The NYPD Files
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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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
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 |
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James Mccullough | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Shartisia Steward | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Michael Kelly | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 39 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Sharif Portee | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Fernando Espindola | Detective | Hispanic male | Refused male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Shane Killilea | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Ignazio Conca | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Frank Laquidara | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Victor Reyes | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Franky Joseph | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 47 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Richard Vetrano | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Christophe Kearney | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Luke Denesopolis | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Robert Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Brian Holshek | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male | Exonerated | 2009 |
Jeffrey Arceo | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Christophe Kearney | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 51 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Michael Ernst | Police Officer | White male | White male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Daniel Baca | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Brian Stanley | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 49 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
Tyler Ruthizer | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Juan Pichardo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Rafael Perdomo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 15 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Mark Oconnell | Detective | White male | Other Race male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Asad Anwar | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
Nestor Velez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Jeffrey Arceo | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic female, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Michael Fahmy | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Adrian Ramos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Sean Mccarren | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Thomas Moroney | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Thomas Moroney | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Adrian Ramos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Michael Lennihan | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Kevin Mockel | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Daniel Barreto | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Kevin Mockel | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 51 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Paul Gaglio | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Sean Mccarren | Police Officer | White male | Unknown female | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Juan Pichardo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Frank Desiderato | Police Officer | White male | White male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Felix Acosta | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Rafael Iturralde | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
David Small | Detective | Black male | Black female, 53 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Gerasimos Pyramides | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Jason Tejada | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Elvis Alcivar | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 53 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Anthony Proscia | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Terrell Anderson | Sergeant | Black male | Hispanic male, 15 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Matthew Mccoy | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Leonardo Deoliveira | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Richard Gadson | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Christophe White | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Derek Epstein | Police Officer | White male | White male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Anthony Proscia | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Chad Mack | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Sasha Rosen | Sergeant | White male | Not available male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Ramon Santos | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Rolando Carbonell | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 15 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Elvis Cole | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Andy Cruz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Jonathan Lovera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Wilson Verdesoto | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Wilson Verdesoto | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Wilson Verdesoto | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Dustin Edwards | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Jason Sharp | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Randy Rose | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Andy Cruz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 61 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Jordan Castro | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Angela Polancobrito | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic female, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Charles Gove | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 15 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Railyng Frias | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 47 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Andy Cruz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Michael Mchugh | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Scott Rizzo | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Christophe Eastmond | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 63 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Andy Cruz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Victor Defense | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Brian Shevitz | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
Miguel Iglesias | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 47 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Felix Graciani | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Fabio Nunez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Stanley Przedwiecki | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Robert King | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
John Roberts | Detective | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Nathaniel Anthony | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 39 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Nathaniel Anthony | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 47 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Migdalia Ramos | Police Officer | Hispanic female | White male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Paul Mcmahon | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Gerald Heanue | Detective | White male | Black female, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Steven Gabaris | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Thomas Napolitano | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 14 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Tsz Kwan | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Eric Collazo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Randy Rose | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Keith Weber | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Robert Roda | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Michael Friedman | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Orvin Feliciano | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 20 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.