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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers

This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date. For more recent information, visit the city's database of civilian complaints against the NYPD.

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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
Jonathan Re Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Deshawn Edmonds Police Officer Black male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Daniel Staple Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 39 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Anthony Baresi Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jose Reyes Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 21 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Johnny Lawrence Police Officer Black male Unknown male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Franky Joseph Police Officer Black male Black male, 32 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Gregory Kennedy Police Officer Black male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Herman Lai Police Officer Asian male Black female, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Justin Allen Police Officer Black male Hispanic female, 21 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Adam Dumelle Police Officer White male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Felix Torres Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Robert Orlando Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
John Ryan Sergeant White male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
James Haviland Police Officer White male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Dustin Dimpflmaier Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Jonathan Martinez Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Alexander Gonzalez Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 19 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Matthew Lewis Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Adan Munoz Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jose Vasquezmiranda Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Anthony Peters Sergeant Black male Asian male, 0 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Declan Ludington Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Brandon Gembecki Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Andrew Beirne Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Francesco Allevato Police Officer White male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Paul Dieugenia Police Officer White male Black male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Peter Valentin Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Mathew Reich Detective White male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Erick Erdaide Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Charles Gove Police Officer White male Black male, 15 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Robert Carbone Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Kenneth Douglas Police Officer Black male Asian male, 27 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Paul Mcmahon Lieutenant White male Black male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Jamaal Miller Police Officer Black male Black male, 20 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
John Baumeister Detective White male Black female, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Charles Ingrassia Detective White male Black male, 47 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Umar Khitab Police Officer Asian male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Neil Zuber Lieutenant White male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Jose Martinez Sergeant Hispanic male Unknown male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
David Leonardi Sergeant White male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Eliot Arias Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Stephen Berardi Police Officer White male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Darryl Chen Police Officer Black male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2012
Ryan Hoffmann Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Charles Gove Police Officer White male Black male, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Francisco Perez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Michael Miller Sergeant White male Unknown male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
William Pierce Police Officer Black male White male, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Daniel Gukelberger Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Wilson Gonzalez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Brian Lapp Police Officer White male Black male, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Robert Cruz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Frank Calafiore Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2012
Richard Aseng Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Alberto Pizarro Detective Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Carlos Fabara Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Adnan Radoncic Sergeant White male Unknown male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Charles Awani Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Fitzroy Vigilance Sergeant Black male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Ricardo Bocachica Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Derrick Boyd Police Officer Black male Black female, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Joseph Redmond Sergeant White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Sean Mccarren Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Filastin Srour Police Officer White female Black female, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Mirjan Lolja Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Carlos Matos Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Claudio Ramirez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Francisco Pina Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Leonardo Deoliveira Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Charles Cadiz Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 14 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Andre Blake Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Roman Goris Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
David Afanador Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Fitzroy Vigilance Sergeant Black male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Emrah Ates Police Officer White male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Christophe Greiner Detective White male White male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Jose Garcia Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Alvin Pizarro Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Christophe Esposito Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Dominick Nasso Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Michael Greaney Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Michael Greaney Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Joseph Fernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Martin Gimenez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Charles Gove Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Christophe Lembo Police Officer White male Black female, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Christophe Ianno Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2010
Joseph Fernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Michael Friedman Detective White male Hispanic male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Jhovanny Ysabel Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Joey Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Jamaal Miller Police Officer Black male Black female, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
James Mccullough Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Erick Flores Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Elvis Cole Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Carlos Lewis Sergeant Black male Black male, 13 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Sharif Portee Police Officer Black male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Mathew Reich Detective White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Paul Gaglio Lieutenant White male Hispanic female, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
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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.
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