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
Gabrielle Walls	Police Officer	Black female	Black female	Exonerated	2003
Anthony Demonte	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Frank Palumbo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2003
Harvin Hart	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2003
John Ferrara	Police Officer	White male	Other Race female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2003
Jorge Ulloa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Fabio Nunez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2003
Anthony Demonte	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2003
Alexander Grandstaff	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2003
Joseph Stynes	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Curtis Crystal	Sergeant	White male	White male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
James Mazzola	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2003
Anthony Pizzo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2003
Jose Rodriguez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Norman Grandstaff	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2003
John Restaino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Anthony Pizzo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2003
Norman Grandstaff	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Clifford Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2003
Kevin Matthews	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
John Kealy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2003
Gabrielle Walls	Police Officer	Black female	Black female	Exonerated	2003
Kevin Matthews	Police Officer	White male	Black female	Unsubstantiated	2003
Emilio Melendez	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2003
Paul Deentremont	Captain	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Keith Livingston	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2003
Michael Edmonds	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
William Waldron	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Jose Caban	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Natasha Friday	Police Officer	Black female	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2003
Trevor Baronette	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Orin Cox	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2003
Rafael Vega	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Rafael Vega	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Joseph Hickey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2003
Kieran Creighton	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
William Buchanan	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2003
Louis Leblanc	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2003
Robert Kelly	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2003
Andrew Kinsella	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Richard Currao	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Frederick Reyes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2003
John Quigley	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2003
Jose Caban	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2003
Kevin Matthews	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Robert Mamys	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2003
John Andryuk	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Jose Delrosario	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2003
Trevor Baronette	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2003
Isa Abbassi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2003
Martin Langbein	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Isa Abbassi	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 18 years old	Exonerated	2003
John Lindsey	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2003
Isa Abbassi	Sergeant	White male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2003
Ricardo Nunez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2003
Isa Abbassi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2003
Thomas Kid	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 30 years old	Exonerated	2003
Shawn Gallagher	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Exonerated	2003
Finbarr Fleming	Police Officer	White male	White male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Kevin Mazza	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2003
Kenneth Anderson	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2003
Thomas Schick	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 46 years old	Exonerated	2003
Joseph Bonner	Police Officer	White male	White male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
William Mcdaniel	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Patrick Gaines	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2003
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2003
Kurt Jones	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Kurt Jones	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 16 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Daniel Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2003
Brian Reich	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Isa Abbassi	Sergeant	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2003
Joseph Lessard	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Brian Reich	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Joseph Lessard	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2003
Anthony Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Kenneth Douglas	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2003
Joseph Franco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2003
Steven Glassman	Police Officer	White male	White female, 47 years old	Exonerated	2003
Christophe Muller	Police Officer	White male	White male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Michael Mcglynn	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 13 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Steven Weiss	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Scott Mateyaschuk	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2003
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2003
Jean Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 48 years old	Exonerated	2003
Fernando Espindola	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Patrick Cherry	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Robert Schierenbeck	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2003
David Nisthaus	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2003
Brian Depalo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
William Ditomaso	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male	Exonerated	2003
Michael Moccaldi	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2003
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
David Nisthaus	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2003
David Powers	Detective	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
William Ditomaso	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Allan Taeza	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Joseph Lessard	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Edmund Rumman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2003
Victor Paribello	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 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.