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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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 Fernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 44 years old Exonerated 2010
Martin Gimenez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Emile Provencher Sergeant White male Black male, 13 years old Exonerated 2010
Joseph Fernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Dominick Nasso Police Officer White male Refused female, 20 years old Exonerated 2010
Dominick Nasso Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Kelvin Peralta Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Elvis Duran Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Eric Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 14 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Anthony Demonte Sergeant White male Black male, 55 years old Exonerated 2010
Michael Loeffel Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Alexander Grandstaff Detective White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Eric Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2010
John Pirando Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 34 years old Exonerated 2010
Derek Sambolin Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2010
Jose Ortiz Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Jose Ortiz Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Kevin Mockel Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 27 years old Exonerated 2010
David Barker Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2010
Andre Blake Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Andre Blake Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Daniel Barreto Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Daniel Barreto Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Elvin Gomez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Joseph Barbella Police Officer White male White male, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Felix Acosta Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Angelo Pizzarro Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Robert Barnett Sergeant White male White male, 44 years old Exonerated 2010
James Miles Police Officer Black male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Felix Acosta Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2010
Victor Rosa Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Victor Rosa Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 20 years old Exonerated 2010
Johnny Mitchell Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 35 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2010
Ronald Hobson Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 39 years old Exonerated 2010
Justin Ellis Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2010
Leonardo Deoliveira Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Christophe White Police Officer White male Black female, 27 years old Exonerated 2010
Lissette Torres Police Officer Hispanic female Hispanic male, 31 years old Exonerated 2010
Jeremy Banfield Police Officer White male Black male, 53 years old Exonerated 2010
James Mckenna Police Officer White male Black male, 53 years old Exonerated 2010
Matthew Moschetto Police Officer White male Black male, 38 years old Exonerated 2010
Diana Pichardo Sergeant Hispanic female Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2010
Ramon Santos Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 17 years old Exonerated 2010
Thomas Smith Police Officer White male White male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Milton Sanchez Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 42 years old Exonerated 2010
Jaysen Basnight Police Officer Black male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Kaisser Surriga Police Officer Asian male Hispanic male, 19 years old Exonerated 2010
Eric Healy Police Officer Black male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Alvin Pizarro Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2010
Thomas Ramirez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 13 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Felix Graciani Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 27 years old Exonerated 2010
Edwin Ching Sergeant Asian male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2010
Natalia Diaz Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Ahmad Shaheed Police Officer Black male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Patrick Dooley Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2010
Gennaro Russo Detective White male Black female, 53 years old Exonerated 2010
Yoosup Shim Police Officer Asian male Hispanic female, 15 years old Exonerated 2010
Patrick Dooley Police Officer White male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 2010
Alfredo Brewster Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2010
Daniel Gukelberger Police Officer White male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2010
Joseph Fernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 47 years old Exonerated 2010
Kevin Breen Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Miguel Pierre Police Officer Hispanic male White female, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Tsz Kwan Police Officer Asian male Black male, 15 years old Exonerated 2010
Thomas Napolitano Police Officer White male Black male, 18 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2010
Miguel Pierre Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 61 years old Exonerated 2010
Robert Roda Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2010
Christophe Salamone Police Officer White male Black male, 38 years old Exonerated 2010
Charles Cavallaro Police Officer White male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2010
Michael Pitkewicz Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2010
Paul Rivera Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
James Astuto Police Officer White male Black female, 38 years old Exonerated 2010
Carlos Cano Police Officer Hispanic male Black male Exonerated 2010
Robert Castro Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 58 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
John Cascone Police Officer White male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
James Romano Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 35 years old Exonerated 2010
Christian Addison Sergeant White male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2010
William Tergesen Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2010
Michael Demonda Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2010
Cecilio Ramos Police Officer White male Black male, 42 years old Exonerated 2010
Raymond Kwong Sergeant Asian male Black female, 29 years old Exonerated 2010
Tyler Ruthizer Police Officer White male White male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Wilmar Mejia Detective Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2010
Tyler Ruthizer Police Officer White male White male, 27 years old Exonerated 2010
Felix Arana Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 35 years old Exonerated 2010
Michael Carleo Police Officer White male Black female, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Charesse Davis Police Officer Black female Black female, 32 years old Exonerated 2010
Jason Korpolinski Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 39 years old Exonerated 2010
Emrah Ates Police Officer White male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2010
Carlos Segovia Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 44 years old Exonerated 2010
Kevin Tresham Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2010
Joseph Azevedo Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 42 years old Exonerated 2010
Irene Bonicadelgado Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Stephen Dimassa Police Officer White male Unknown male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Steven Glassman Police Officer White male White male, 67 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Rafael Perdomo Police Officer Hispanic male Not available Unsubstantiated 2010
Kevin Judge Sergeant White male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2010
James Titus Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Anthony Cimmino Police Officer White male Asian female, 53 years old Exonerated 2010
Anis Nikocevic Police Officer White male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
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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