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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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Force: Chokehold
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
223
Complaints
236
Allegations
244
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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Nathaniel Anthony | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2003 |
Dustin Dimpflmaier | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Victor Charles | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 41 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Arland Belande | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
Jaspreet Gill | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Daniel Staple | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
James Slavin | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Colin Mcguire | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Lyndon Providence | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Richard Danese | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Paul Gaglio | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic female, 11 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Numael Amador | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 47 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
Numael Amador | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
Jamaal Miller | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Dustin Dimpflmaier | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Charles Gove | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 15 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Franky Joseph | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Matthew Starrantino | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 15 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
Keynes Pena | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
Darryl Chen | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
Omar Habib | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 55 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
Christophe Ianno | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2010 |
Fabio Nunez | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
Daniel Sitruk | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 15 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2014 |
Sean Phillips | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Fermin Bueno | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
Frank Calafiore | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2012 |
David Mercado | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
Francisco Pina | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 34 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Majeed Arif | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
Jose Acevedo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2005 |
Ernesto Bautista | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Kenneth Douglas | Police Officer | Black male | Asian male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2013 |
Antonio Cannata | Police Officer | White male | White male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Thomas Morton | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Joel Polanco | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Thomas Cancilla | Police Officer | White male | White male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
Alexander Gonzalez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2014 |
Risel Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
Flavio Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
Jared Dietzel | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Philippe Vukosa | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
Justin Allen | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic female, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
Rafael Guzman | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
Jose Reyes | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2014 |
Luis Pena | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Fitzroy Vigilance | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Satinderpa Singh | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Fitzroy Vigilance | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Eric Ruiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Ricardo Otero | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Jorge Rodriguez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Roman Goris | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Simon Rashid | Detective | Asian male | White male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Jonathan Re | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Eric Ruiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
David Afanador | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Armando Cardenio | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Adam Dumelle | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Joseph Foss | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Jose Garcia | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Theresa Callahan | Police Officer | White female | Black female, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Edmundo Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2019 |
Sharif Portee | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Scott Nuzzi | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2004 |
Eliot Arias | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2013 |
Paul Farella | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic female, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Michael Miller | Sergeant | White male | Unknown male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Jason Barish | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Jorge Rodriguez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Charles Gove | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
James Haviland | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Luis Bellapianta | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2002 |
Fernando Caches | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Alvin Pizarro | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Michael Friedman | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Leonardo Deoliveira | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Thomas Mcdonnell | Detective | White male | White male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Juan Moreno | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Richard Aseng | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Daniel Callinan | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Remy Jeanfrancois | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Philip Picciano | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Pete Massa | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Frank Diaz | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Christian Addison | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Charles Gove | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Charles Buglione | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
James Lee | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
Harjit Singh | Sergeant | Asian male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Christophe Esposito | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Michael Eschmann | Police Officer | White male | White male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Richard Turk | Detective | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2002 |
Ricardo Bocachica | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Jeffrey Mota | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 14 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
James Mccullough | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Christophe Sanchez | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Christophe Sanchez | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Patrick Cortright | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Charles Stewart | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
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.