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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
Dominick Vasaturo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
James Williams	Detective	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2007
James Williams	Detective	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
James Williams	Detective	White male	White male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2017
Gerard Wineberger	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Blake Sydlo	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Blake Sydlo	Police Officer	White male	White male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2009
Dane Stcyr	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Terence Odonohoe	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 33 years old	Exonerated	2013
James Byrne	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2000
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	White male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Alfred Gallicchio	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male	Unsubstantiated	2008
Alfred Gallicchio	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male	Unsubstantiated	2008
Alfred Gallicchio	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Alfred Gallicchio	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Michael White	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Michael White	Police Officer	White male	Other Race female, 41 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Louis Bertuccio	Police Officer	White male	White male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Steven Glassman	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Scott Longmaid	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 18 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2014
George Sullivan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	1998
John Keane	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
John Keane	Sergeant	White male	Asian male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Joseph Metsopulos	Police Officer	White male	White male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael Pitkewicz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael Pitkewicz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Peter Curran	Detective	White male	Hispanic female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Vincent Fontana	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Kevin Murphy	Detective	White male	Black female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Darrel Oneill	Detective	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Adam Sager	Detective	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2004
Adam Sager	Detective	White male	Black female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Jason Brown	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jason Brown	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Exonerated	2018
David Cuce	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
David Cuce	Sergeant	White male	White male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Frank Galia	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Frank Galia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
William Mcdaniel	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
John Ogorman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Thomas Smith	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Thomas Smith	Lieutenant	White male	White male, 63 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Thomas Smith	Lieutenant	White male	White male, 63 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2013
Thomas Smith	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Exonerated	2014
Thomas Smith	Captain	White male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Thomas Smith	Captain	White male	Hispanic female, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Thomas Smith	Captain	White male	White male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Thomas Smith	Captain	White male	White male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Matthew Whiting	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Brian Byrnes	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Edward Ahearne	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2019
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
Joseph Bonner	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jason Chappina	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Bekim Kalicovic	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014
Bekim Kalicovic	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014
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
James Kelly	Police Officer	White male	Asian female, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Thomas Koerner	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Thomas Koerner	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Darin Lazar	Police Officer	White male	White male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2011
Alexandru Anghel	Sergeant	White male	White male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Alexandru Anghel	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Alexandru Anghel	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Alexandru Anghel	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Alexandru Anghel	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Angelo Cuozzo	Detective	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2008
James Famiano	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
James Famiano	Police Officer	White male	Asian female, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
James Famiano	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
James Famiano	Police Officer	White male	White female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Dennis Harrigan	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Charles Ingrassia	Detective	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Charles Ingrassia	Detective	White male	Black male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Charles Ingrassia	Detective	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Charles Ingrassia	Detective	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Charles Ingrassia	Detective	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
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
Sean Mcdonnell	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Christophe Wintermute	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 62 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
John Parente	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Joel Polichron	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
James Seder	Detective	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
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
John Slavinsky	Detective	White male	White male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Weber	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Weber	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Michael Weber	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Michael Weber	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
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

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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.