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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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
Michael Ernst Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Luis Robles Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Bryan Carney Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 28 years old Exonerated 2010
Jason Brunson Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Christophe Salamone Police Officer White male Black male, 38 years old Exonerated 2010
Matthew Vorraro Police Officer White male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2010
Frank Muirhead Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 41 years old Exonerated 2010
Henry Henriquez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2010
Martin Costello Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 41 years old Exonerated 2010
Stephen Ward Police Officer White male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Philip Vaccarino Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2010
Lahmar Sanders Police Officer Black male Black male, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2010
Christophe Ianno Police Officer White male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 2010
Anthony Romero Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 43 years old Exonerated 2010
Gina Denardo Police Officer White female Unknown male Exonerated 2010
Christophe Ianno Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2010
Radoslaw Terepka Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Exonerated 2010
Ramon Hernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 14 years old Exonerated 2010
Elvis Duran Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Eric Dym Sergeant White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2010
Derek Wilkins Police Officer White male Black female, 52 years old Exonerated 2010
Christophe Esposito Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2010
Jon Derise Police Officer White male Black male, 61 years old Exonerated 2010
Paul Chierico Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2010
Scott Sanseverino Police Officer White male Black female, 23 years old Exonerated 2010
Brian Goldberg Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 36 years old Exonerated 2010
Joseph Fernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Michael Geraldi Police Officer White male White male, 25 years old Exonerated 2010
Theohari Koumniotes Police Officer White male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Joseph Fernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 44 years old Exonerated 2010
Dominick Nasso Police Officer White male Refused female, 20 years old Exonerated 2010
Genry Cobos Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 46 years old Exonerated 2010
Thornton Booker Police Officer Black male Black female, 52 years old Exonerated 2010
William Larkin Sergeant White male Black male, 15 years old Exonerated 2010
Dominick Nasso Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Martin Gimenez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Michael Gibbs Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 15 years old Exonerated 2010
Christophe Cunha Lieutenant White male Black male, 47 years old Exonerated 2010
Amit Dua Police Officer Asian male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2010
Amit Dua Police Officer Asian male Black female, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Amit Dua Police Officer Asian male Black female, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Andrew Beirne Police Officer White male Other Race male, 19 years old Exonerated 2010
Joseph Fernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 47 years old Exonerated 2010
Christophe Lembo Police Officer White male Black female, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Yezenia Wagner Police Officer Hispanic female Other Race female, 41 years old Exonerated 2010
Eric Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 14 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Andre Blake Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Ralph Remy Police Officer Black male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2010
Ralph Remy Police Officer Black male Not available male, 21 years old Exonerated 2010
Ronald Hobson Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 39 years old Exonerated 2010
Angelo Pizzarro Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Gaspar Sciacca Detective White male Hispanic male, 32 years old Exonerated 2010
Gregory Pekera Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
John Ryan Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2010
Andre Blake Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Eric Healy Police Officer Black male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Thomas Gagliardi Sergeant White male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2010
Johnny Mitchell Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 35 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2010
Daniel Gukelberger Police Officer White male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2010
Justin Ellis Police Officer White male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2010
Patrick Dooley Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2010
Steven Weiss Lieutenant White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2010
Derek Sambolin Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2010
Diana Pichardo Sergeant Hispanic female Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2010
Eric Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2010
Joseph Redmond Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Alexis Dejesus Police Officer Hispanic male Refused male, 35 years old Exonerated 2010
Fitzroy Vigilance Sergeant Black male Black male, 39 years old Exonerated 2010
Robert Castro Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 58 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Scott Blennau Police Officer White male Black male, 53 years old Exonerated 2010
Kevin Breen Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Lissette Torres Police Officer Hispanic female Hispanic male, 31 years old Exonerated 2010
Kaisser Surriga Police Officer Asian male Hispanic male, 19 years old Exonerated 2010
Benjamin White Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 14 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2010
Steven Ramunno Police Officer White male Refused male, 35 years old Exonerated 2010
David Barker Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2010
Felix Arana Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 35 years old Exonerated 2010
Jens Maldonado Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2010
James Miles Police Officer Black male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Hemadeh Fattah Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Hemadeh Fattah Police Officer White male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2010
Tyler Ruthizer Police Officer White male White male, 27 years old Exonerated 2010
Tyler Ruthizer Police Officer White male White male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Steve Lafortune Detective Black male Hispanic female, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Milton Sanchez Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 42 years old Exonerated 2010
Jason Korpolinski Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 39 years old Exonerated 2010
Joseph Azevedo Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 42 years old Exonerated 2010
Alfredo Brewster Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2010
Irene Bonicadelgado Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Gustavo Medina Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 21 years old Exonerated 2010
Charesse Davis Police Officer Black female Black female, 32 years old Exonerated 2010
Thomas Ramirez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 13 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Kris Kalmanowicz Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 32 years old Exonerated 2010
Michael Greaney Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Michael Gonzalez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Michael Greaney Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Patrick Dooley Police Officer White male Black male, 37 years old Exonerated 2010
Michael Gonzalez Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 22 years old Exonerated 2010
Anthony Demonte Sergeant White male Black male, 55 years old Exonerated 2010
Charles Davis Police Officer Black male Black female, 19 years old Exonerated 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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