Force: PHYSICAL FORCE - The NYPD Files

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

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
Starlin Dominguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2008
Kevin Martin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2008
Brian Brannigan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2008
Chad Mack	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2008
Adam Helschein	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2008
Michael Szczecinski	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2008
Karanlall Brijbukhan	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jay Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2008
Daniel Cross	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2008
Zoilo Encarnacion	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 63 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Daniel Young	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2008
Francisco Perez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2008
Angela Polancobrito	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2008
Shawn Phillips	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2008
Alexis Aguirre	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Sean Mchugh	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2008
Anthony Proscia	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Ryan Dowling	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Kevin Mazza	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2008
Joseph Schwaner	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Karanlall Brijbukhan	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Sean Mchugh	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2008
Guy Gargano	Police Officer	White male	White male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
James Lagaris	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2008
Gustavo Medina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2008
Gene Etoria	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2008
Dion Edwards	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2008
Roberto Suarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Darrin Smalls	Police Officer	Black male	Not available male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2008
Dion Edwards	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2008
Frankie Soler	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2008
Matthew Wright	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Matthew Wright	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2008
Filastin Srour	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2008
Theresa Callahan	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 35 years old	Exonerated	2008
Eric Ruiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Dion Edwards	Detective	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Robert Roda	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2008
Frank Bulzoni	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2008
Derrick Boyd	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2008
Isaac Branch	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jerry Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Miguel Leon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 80 years old	Exonerated	2008
Frank Bulzoni	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jason Reynolds	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Thomas Marksberry	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Alex Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2008
Daniel Sarrubbo	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2008
James Mahoney	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 34 years old	Exonerated	2008
William Diab	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Bryan Zuccaro	Detective	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
James Mahoney	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
James Mahoney	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
James Mahoney	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2008
Andre Figueiredo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2008
James Mahoney	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2008
Brian Ellensohn	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jose Acevedo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Edgar Padilla	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2008
Keith Cheng	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Exonerated	2008
James Mahoney	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Orlando Colon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2008
Michael Cousinhayes	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2008
Juan Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Brendan Egan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Thomas Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Stephen Sheppard	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
James Whitlock	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2008
Gregg Minardi	Police Officer	White male	White male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2008
Karanlall Brijbukhan	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Brian Stanley	Police Officer	White male	White male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2008
Joseph Ross	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Ramiro Ruiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Tsz Kwan	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2008
Steven Ramunno	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2009
Steven Ramunno	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Forrest Hirsch	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 17 years old	Exonerated	2009
Erik Depasquale	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2009
Luis Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2009
Thomas Diggs	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Shibu Madhu	Police Officer	Asian male	Black female, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Dennis Westbrook	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Anthony Leitao	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2009
Andrew Kamna	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2009
Victor Cardona	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Shibu Madhu	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2009
Mourad Arslanbeck	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Joseph Weldon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2009
Luis Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2009
Daniel Zollo	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2009
Trevor Baronette	Detective	Black male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Trevor Baronette	Detective	Black male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jason Cira	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2009
Brenton Cole	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Joseph Weldon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jesus Carrillo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Basil Omisanya	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 48 years old	Exonerated	2009
Roy Secharan	Police Officer	Asian male	White female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2009
Miguel Sanchez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Sandy Polanco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2009

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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.