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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
Peter Duke	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2003
Donald Abrams	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Christophe Wit	Police Officer	White male	White male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
William Sommer	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Scott Mateyaschuk	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Scott Mateyaschuk	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2003
Aubrey Henry	Detective	Black male	Black female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Kevin Roughneen	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2003
Colin Austin	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Stephen Espinoza	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 66 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
James Kelly	Police Officer	White male	Asian female, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Pedro Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Anthony Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Peter Rhatigan	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Rafael Vega	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available male	Unsubstantiated	2003
Kurt Jones	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Michael Goldreyer	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Steven Weiss	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Mario Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Felix Graciani	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2003
Paul Prendergast	Police Officer	White male	White male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
William Waldron	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Benjamin Gottlieb	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2003
Alejandro Rivas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 62 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Daniel Miraglia	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Ernest Morales	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black female, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Frank Galia	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Christophe Pasquale	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Ernest Morales	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black female, 57 years old	Exonerated	2003
Anthony Kotarski	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Daniel Miraglia	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
John Miata	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Patrick Gaines	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Vincent Grego	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Darren King	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Joseph Matzinger	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Christophe Marrow	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
John Miata	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Frank Palumbo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Brian Depalo	Police Officer	White male	Not available male	Unsubstantiated	2003
William Ditomaso	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Brian Depalo	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2003
Frank Palumbo	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 55 years old	Exonerated	2003
Kenneth Aube	Police Officer	White male	White female, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Kappa Farid	Police Officer	White male	White female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Vaughan Ettienne	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Peter Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Brian Depalo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Bruce Sutherland	Police Officer	White male	White male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Edward Herrera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
James Mazzola	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2003
Ernest Morales	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Felix Graciani	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Jose Caban	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Francis Bryant	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Rafael Vega	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Andrew Hatki	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Trevor Baronette	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Keith Walker	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
James Mcgarry	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2003
Thomas Kid	Sergeant	White male	White male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Audrey Wise	Police Officer	Black female	White male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Frank Tarantola	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2003
Robert Henderson	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Michael Guzzino	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Robert Falcone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
David Powers	Detective	White male	Black female, 38 years old	Exonerated	2003
Allan Taeza	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Robert Kelly	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2003
Joseph Stynes	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
William Mcdaniel	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Darren King	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Richard Pignatelli	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Kevin Devine	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Victor Borg	Police Officer	White male	White female, 65 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Eric Shanley	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Brian Timmons	Police Officer	White male	White male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2002
Brian Timmons	Police Officer	White male	White male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Michael Gibbs	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Michael Gibbs	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Michael Lipetri	Sergeant	White male	Unknown female	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Robert Smith	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Colin Austin	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Hector Lopez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Patrick Cherry	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Luis Bellapianta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Richard Currao	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Christopher McCormack	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic not described, 37 years old	Exonerated	2002
Richard Turk	Detective	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
David Casey	Detective	Asian male	Other Race male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
David Casey	Detective	Asian male	White male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2002
Herbert Martin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
William Gattis	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 28 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2002
Anna Serrano	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Peter Efthimiou	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Michael Windsor	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Michael Oconnor	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Robert Henderson	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002

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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.