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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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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
531
Complaints
548
Allegations
628
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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Matthew Zito | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Alfred Moberg | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1994 |
James Mcgarry | Sergeant | White male | Not available male | Exonerated | 2008 |
Roodly Demorcy | Police Officer | Black male | Not available , 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Niles Prince | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2006 |
Erik Scantlebury | Detective | Black male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1996 |
Joseph Tallarine | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1991 |
Josh Ulan | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1998 |
Henry Henriquez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available , 18 years old | Exonerated | 2013 |
Benjamin Gottlieb | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2002 |
Gary Calhoun | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 1997 |
Cesar Cid | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Robert Belle | Police Officer | White male | Not available male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Erlene Wiltshire | Police Officer | Black female | Not available | Exonerated | 1994 |
Steven Berger | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1990 |
Kevin Gallagher | Lieutenant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Vincent Maher | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1997 |
Timothy Mccormack | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1990 |
Dawud Danielbey | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1998 |
Benjamin Gottlieb | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2003 |
William Taylor | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1996 |
Thomas Oconnor | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1997 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Raymond Festino | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2002 |
Dino Tamayo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1995 |
Donnamarie John | Police Officer | Black female | Not available | Substantiated (Instructions) | 1996 |
Justin Lenz | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1995 |
Louis Dellipizzi | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1996 |
Robert Krohley | Sergeant | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Ernest Morales | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2003 |
Paul Perricone | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1990 |
Paul Perricone | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1990 |
Steven Cohn | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1996 |
Scott Purcell | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1996 |
Anthony Henry | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1995 |
Jason Harris | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1997 |
Shkelzen Ahmetaj | Detective | White male | Not available male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2013 |
Carmine Caruso | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1996 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2006 |
Joseph Delre | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1993 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2006 |
Louis Dellipizzi | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1995 |
Jose Moreno | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
Thomas Dunsing | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1996 |
Jalin Bulding | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (No Recommendations) | 1994 |
Craig Mastromatteo | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1998 |
Steven Gansrow | Detective | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2007 |
Felix Garcia | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1997 |
Sean Finn | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (No Recommendations) | 1993 |
Joseph Tallarine | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1991 |
Carolyn Celona | Police Officer | White female | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1994 |
Eric Delman | Lieutenant | White male | Not available , 18 years old | Exonerated | 2013 |
Luis Feliciano | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 1996 |
Bruce Solomon | Police Officer | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 1997 |
Jalin Bulding | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1992 |
Richard Warner | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1996 |
Claudio Ramirez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Not available , 7 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Waliur Rahman | Police Officer | Asian male | Not available | Substantiated (No Recommendations) | 1995 |
Peter Rhatigan | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1996 |
Jay Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2008 |
Milton Calix | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1997 |
Thomas Cerbone | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1997 |
Michael Reddington | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1995 |
Edward Balfe | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1995 |
Paul Perricone | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1990 |
Paul Perricone | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1990 |
Risel Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2016 |
Elliot Colon | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 1996 |
Cesar Polanco | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2003 |
Richard Bergin | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 1989 |
Joseph Tallarine | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1991 |
Joseph Tallarine | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 1991 |
Joseph Tallarine | Police Officer | White male | Not available | Substantiated (No Recommendations) | 1995 |
Michael Romeo | Police Officer | White male | American Indian male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Davinder Singh | Police Officer | Asian male | American Indian male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Tyler Ehrlein | Sergeant | White male | Asian male, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2013 |
Pedro Bobe | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2002 |
Matthew Wright | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Robert Pearo | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2003 |
Matthew Wright | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Carlos Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Alexander Bobo | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 64 years old | Exonerated | 2012 |
Alexander Bobo | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
James Giamboi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2011 |
Zoilo Encarnacion | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Christophe Muller | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Jason Sanders | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Michael Gibbs | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Hassan Raza | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2012 |
Christophe Sanchez | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Jason Forgione | Detective | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Lieutenant | White male | Black female, 75 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Heriberto Hernandez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Vitaliy Zelikov | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Luke Denesopolis | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2014 |
Ricardo Otero | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2012 |
Stephen Faber | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2014 |
Patrick Smith | Police Officer | American Indian male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2005 |
Michael Edmonds | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2003 |
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.