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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
Stephen Espinoza	Captain	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Thomas Smith	Captain	White male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Joseph Veneziano	Captain	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2012
Bruce Ceparano	Captain	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2017
Thomas Smith	Captain	White male	White male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Anthony Longobardi	Captain	White male	White female, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Anthony Longobardi	Captain	White male	Hispanic female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Philip Rivera	Captain	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Lorenzo Johnson	Captain	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2007
Stephen Espinoza	Captain	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Stephen Espinoza	Captain	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2011
Fernando Guimaraes	Captain	Hispanic male	Other Race female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Emilio Melendez	Captain	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2018
Thomas Smith	Captain	White male	Hispanic female, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
William Taylor	Captain	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Thomas Smith	Captain	White male	White male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Peter Andrea	Deputy Inspector	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2019
Kenneth Lehr	Deputy Inspector	White male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Exonerated	2011
William Taylor	Deputy Inspector	White male	White male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
William Taylor	Deputy Inspector	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
William Taylor	Deputy Inspector	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
William Taylor	Deputy Inspector	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
William Taylor	Deputy Inspector	White male	Other Race male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
William Taylor	Deputy Inspector	White male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Elliot Colon	Deputy Inspector	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
William Taylor	Deputy Inspector	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
William Taylor	Deputy Inspector	White male	Other Race male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
William Taylor	Deputy Inspector	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Deodat Urprasad	Deputy Inspector	Asian male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
William Taylor	Deputy Inspector	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Ernest Morales	Deputy Inspector	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Ernest Morales	Deputy Inspector	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Christopher McCormack	Deputy Inspector	White male	Black female, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
William Taylor	Deputy Inspector	White male	White male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
William Taylor	Deputy Inspector	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jorge Ulloa	Detective	Hispanic male	White male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Patrick Horkan	Detective	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2019
John Acconi	Detective	White male	Unknown female, 58 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2019
Frank Galati	Detective	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Amylou Giannelli	Detective	White female	Asian female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Frank Galati	Detective	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Matthew Lamendola	Detective	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Dustin Genco	Detective	White male	White female, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Dustin Genco	Detective	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2001
Douglas Lansing	Detective	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2000
Patrick Smith	Detective	American Indian male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Kenneth Juart	Detective	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Michael Alleva	Detective	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Michael Cronin	Detective	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	1998
Tyler Ehrlein	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Richard Currao	Detective	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1998
Richard Currao	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	1998
Jaime Arroyo	Detective	Hispanic male	White female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Dustin Genco	Detective	White male	White female, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Amylou Giannelli	Detective	White female	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2019
Frank Altieri	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2014
Jason Forgione	Detective	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Frank Galati	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Patrick Cherry	Detective	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michael Mendez	Detective	Hispanic male	White female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Richard Turk	Detective	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Richard Turk	Detective	White male	White male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Patrick Cherry	Detective	White male	Asian male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Thomas Lodico	Detective	White male	Black female, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Matthew Lamendola	Detective	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Brian Fleming	Detective	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2006
Leandro Castro	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Brian Fleming	Detective	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Leonardo Nimo	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Mark Scarlatelli	Detective	White male	White male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Robert Lotufo	Detective	Hispanic male	Black female, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Brian Fleming	Detective	White male	Refused male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Kelvin Peralta	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Thomas Decker	Detective	White male	White male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Kelvin Peralta	Detective	Hispanic male	Unknown female	Unsubstantiated	2019
Joseph Hickey	Detective	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2013
Alberto Angilletta	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Gaspar Sciacca	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Alberto Angilletta	Detective	White male	Hispanic female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
John Fogelman	Detective	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
John Fogelman	Detective	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Ching Nieh	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Marco Balboni	Detective	White male	Asian male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Joseph Tallarine	Detective	White male	Black female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Thomas Mcdonnell	Detective	White male	White male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Thomas Mcdonnell	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Steven Ramunno	Detective	White male	Black female, 35 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2018
Hector Rodriguez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Daniel Guida	Detective	White male	White female, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Daniel Guida	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
John Ulmer	Detective	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
James Eisert	Detective	White male	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Frank Sarrica	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Kenneth Anderson	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Irene Bonicadelgado	Detective	Hispanic female	White male, 66 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Paul Brauer	Detective	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Michael Fahmy	Detective	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Fahmy	Detective	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Patrick Smith	Detective	American Indian male	Unknown male	Unsubstantiated	2017
Carlos Vazquez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007

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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.