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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
Joel Polichron	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Ramon Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Ramon Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Antonio Santana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Antonio Santana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Antonio Santana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
John Slavinsky	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
John Slavinsky	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Thomas Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Bilal Ates	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2007
Bilal Ates	Police Officer	White male	White female, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Bilal Ates	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Becker	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael Becker	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Erick Flores	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Katrina Forrester	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2009
Essence Jackson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jolan Lewis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Phillip Johnson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2017
Victoria Lafauci	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Victoria Lafauci	Police Officer	White female	White female, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Paul Mallilo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Taiwo Adeleke	Police Officer	Black female	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2009
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
Taiwo Adeleke	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Taiwo Adeleke	Police Officer	Black female	Other Race male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Anthony Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Anthony Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
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
Matthew Monkowski	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jonathan Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jonathan Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Jason Reynolds	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Jason Reynolds	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2006
Jason Reynolds	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Jason Reynolds	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jason Reynolds	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Alejandro Rivas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 62 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Rolando Carbonell	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Elvis Cole	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Elvis Cole	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Tatiana Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic female, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Tatiana Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Other Race male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Victor Defense	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
David Demelia	Police Officer	White male	Black female	Substantiated (Charges)	2001
David Demelia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2001
David Demelia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2001
David Demelia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
David Demelia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Rafael Iturralde	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2004
Josh Kaveney	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Aleksandr Kovalenko	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Paul Arico	Police Officer	White male	White female, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Mack Lipinski	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Mack Lipinski	Police Officer	White male	White male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Mack Lipinski	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Frank Baldo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Matthew Lombardo	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Cecilia Luckie	Police Officer	Black female	Hispanic female, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Daniel Mahoney	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Carlos Marchena	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Carlos Marchena	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Carlos Marchena	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jason Merchan	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jorge Minier	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Nelson Nin	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Mark Oconnell	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1999
Frank Baldo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Donald Sehl	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Donald Sehl	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
James Simpson	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jason Valentino	Police Officer	White male	White male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2012
Jason Vasquez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
James Burpoe	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 46 years old	Exonerated	2012
Jeffrey Carroll	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Anthony Cassase	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Francis Conejo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Roberto Cordero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Wojciech Czech	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jose Delrosario	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2004
Jose Delrosario	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 58 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Brandon Gembecki	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Brandon Gembecki	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2018
Brandon Gembecki	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2018
Brandon Gembecki	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2018
Eddy Gutierrez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
John Katehis	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
John Katehis	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 12 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
John Katehis	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Robert Kelly	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2003
Eddy Gutierrez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Anthony Donato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Anthony Donato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011

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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.