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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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
Gustavo Medina Detective Hispanic male Black male, 36 years old Exonerated 2013
Florencio Arquer Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2013
Kelvin Peralta Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Julio Micheli Detective Hispanic male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
James Conn Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 10 years old Exonerated 2013
James Argila Police Officer White male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 2013
George Allen Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2013
Steven Marshall Detective White male Unknown male, 23 years old Exonerated 2013
Jose Vasquezmiranda Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2013
Michael Muskin Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2013
Joseph Marquez Detective Hispanic male Unknown male, 45 years old Exonerated 2013
Joseph Imperatrice Sergeant White male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2013
Erik Nelson Detective White male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Shkelzen Ahmetaj Detective White male Not available male, 16 years old Exonerated 2013
Matthew Lewis Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2013
Tyler Ehrlein Sergeant White male Asian male, 44 years old Exonerated 2013
John Livingston Detective White male Hispanic male, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Gerald Stlouis Police Officer Black male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2013
Joseph Mcevoy Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2013
Charles Arnone Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Niles Prince Sergeant Black male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2013
James Seder Police Officer White male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2013
Gustavo Ochoa Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 27 years old Exonerated 2013
Jared Rothschild Police Officer White male Black male, 15 years old Exonerated 2013
Roy Abounaoum Police Officer White male White male, 43 years old Exonerated 2013
William Pugliese Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Mark Dibenedetto Sergeant White male Refused male, 38 years old Exonerated 2013
David Grieco Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2013
Robert Deferrari Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2013
Gilbert Barkman Sergeant White male Black female, 26 years old Exonerated 2013
Michael Fitzgibbon Police Officer White male Black male, 45 years old Exonerated 2013
Scott Lieneck Detective White male Unknown male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Stephen Allocca Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 59 years old Exonerated 2013
Stephen Berardi Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2013
Patrick Thompson Police Officer White male Refused male, 38 years old Exonerated 2013
Brian Lapp Police Officer White male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Andrew Hayes Police Officer White male Black male, 42 years old Exonerated 2013
Jon Derise Police Officer White male Black female, 33 years old Exonerated 2014
Daniel Golat Police Officer White male Black male, 44 years old Exonerated 2014
Shawn Moynihan Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 41 years old Exonerated 2014
Carlos Pimentel Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 54 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Risel Martinez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 32 years old Exonerated 2014
Benjamin Bello Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 40 years old Exonerated 2014
Derek Almeida Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 55 years old Exonerated 2014
Tyrane Isaac Police Officer Black male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2014
Todd Hansen Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2014
Raymond Abreu Detective Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Steve Lafortune Detective Black male Black male, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Alexis Dejesus Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 17 years old Exonerated 2014
Daniel Beddows Detective White male Black male, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jaysen Basnight Police Officer Black male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Gregory Zakoscielny Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 35 years old Exonerated 2014
Rudy Anzalone Police Officer White male Other Race male, 47 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Thomas Gagliardi Sergeant White male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2014
Novaidul Neon Sergeant Asian male White male, 72 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Andrew Duguid Detective White male Hispanic female, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Anthony Lafemina Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Jonathan Taveras Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Ahsan Zafar Police Officer Asian male Hispanic male, 21 years old Exonerated 2014
Christophe Muller Sergeant White male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2014
Yevgeniy Zaytsev Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Exonerated 2014
Ronald Bolte Lieutenant White male Unknown male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jason Deonarinesingh Sergeant Black male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jason Deonarinesingh Sergeant Black male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Matthew Vorraro Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Alban Kalaj Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Brian Mchenry Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Andrew Ho Police Officer Asian male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2014
Bekim Kalicovic Lieutenant White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Timothy Rizzo Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Christophe Cruzado Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2014
Kelvin Peralta Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 45 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Erick Flores Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Michael Rivera Detective Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2014
Darrien King Sergeant Black male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Brian Coffey Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 48 years old Exonerated 2014
Luke Denesopolis Sergeant White male Black female, 30 years old Exonerated 2014
Brian Coffey Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Stephen Faber Sergeant White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Eric Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic male White female, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Ronald Luparello Detective White male Black male, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Dervent Williams Sergeant Black male Hispanic male, 21 years old Exonerated 2014
William Reddin Police Officer White male Black female, 45 years old Exonerated 2014
Matthew Lewis Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Brian Volpi Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2014
Anthony Wright Detective Black male Unknown male, 17 years old Exonerated 2014
Louis Marinacci Police Officer White male Unknown male, 17 years old Exonerated 2014
Stephen Loschiavo Police Officer White male Unknown male, 24 years old Exonerated 2014
David Leonardi Sergeant White male Black male, 44 years old Exonerated 2014
Diery Louis Police Officer Black male Black female, 45 years old Exonerated 2014
Oscar Wdowiak Police Officer White male Black female, 37 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2014
Anatoli Eltsov Police Officer White male White male, 36 years old Exonerated 2014
Juan Torres Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 16 years old Exonerated 2014
Matthew Mozdziak Police Officer White male Black male, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
John Zamot Detective Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2015
James Delumen Detective White male Black male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Joel Crooms Police Officer Black male Black female, 67 years old Exonerated 2015
Gregory Smith Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2015
Gregory Smith Police Officer White male Black male, 13 years old Exonerated 2015
Andre Teterycz Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 37 years old Exonerated 2015
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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