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
Jonathan Hom	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2011
James Zozzaro	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Kelly	Detective	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2011
Gary Leite	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2011
Steven Green	Captain	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Steven Green	Captain	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Joseph Durante	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Matthew Escudero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2011
Ryan Dowling	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Brendan Dono	Police Officer	White male	White female, 48 years old	Exonerated	2011
John Livingston	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
John Livingston	Detective	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2011
Bogdan Tabor	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jose Villafane	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2011
Christian Addison	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2011
Stephen Espinoza	Captain	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Eric Downes	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 11 years old	Exonerated	2011
Ricardo Bocachica	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Sean Downes	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jeffrey Fitterman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
Brian Holshek	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Dennis Friendly	Detective	Black male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Nathan Mole	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Nathan Mole	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic female, 51 years old	Exonerated	2011
Daniel Castronova	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2011
Orlando Phillip	Police Officer	Black male	White female, 47 years old	Exonerated	2011
Michael Raso	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Henry Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2011
William Larkin	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Paul Robinson	Detective	Black male	Black male, 65 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Steven Lopez	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Daniel Acosta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Christophe Schmidt	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2011
Michael Raso	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Stephen Polesovsky	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2011
Stephen Polesovsky	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2011
Allan Taeza	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2011
Erick Larios	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2011
Humberto Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Humberto Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Smith	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
Barbara Fischer	Sergeant	White female	White male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jeremy Veit	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Dominick Raso	Police Officer	White male	White male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Dominick Raso	Police Officer	White male	White male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2011
Ryan Bracconeri	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jorge Tavarez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Joseph Scialabba	Detective	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2011
Kalifa Diomande	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Francisco Pina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Stacey Robinson	Police Officer	Black female	White male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Salvatore Lopiccolo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2011
Fitzroy Vigilance	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2011
Julio Lasalle	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2011
Antonio Santana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2011
Lawrence Perrotta	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Yoosup Shim	Police Officer	Asian male	Black female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Joey Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Franklyn Sepulveda	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2011
Matthew Monahan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Carlos Vazquez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Justin Puccia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2011
Adnan Radoncic	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Daniel Cea	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2011
Philip Rivera	Captain	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
Adnan Radoncic	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
James Zozzaro	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Louis Dambrosio	Detective	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2011
Louis Dambrosio	Detective	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Hariton Marachilian	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male	Exonerated	2011
Michael Demonda	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Greg Vallerugo	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Eric Francis	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2011
John Zamot	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2011
Gerasimos Pyramides	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2011
Mervin Montalban	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Yoosup Shim	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2011
Robert Zontini	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2011
Harish Mansharamani	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
Harish Mansharamani	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Pitkewicz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Pitkewicz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
James Famiano	Police Officer	White male	White female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Brian Mccloskey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Daniel Castronova	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Joseph King	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2011
Scott Berger	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Gustavo Medina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2011
Scott Berger	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2011
Adam Dumelle	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2011
Henry Lopez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2011
Adam Dumelle	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Kaz Daughtry	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Daniel Guida	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2011
Tracey Duncan	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2011
Thomas Martilla	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Claudio Ramirez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2011
Shibu Madhu	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2011
David Caro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Asian male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Michael Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2011

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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.