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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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.

Force: Gun Pointed

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
Anthony Gulotta Sergeant White male Black female, 25 years old Exonerated 2011
Dennis Jaeger Police Officer White male Black female, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Mark Vazquez Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 54 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Eric Samuels Sergeant Black male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Dennis Friendly Detective Black male Black female, 23 years old Exonerated 2011
Dion Edwards Detective Black male Black male, 46 years old Exonerated 2011
James Giamboi Police Officer White male Black male, 48 years old Exonerated 2011
Vitaliy Zelikov Sergeant White male Not available Unsubstantiated 2011
Charles Gove Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Vitaliy Zelikov Sergeant White male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Carlos Cano Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 45 years old Exonerated 2011
Steven Lopez Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2011
Lawrence Fiorello Sergeant White male Black male, 46 years old Exonerated 2011
Trifon Anagnostos Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 33 years old Exonerated 2011
Victor Rosa Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2011
Essence Jackson Police Officer Black male White male, 51 years old Exonerated 2011
Matthew Mccoy Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 29 years old Exonerated 2011
Bilal Ates Police Officer White male White female, 38 years old Exonerated 2011
Robert Reed Police Officer White male Black female, 40 years old Exonerated 2011
Justin Simms Police Officer White male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Anthony Andino Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Patrick Quigley Sergeant White male White male, 57 years old Exonerated 2010
Steven Ramunno Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 35 years old Exonerated 2010
Albert Rodriguez Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 41 years old Exonerated 2010
Robert Belle Police Officer White male Not available male, 30 years old Exonerated 2010
Miguel Pierre Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2010
Francis Bryant Sergeant Black male Hispanic male, 24 years old Exonerated 2010
Dmitry Durets Sergeant White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2010
Vitaliy Zelikov Sergeant White male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2010
Burt Antoine Police Officer Black male Black male, 42 years old Exonerated 2010
William Tergesen Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2010
Daniel Barreto Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
William Glynn Sergeant White male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2010
Mark Vazquez Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 53 years old Exonerated 2010
Sophia Clarke Sergeant Black female Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Richard Tarver Police Officer Black male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 2010
Todd Keyes Police Officer White male White male, 16 years old Exonerated 2010
Joseph Albertini Police Officer White male White male, 50 years old Exonerated 2010
Robert Barnett Sergeant White male White male, 44 years old Exonerated 2010
Phillip Atkins Detective Black male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2010
Matthew Zito Detective White male Not available Exonerated 2010
Michael Cintron Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 16 years old Exonerated 2010
Gregory Pekera Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Tyrone Thompson Police Officer Black male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
David Cowan Detective White male Hispanic male, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Brian Holshek Police Officer White male Black male, 46 years old Exonerated 2010
Damon Martin Sergeant Black male Hispanic male, 19 years old Exonerated 2010
Edward Moore Police Officer White male Black male, 15 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2010
Michael Whiteman Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2010
David Barker Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2010
Essence Jackson Police Officer Black male Black male, 18 years old Exonerated 2010
John Lindsey Detective Black male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Stephen Jones Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 33 years old Exonerated 2010
Jorge Tavarez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2010
Marcin Drozniak Police Officer White male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2010
Joseph Azevedo Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Cesar Cid Police Officer Hispanic male Not available Unsubstantiated 2009
Michael White Sergeant Black male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2009
Jamaal Miller Police Officer Black male Black male, 47 years old Exonerated 2009
Kevin Gallagher Lieutenant White male Not available Unsubstantiated 2009
Joseph Spalding Detective Black male Black female, 29 years old Exonerated 2009
Rolando Carbonell Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 15 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Mack Lipinski Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2009
Vincent Trozzi Police Officer White male Other Race male, 42 years old Exonerated 2009
Juan Quiroz Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 18 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Nathaniel Anthony Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 39 years old Exonerated 2009
Maria Bocachica Police Officer Hispanic female Hispanic female, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Joel Rosenthal Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2009
Phillip Atkins Detective Black male Black female, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Jose Vasquezmiranda Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Alexandros Kalogiros Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2009
Michael Ernst Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 35 years old Exonerated 2009
Miguel Iglesias Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 39 years old Exonerated 2009
Nicholas Ventimiglia Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2009
Angel Arroyo Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic female, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Anthony Proscia Police Officer White male Black male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Franklyn Sepulveda Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Michael Cusumano Police Officer White male White male, 41 years old Exonerated 2009
David Sammarco Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2009
Phillip Atkins Detective Black male Black male, 53 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Frank Galati Detective White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Andy Cruz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2009
David Afanador Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2009
Dennis Jaeger Police Officer White male Black male, 53 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Michael Lennihan Sergeant White male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2009
Jason Forgione Detective White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2008
Nathan Mole Sergeant Black male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2008
Dominick Vasaturo Police Officer White male Black female, 46 years old Exonerated 2008
Jay Rivera Police Officer Hispanic male Not available Exonerated 2008
Jose Caban Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2008
Michael Raso Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
Kaisser Surriga Police Officer Asian male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2008
Sean Mchugh Sergeant White male Unknown male, 20 years old Exonerated 2008
Shapiro Lecorps Police Officer Black male Black male, 45 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2008
Justin Cracchiola Police Officer White male Other Race male, 24 years old Exonerated 2008
Patrick Cain Sergeant White male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2008
Nino Lama Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Patrick Sullivan Police Officer White male Black female, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Christopher McCormack Lieutenant White male Hispanic male Unsubstantiated 2008
Jorge Torres Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 35 years old Exonerated 2008
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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