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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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James Mazzola | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 28 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Christophe Burton | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Brian Christen | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Michael Weber | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
German Gonzalez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Frank Bulzoni | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Frank Bulzoni | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 15 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Frank Bulzoni | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Michael Casey | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Jason Santana | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Carlos Lozada | Detective | Hispanic male | Black female, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Jeffrey Griffin | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2011 |
Elvis Badia | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 15 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Christophe Moroni | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Michael Pomerantz | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Ahsan Zafar | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Konstantin Genin | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Claudio Ramirez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Claudio Ramirez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Christophe White | Police Officer | White male | White male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Stephanie Mouzakitis | Police Officer | White female | Hispanic male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Joseph Stynes | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Lee Wittek | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Oliver Castillo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Jose Caban | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Lorenzo Jones | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 50 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Dennis Harrigan | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Orlando Phillip | Police Officer | Black male | White male | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Kevin Houst | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Kevin Houst | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Merani Rotte | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Joseph Albertini | Police Officer | White male | White male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Danny Aguilar | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 56 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Carlos Vazquez | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Raheen Rivers | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Michael Lopuzzo | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Garsing Chan | Police Officer | Asian male | White male, 52 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2011 |
Christophe Lembo | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Garsing Chan | Police Officer | Asian male | White male, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Vincent Candela | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Vincent Candela | Police Officer | White male | White male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Christophe Hebert | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Michael Friedman | Detective | White male | White male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
James Williams | Detective | White male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Yevgeniy Deyko | Police Officer | White male | Black male | Substantiated (No Recommendations) | 2011 |
Michael Cronin | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Joseph Deleo | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Michael Demonda | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Michael White | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Malcolm Liu | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic female, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Scott Berger | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Matthew Moschetto | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic female, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Scott Berger | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Diery Louis | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
William Sitzman | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Martin Gimenez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Martin Gimenez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Erica Macauda | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Victor Rosa | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Victor Rosa | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Trifon Anagnostos | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Trifon Anagnostos | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Joseph Imperatrice | Sergeant | White male | White male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Henry Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Jamar Goddard | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 48 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Benjamin Gottlieb | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Jose Tabora | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Denise Moroney | Police Officer | White female | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Denise Moroney | Police Officer | White female | Hispanic female, 54 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Theresa Callahan | Police Officer | White female | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Liam Swords | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
John Ryan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
John Ryan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Timothy Jaycox | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Markell Green | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Steven Ramunno | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Brian Capers | Police Officer | Black male | Black female | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2010 |
Jeffrey Gaston | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
James Biondo | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Trevor Baronette | Detective | Black male | Black male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Merlyn Bermudez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Angel Gonzalez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Angel Gonzalez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Daphney Pamphile | Police Officer | Black female | Black female, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Charles Gove | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 14 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Charles Gove | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Francis Bryant | Sergeant | Black male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Elvin Gomez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Walter Valentin | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Kevin Kavanagh | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Kevin Kavanagh | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
James Mahoney | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Gaspar Sciacca | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Dmitry Durets | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Dmitry Durets | Sergeant | White male | White male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Jaime Santiago | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Justin Cracchiola | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Michael Smith | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Thomas Decker | Detective | White male | White male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Vincent Trozzi | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
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.