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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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

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
2,239
Complaints
3,790
Allegations
4,849

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
Joseph Scialabba Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2005
Fabio Nunez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 28 years old Exonerated 2005
James Mahoney Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Michael Sykora Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Exonerated 2005
Harvin Hart Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 26 years old Exonerated 2005
Michael Kelly Police Officer White male Unknown female, 22 years old Exonerated 2005
Carlos Velez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 45 years old Exonerated 2005
Melvin Moultrie Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2005
Thomas Wright Police Officer Black male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Luis Robles Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2005
Anand Bhoj Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Freddy Dominguez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Jesus Capo Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Oscar Fernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Not available male Exonerated 2005
Thomas Passolo Police Officer White male Black female, 15 years old Exonerated 2005
Luis Robles Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2005
Paul Pizzuta Sergeant White male Black male, 48 years old Exonerated 2005
Steve Tirado Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 31 years old Exonerated 2005
Patrick Ryan Police Officer White male Not available female, 25 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Niles Prince Police Officer Black male Black male, 15 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Niles Prince Police Officer Black male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Patrick Ryan Police Officer White male Not available female, 25 years old Exonerated 2006
Paul Gaglio Lieutenant White male Unknown male, 19 years old Exonerated 2006
Michael Edmonds Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Vaughan Ettienne Police Officer Black male Other Race male, 46 years old Exonerated 2006
Jeremy Demarco Police Officer White male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2006
Norman Grandstaff Sergeant White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2006
Jeremy Demarco Police Officer White male Not available male, 28 years old Exonerated 2006
Osvaldo Nunez Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic female, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Osvaldo Nunez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2006
Denisha Pierre Police Officer Black female Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Rob Lewis Police Officer Black male Hispanic female, 29 years old Exonerated 2006
Robert Barnett Sergeant White male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2006
Arturo Muia Police Officer White male Other Race male, 12 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Arturo Muia Police Officer White male Other Race male, 12 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Frank Danzi Police Officer White male White male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Christos Deftereos Police Officer White male Black male, 45 years old Exonerated 2006
Mike Civil Police Officer Black male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Ricardo Bocachica Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Mike Civil Police Officer Black male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Floretta Chow Police Officer Black female White female, 42 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Patrick Smith Police Officer American Indian male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Michael Lazarou Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 23 years old Exonerated 2006
Kaz Daughtry Police Officer Black male Other Race male, 38 years old Exonerated 2006
Edward Barry Sergeant White male Hispanic female, 28 years old Exonerated 2006
Mike Civil Police Officer Black male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2006
Kenneth Vencak Police Officer White male Not available Exonerated 2006
Richard Dixon Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2006
Mike Civil Police Officer Black male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Joe Chen Police Officer Asian male Black male, 18 years old Exonerated 2006
Nicholas Albano Police Officer White male Black male, 15 years old Exonerated 2006
Shane Killilea Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2006
Michael Miller Sergeant White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2006
Michael Miller Sergeant White male Black male, 18 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Mike Civil Police Officer Black male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2006
Cornelius Oshea Police Officer White male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2006
Phillip Atkins Detective Black male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Sean Higgins Police Officer White male Black female, 52 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
James Haviland Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2006
Ralph Gonzalez Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 37 years old Exonerated 2006
Theodore Lauterborn Lieutenant White male Black female, 28 years old Exonerated 2006
Andrew Lipari Police Officer White male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2006
Justin Simms Police Officer White male White male, 52 years old Exonerated 2006
Ralph Gonzalez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2006
Andrew Lipari Police Officer White male Black male, 56 years old Exonerated 2006
Frank Galati Police Officer White male Black male, 38 years old Exonerated 2006
Robert Nugent Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 21 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2006
Patrick Cortright Lieutenant White male Black male, 18 years old Exonerated 2006
Michael Scoloveno Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Exonerated 2006
Theodore Lauterborn Lieutenant White male Black female, 20 years old Exonerated 2006
Nicholas Horun Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2006
James Lyons Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2006
Christopher McCormack Lieutenant White male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2006
Colin Higgins Police Officer White male Black male, 15 years old Exonerated 2006
Paul Brauer Police Officer White male Black male, 16 years old Exonerated 2006
Kirth Buckley Police Officer Hispanic male White female, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
David Sammarco Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Michael Scoloveno Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2006
Mike Civil Police Officer Black male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2006
Ralph Gonzalez Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Christos Deftereos Police Officer White male Black male, 13 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Washington Zurita Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Christophe Friscia Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Exonerated 2006
Washington Zurita Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2006
Bradley Field Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 37 years old Exonerated 2006
David Sammarco Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Washington Zurita Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2006
Patrick Cherry Detective White male Black male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Edmund Rumman Police Officer White male White male, 17 years old Exonerated 2006
Orin Cox Police Officer Black male Not available Exonerated 2006
Edgard Calderon Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 52 years old Exonerated 2006
Gary Messina Lieutenant White male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2006
Matthew Bourbeau Police Officer White male White male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Lynda Chervoni Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 22 years old Exonerated 2006
Eddy Gutierrez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Theresa Callahan Police Officer White female Black female, 17 years old Exonerated 2006
Matthew Francis Detective White male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2006
Kevin Casey Police Officer White male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2006
Jaime Pedraza Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2006
Anthony Cimmino Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2006
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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