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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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
Tracey Duncan Police Officer Black male Black male, 16 years old Exonerated 2011
Claudio Ramirez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Steven Malone Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Carlos Martinez Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Michele Herbst Police Officer White female Black male, 36 years old Exonerated 2011
Sasha Rosen Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Christophe Denny Police Officer Black male Black male, 59 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Rashan Lacoste Police Officer Black male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2011
Andrew Buck Police Officer White male Unknown male, 25 years old Exonerated 2011
Robert Zontini Police Officer White male Unknown male, 25 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Paul Brauer Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2011
Leo Ma Police Officer Asian male White female, 20 years old Exonerated 2011
Forrest Hirsch Police Officer White male Black male, 13 years old Exonerated 2011
Anna Serrano Sergeant Hispanic female Hispanic female, 56 years old Exonerated 2011
Gabriel Baaith Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 46 years old Exonerated 2011
John Bellico Detective White male White male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Jack Dagnese Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Carlos Cano Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2011
Melchor Alban Police Officer Asian male Black male, 51 years old Exonerated 2011
Alberto Pizarro Detective Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Patrick Jean Police Officer Black male Black male, 52 years old Exonerated 2011
Manuel Perez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Carlos Santiago Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 30 years old Exonerated 2011
Alexander Bobo Police Officer Black male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2011
Joseph Stynes Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Carlos Fabara Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 14 years old Exonerated 2011
Kevin Houst Police Officer White male Black female, 23 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Carlos Fabara Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 25 years old Exonerated 2011
Steven Ramunno Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Jonauld Guest Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 34 years old Exonerated 2011
Claudio Ramirez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Shibu Madhu Police Officer Asian male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2011
Annmarie Guerra Police Officer Hispanic female Not available male, 15 years old Exonerated 2011
Alex Toro Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2011
Lydia Figueroa Police Officer Hispanic female Black male, 56 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Vitaliy Zelikov Sergeant White male Black female, 25 years old Exonerated 2011
Carlos Velez Detective Hispanic male White male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Wesley Fradera Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 38 years old Exonerated 2011
Angel Vasquez Sergeant Hispanic male Black female, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Vitaliy Zelikov Sergeant White male Not available Unsubstantiated 2011
William Taylor Captain White male Black male, 50 years old Exonerated 2011
Vitaliy Zelikov Sergeant White male Black male, 14 years old Exonerated 2011
Essence Jackson Police Officer Black male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Frank Muirhead Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 27 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Carlos Delgado Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Brian Green Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 68 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Dmaine Freeland Police Officer Black male Asian male, 27 years old Exonerated 2011
Luis Martinez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Mark Vazquez Sergeant Hispanic male Black female, 24 years old Exonerated 2011
Derek Almeida Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 36 years old Exonerated 2011
Jerry Sukhnandan Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2011
Trifon Anagnostos Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 33 years old Exonerated 2011
James Hart Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Keith Chatterton Police Officer White male Black female, 20 years old Exonerated 2011
John Musante Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Wilding Aguasanta Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Martin Costello Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 27 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
John Musante Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 43 years old Exonerated 2011
Michael Kramer Police Officer White male Unknown male, 44 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Victor Rosario Detective Hispanic male Black male, 62 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Michael Kramer Police Officer White male Black female, 33 years old Exonerated 2011
Salvatore Tevere Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 35 years old Exonerated 2011
Joseph Fernandez Detective Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Willie Johnson Detective Black male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Francesco Allevato Police Officer White male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2011
Robert Hawreluk Police Officer White male Black female, 51 years old Exonerated 2011
Michael Pomerantz Police Officer White male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Aaron Lohman Police Officer White male Black male, 54 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Brian Lauler Police Officer White male White male, 20 years old Exonerated 2011
Jared Tepperman Detective White male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2011
Daniel Zollo Sergeant White male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Daniel Ludemann Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 44 years old Exonerated 2011
Christophe Crain Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Jose Caban Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 39 years old Exonerated 2011
Edwin Ayala Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 30 years old Exonerated 2011
Troy Peacock Police Officer Black male Black male, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Melissa Joss Police Officer White female Hispanic female, 56 years old Exonerated 2011
Steven Green Captain White male Black male, 44 years old Exonerated 2011
Rhea Tiwary Police Officer Asian female White male, 29 years old Exonerated 2011
Nicholas Horun Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 30 years old Exonerated 2011
Jay Rivera Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 53 years old Exonerated 2011
Nicholas Horun Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 45 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Joseph Stynes Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Ray Dutton Police Officer White male Not available Exonerated 2011
Adam Acosta Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Cynthia Rodriguez Sergeant Hispanic female Black male, 18 years old Exonerated 2011
Ramon Hernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2011
Ramon Hernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 57 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Ramon Hernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Ramon Hernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Matthew Lewis Police Officer White male Black female, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Hemadeh Fattah Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2011
Yevgeniy Zaytsev Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2011
Angel Rolon Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2011
Kevin Houst Police Officer White male Black female, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Jose Garcia Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 22 years old Exonerated 2011
Robert King Sergeant White male Unknown male, 34 years old Exonerated 2011
Joseph Viggiano Detective White male Black female, 45 years old Exonerated 2011
Michael Guzzino Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Exonerated 2011
Herawattie Jeeuth Police Officer Asian female Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
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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