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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Clarke | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Brian Doherty | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Hassan Gheith | Police Officer | White male | White male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| David Grieco | Sergeant | White male | Other Race male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Michael Heinz | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Brian Holshek | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Michael Loeffel | Police Officer | White male | White male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Michael Loeffel | Police Officer | White male | White female, 28 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Michael Loeffel | Police Officer | White male | White female, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jonathan Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jonathan Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jonathan Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Frank Ryan | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Triston Trunk | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Luis Santiago | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Paul Mccarthy | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Iftekharul Awal | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Christophe Ward | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic female, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Christophe Ward | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Farid Aliyev | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Farid Aliyev | Sergeant | White male | Asian female, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Joseph Schneider | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Michael Oconnor | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 60 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| David Mejia | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Robert Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Jean Alejandro | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| James Williams | Detective | White male | White male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Edson Brutus | Police Officer | Black male | White female | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Joseph Franco | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Christophe Peguero | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Luis Marte | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jason Brown | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 53 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Kevin Morgan | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Christophe Ward | Lieutenant | White male | White male, 59 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Sean Mcdonnell | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jamar Goddard | Detective | Black male | Black male, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Sean Mcdonnell | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Sean Mcdonnell | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Gregory Kennedy | Detective | Black male | Black female, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Gregory Kennedy | Detective | Black male | Black female, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Gregory Kennedy | Detective | Black male | Black female, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Gregory Kennedy | Detective | Black male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Michael Becker | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Christophe Greiner | Detective | White male | White male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Thomas Nicoletti | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Phillip Johnson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Jonathan Perez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Edgar Padilla | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Quran Mcphatter | Police Officer | Black male | Other Race male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Aleksandr Kovalenko | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Aleksandr Kovalenko | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Daniel Oh | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Kevin Ramirez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| Anthony Cassase | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Wojciech Czech | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Joseph Pierce | Sergeant | White male | Refused male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| 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 |
| John Mejia | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Todd Jacoby | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Jeffrey Adaszewski | Police Officer | White male | White male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Ricardo Moreno | Detective | Hispanic male | White male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Philip Smith | Police Officer | White male | White male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Yael Magori | Lieutenant | White female | White female, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Yael Magori | Lieutenant | White female | White male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Matthew Lewis | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| William Taylor | Deputy Inspector | White male | Other Race male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Wilfredo Benitez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Louis Villegas | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Justin Simms | Sergeant | White male | Refused male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Elvin Gashi | Detective | White male | Black female, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Lawrence Bosch | Sergeant | White male | White male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Scott Mark | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Nico Hewitt | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Nico Hewitt | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Joshua Marte | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| John Gergis | Police Officer | White male | White male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Christian Cayenne | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Sophia Rodriguez | Police Officer | Black female | Black female, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| John Gergis | Police Officer | White male | White female, 28 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| John Gergis | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Alexi Serpani | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Alexi Serpani | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic female, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Ariel Urena | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Daniel Boylan | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| James Biondo | Police Officer | White male | White female, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Nicholas Kane | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Christophe Mcdonald | Police Officer | Black male | Not available not described | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
| David Velez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Tarakur Chowdhury | Sergeant | Asian male | White male, 58 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Brian Mcginn | Inspector | White male | White male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Daniel Nunez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Angela Polancobrito | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic female, 28 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Leonardo Viera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| George Taylor | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Deodat Urprasad | Deputy Inspector | Asian male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| George Taylor | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Joseph Schneider | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Thomas Cancilla | Police Officer | White male | White male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
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.