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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Donovan | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Kaisser Surriga | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Angel Andujar | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 49 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Anthony Donato | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Christophe Healy | Detective | White male | Other Race male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Miguel Donovan | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Tony Chacko | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Edward Obrien | Police Officer | White male | White male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Uriel Lames | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Kenny Ortiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 20 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Kevin Cox | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Anthony Perlmutter | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Brandon Gembecki | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 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 | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Gregory Piro | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Gregory Piro | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Gregory Piro | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Gregory Piro | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Ryan Olsen | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Ryan Olsen | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Andrew Cummings | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 52 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Mario Bueno | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race female, 33 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Gesner Charles | Sergeant | Black male | Black female, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Michael Perez | Detective | Hispanic male | Black female, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Michael Perez | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Jonathan Perez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race female, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Howard Roth | Sergeant | White male | Unknown female, 13 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Eric Dym | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Louis Dambrosio | Detective | White male | Unknown not described, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Tiery Samuels | Police Officer | Black female | Black female, 21 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Daniel Silverio | Detective | Hispanic male | Black female, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Daniel Silverio | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Daniel Silverio | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Brett Woodard | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Claudio Ramirez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Daniel Gerardi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Howard Roth | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male, 14 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Omar Birchwood | Lieutenant | Black male | Hispanic female, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Omar Birchwood | Lieutenant | Black male | Black female, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Omar Birchwood | Lieutenant | Black male | Hispanic female, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Alexandru Anghel | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Alexandru Anghel | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Alexandru Anghel | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Muhammed Ali | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| John Londono | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 14 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| John Londono | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 15 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Matthew Whiting | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Jorge Flores | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Jorge Flores | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Thomas Smith | Captain | White male | White male, 57 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Thomas Smith | Captain | White male | White male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Thomas Smith | Captain | White male | Hispanic female, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| John Londono | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 13 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Bryan Ortiz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| John Londono | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 14 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Diego Dejesus | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Paul Robinson | Detective | Black male | White male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Jason Brown | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Hugh Herbert | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Steve Torres | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Michael Gotay | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 66 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Julio Ramos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 58 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Michael Bowman | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Julio Ramos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 58 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
| Fitzroy Vigilance | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Ryan Jones | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Fazle Tanim | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 60 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Anthony Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Anthony Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Nairobi Grayson | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Charles Hillery | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Charles Hillery | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 49 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Ryan Duffany | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Kyron Delarosa | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 49 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
| Anthony Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available male | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Anthony Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Anthony Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Md Rahman | Police Officer | Asian male | White male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| Luis Rodriguez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | White male, 60 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Antonio Andrade | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 47 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Darryl Chen | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Reginald Minott | Police Officer | Black male | Not available male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
| Anthony Arena | Police Officer | White male | White female, 25 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
| David Fitchik | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Flavio Rodriguez | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Ashley Griffith | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
| Richard Danese | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Mark Gaiardelli | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
| Daniel Wynne | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Peter Desiderio | Police Officer | White male | Other Race female, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Eric Samuels | Sergeant | Black male | Black female, 54 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Alena Aminova | Police Officer | White female | White male, 58 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2019 |
| James Seder | Detective | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Alena Aminova | Police Officer | White female | White male, 58 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Giuseppe Oliveri | Police Officer | White male | White female, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
| Gina Denardo | Police Officer | White female | Black female, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
| Cecilio Ramos | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Frank Fiorenza | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 40 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2019 |
| Louis Barbarelli | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic not described, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2019 |
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.