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
Willus Murray	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Richard Hyde	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2002
Anthony Demonte	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Christophe Lawrence	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Brian Farrelly	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Oswaldo Carrion	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Kevin Matthews	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Kevin Matthews	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Luis Robles	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2002
Joseph Brunetti	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2002
Timothy Skretch	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2002
Kevin Matthews	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2002
Michael Goldreyer	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Nico Hewitt	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2002
Michael Oconnor	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Exonerated	2002
Joseph Mineo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Brian Mullen	Sergeant	White male	White male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2002
Norman Grandstaff	Police Officer	White male	White male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Joseph Mineo	Police Officer	White male	Not available male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Ramu Hiller	Police Officer	Asian male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Joseph Mineo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Curtis Crystal	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Luis Bellapianta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 26 years old	Exonerated	2002
Michael Mendez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Christophe Valis	Sergeant	White male	Asian male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Michael Sikos	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
William Buchanan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2002
Daniel Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Paul Deentremont	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Scott Henderson	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Curtis Crystal	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2002
Timothy Heines	Detective	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2002
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2002
Eleodoro Mata	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2002
Angel Arroyo	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2002
John Mcdonnell	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2002
Kieran Fox	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2002
Paul Deentremont	Captain	White male	Black female, 13 years old	Exonerated	2002
Sekou Bourne	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2002
Willie Johnson	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2002
Daniel Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Luis Cabrera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2002
Miguel Sanchez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2002
James Ecker	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2002
Paul Deentremont	Captain	White male	Black female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2002
Curtis Crystal	Sergeant	White male	White male, 62 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Jorge Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2002
John Massari	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 18 years old	Exonerated	2002
Jorge Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Justin Dengler	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2002
Robert Kelly	Police Officer	White male	White male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2002
Patrick Brown	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Mark Holder	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2002
Mark Oconnell	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2002
John Massari	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available female	Exonerated	2002
Phillip Reyes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Anthony Russo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2002
Johnpaul Slater	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2002
Anthony Longobardi	Police Officer	White male	White male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2002
Jesus Capo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2002
Craig Crisfield	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2002
Darnay Harris	Police Officer	Black male	Black male	Exonerated	2002
Edward Barry	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Darnay Harris	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Kurt Jones	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 14 years old	Exonerated	2002
Robert Schierenbeck	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male	Exonerated	2002
Joey Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2002
David Cuce	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2002
David Demelia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Washington Zurita	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2002
Andrew Bershad	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2002
Andrew Puglisi	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2002
Robert Nugent	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2002
Federico Martinez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Andrew Bershad	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Jaime Feliciano	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
James Baez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Orin Cox	Police Officer	Black male	Asian male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2002
Michael Gibbs	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Zoilo Encarnacion	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2002
Orin Cox	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2002
Mark Dipaolo	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 42 years old	Exonerated	2002
John Roberts	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2002
Andrew Bershad	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Thomas Mclaughlin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2002
Christophe Cooke	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Selwyn Fonrose	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2002
Michael Guzzino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2002
Brian Timmons	Police Officer	White male	White male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2002
Sean Walsh	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2002
Jaime Feliciano	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2002
Jeremiah Williams	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 64 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Robert Nugent	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
John Fogelman	Detective	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2002
Brian Depalo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 76 years old	Exonerated	2002
Brian Mchenry	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Herbert Martin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2003
Herbert Martin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2003
Brian Mchenry	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2003

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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.