male	Unknown female, 25 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
William Beattie	Police Officer	White male	Refused not described, 29 years old	Exonerated	2015
Andre Teterycz	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Matthew Levy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2015
Sophia Clarke	Sergeant	Black female	Black male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Michael Lipetri	Inspector	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Michael Lipetri	Inspector	White male	Black female, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Barbara Miguel	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 25 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
John Loftus	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Christophe Greiner	Detective	White male	White male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Angela Polancobrito	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Patrick Cherry	Detective	White male	Asian male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
James Hall	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Angela Polancobrito	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Richard Tarver	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 77 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Luis Machado	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Victor Charles	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Darren Caranella	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Shante Terrell	Detective	Black male	White male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015

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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.