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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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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 |
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Denise Moroney | Police Officer | White female | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Matthew Vahey | Detective | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Michael Russo | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Trifon Anagnostos | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Walter Warkenthien | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 52 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Roger Savage | Detective | White male | Unknown male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2000 |
Henry Daverin | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Michael Russo | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Christophe Esposito | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Ramon Santos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
James Slavin | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Louis Dambrosio | Detective | White male | Unknown not described, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
David Levine | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
Robert Reed | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Jacy Reese | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Jonathan Re | Police Officer | White male | White male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Bryan Hagmaier | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Anthony Gulotta | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Blake Ficken | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Brian Timmons | Police Officer | White male | White male, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
Nicholas Scalzo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Gerald Williams | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Robert Nugent | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
Ricardo Bocachica | Detective | Hispanic male | Black female, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Derrick Boyd | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic female, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Kevon Sample | Police Officer | Black male | White female, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Joseph Cruzado | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2012 |
Raymond Festino | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
Gilbert Barkman | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2013 |
Stephen Espinoza | Captain | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Peter Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Steven Badlu | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2005 |
Ryan Duffany | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Matthew Lambert | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Mark Vazquez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Shaun Grossweiler | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 58 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Kevin Gwinn | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Adriano Deleon | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Yezenia Wagner | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Asian male, 54 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Daniel Cross | Police Officer | White male | Unknown female, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2013 |
Ted Saintgerard | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown not described | Exonerated | 2018 |
Duane Atkinson | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Frank Galati | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
Tracey Rooney | Police Officer | White female | Not available | Exonerated | 2019 |
Andre Teterycz | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Brian Hickey | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Exonerated | 2015 |
Peter Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
Elena Stojanovski | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Salvatore Lopiccolo | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
Patrick Sullivan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Derin Devuono | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Kevin Byrnes | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
German Gonzalez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Anthony Contessa | Police Officer | White male | White male, 51 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Dmitry Durets | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Peter Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Michael Tarulli | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male | Exonerated | 2009 |
Kwame Kipp | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 39 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Daniel Sitruk | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 15 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Anthony Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2018 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Christopher McCormack | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic not described, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
Charles Gove | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Alexander Bobo | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Buxton Pryor | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
James Biondo | Police Officer | White male | Not available male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Kyron Delarosa | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 49 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Angel Vasquez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2012 |
Luis Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
David Damico | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 55 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
James Lagaris | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 47 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Francine Delvalle | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
David Afanador | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 42 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Dennis Burgos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Andrew Cummings | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 52 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Matthew Levy | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Pawel Lachowski | Sergeant | White male | Unknown female, 55 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Luis Lopez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 42 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Christophe Siani | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Juan Burgos | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 69 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
Daniel Nunez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Dana Harge | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2006 |
Andrew Hayes | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Exonerated | 2013 |
John Gogarty | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2005 |
Ted Saintgerard | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown not described | Exonerated | 2018 |
Todd Hansen | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Hugh Herbert | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Charles Davis | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Osvaldo Nunez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 55 years old | Exonerated | 2004 |
Omar Carrascotatis | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Richard Gadson | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2012 |
Louis Depergola | Sergeant | White male | Other Race female, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2019 |
William Beattie | Police Officer | White male | Refused not described, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
James Mahoney | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Manuel Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Mitchell Eisenberg | Police Officer | White male | White male, 56 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Edmundo Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
James Mahoney | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Eric Miller | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
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.