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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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
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
Martin Gimenez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Martin Gimenez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Lamont Gibson Sergeant Black male Black male, 19 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Carlos Pimentel Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 54 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Juan Torres Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 16 years old Exonerated 2014
Diery Louis Police Officer Black male Black female, 45 years old Exonerated 2014
Matthew Dias Police Officer White male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2015
Joseph Imperatrice Sergeant White male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2013
Joseph Weldon Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 45 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Matthew Demaio Detective White male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Michael Raso Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
Jorge Tavarez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2010
Joseph Spalding Detective Black male Black female, 29 years old Exonerated 2009
David Lamarre Police Officer Black male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2011
Anthony Salato Police Officer White male Black male, 62 years old Exonerated 2005
Darrien King Sergeant Black male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Michael Pellegrin Sergeant White male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Victor Lopez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 57 years old Exonerated 2006
Joseph Azevedo Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Edward Colucci Police Officer White male Black female, 24 years old Exonerated 2001
Jose Dejesus Detective Hispanic male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Vincenzo Dimartino Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2013
Starlin Dominguez Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 36 years old Exonerated 2016
Marcin Drozniak Police Officer White male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2010
Jason Garcia Detective Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2018
Robert Henderson Sergeant White male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2003
Dennis Jaeger Police Officer White male Black female, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Dennis Jaeger Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Dominick Nasso Police Officer White male Black male, 18 years old Exonerated 2004
Eric Ortiz Detective Hispanic male Black male, 52 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Joseph Parchen Detective White male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Michael Perez Detective Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2018
James Picicci Detective White male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2002
Jason Ribeiro Detective Asian male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2017
Eric Samuels Sergeant Black male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Raymond Tomins Sergeant White male Black male, 52 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Andrew Valenzano Police Officer White male Black female, 43 years old Exonerated 2000
Matthew Vorraro Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
James White Detective White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2017
Edmundo Rivera Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2015
James Argila Police Officer White male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 2013
Joseph Brunetti Police Officer White male Black male Exonerated 2007
Douglas Carr Police Officer Black male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2007
John Cascone Police Officer White male Black female, 36 years old Exonerated 2008
Clifford Louis Sergeant Black male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2013
Patrick Craig Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2012
Shapiro Lecorps Police Officer Black male Black male, 45 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Keith Chatterton Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2005
Erek Powers Sergeant Black male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2018
Angel Vasquez Sergeant Hispanic male Black female, 36 years old Exonerated 2012
Thomas Gagliardi Sergeant White male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2014
Michael Carleo Police Officer White male Black male, 46 years old Exonerated 2015
Patrick Cortright Deputy Inspector White male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2016
Gerald Stlouis Police Officer Black male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2013
Neil Casey Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2012
Joel Rosenthal Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2009
William Pugliese Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
William Pugliese Police Officer White male Black male, 48 years old Exonerated 2016
William Pugliese Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2017
Paul Marconi Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2007
Robert Hawreluk Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2008
Christophe Lagrasta Sergeant White male Black male, 42 years old Exonerated 2005
Carlos Lozada Detective Hispanic male Black female, 45 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Jared Rothschild Police Officer White male Black male, 15 years old Exonerated 2013
Alejandro Valderrama Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2015
Jonathan Perez Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 59 years old Exonerated 2017
Andrew Hatki Lieutenant White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2005
James Hickman Police Officer White male Black female, 33 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2016
Michael White Sergeant Black male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2009
George Allen Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2013
Aubrey Henry Detective Black male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2004
Joel Crooms Police Officer Black male Black female, 67 years old Exonerated 2015
Miguel Marte Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 46 years old Exonerated 2006
Thomas Napolitano Detective White male Black male, 52 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2017
Nino Lama Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Christophe Devaney Sergeant White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2003
John Quis Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2008
Jaysen Basnight Police Officer Black male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Michael Butler Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
John Fogelman Detective White male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Leandro Castro Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2006
Anthony Andino Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Patrick Gaines Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2004
Ralph Gonzalez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2006
Victor Rosa Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2011
Christos Deftereos Police Officer White male Black male, 52 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Dustin Genco Detective White male Black male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Douglas Lansing Detective White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2003
Michael Lennihan Sergeant White male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2009
Jorge Ulloa Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Herbert Martin Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Patrick Sullivan Police Officer White male Black female, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Christopher McCormack Lieutenant White male Black female, 16 years old Exonerated 2006
Christopher McCormack Lieutenant White male Black male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Raymond Abreu Detective Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Phillip Atkins Detective Black male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Phillip Atkins Detective Black male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Phillip Atkins Detective Black male Black male, 53 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Phillip Atkins Detective Black male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2010
Phillip Atkins Detective Black male Black female, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
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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