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
Christophe Haws	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael Dunn	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2016
Michael Dunn	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael Dunn	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Tyler Ehrlein	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Umar Khitab	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Christophe Siani	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Asian male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Makiba Brathwaitezimmerma	Police Officer	Black female	Black female, 56 years old	Exonerated	2016
Sandra Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2016
Miguel Donovan	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Sean Claxton	Sergeant	Black male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2016
Lawrence Sanchez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Armando Cardenio	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Christophe Crain	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Thomas Cancilla	Police Officer	White male	White male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Nicholas Vandyke	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2016
Vitaliy Zelikov	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Robert Dominicci	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Ramu Hiller	Detective	Asian male	Unknown male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2016
Minh Tran	Sergeant	Asian male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jesse Lance	Captain	Black male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2016
Ramu Hiller	Detective	Asian male	Unknown male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2016
Wilson Verdesoto	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2016
Emilio Ortega	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Joseph Sotira	Police Officer	White male	Refused female, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Luis Martinez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
John Panik	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Anthony Moon	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Timothy Gaven	Detective	White male	Other Race male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Christophe Esposito	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2016
Joseph Franco	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Elmer Pastran	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Thomas Morton	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Exonerated	2016
Kellan Oneill	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Christian Diaz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Damian Fana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 22 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2016
Dmitry Brush	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Dmitry Brush	Sergeant	White male	White female, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Gerald Cucchiara	Detective	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2016
Nicholas Canepa	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2016
Anthony Cimmino	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
David Creely	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Frederic Ortiz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2016
Brian Kovarik	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Robert Hawreluk	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Frederic Ortiz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Daniel Coyle	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 34 years old	Exonerated	2016
Christian Spina	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2016
Frederic Ortiz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Tyrone Seely	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 55 years old	Exonerated	2016
Tyrone Seely	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 62 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Ryan Pretty	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2016
Gerardo Perrone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael Espenberg	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Nicholas Monello	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Justin Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2016
Damian Fana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 23 years old	Exonerated	2016
Christophe Chin	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 42 years old	Exonerated	2016
Michael Dambrogio	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2016
Nicholas Monello	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Matthew Lambert	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2016
Daniel Castaldo	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2016
Daniel Castaldo	Police Officer	White male	White female, 45 years old	Exonerated	2016
Stephen Loffredo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2016
Daniel Coyle	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Ronald Remo	Police Officer	Asian male	Black female, 45 years old	Exonerated	2016
Ronald Remo	Police Officer	Asian male	Black female, 56 years old	Exonerated	2016
Paul Rivera	Detective	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2016
Paul Rivera	Detective	Hispanic male	Asian female, 46 years old	Exonerated	2016
Eric Francis	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Joshua Navarro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2016
Edgar Veras	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Joshua Navarro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2016
Fernando Grace	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Coty Green	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2016
Henry Daverin	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2016
Michael Cusumano	Detective	White male	Unknown male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Herman Lai	Police Officer	Asian male	Black female, 17 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Coty Green	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Ronald Remo	Police Officer	Asian male	Refused female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2016
Risel Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2016
Thomas Wright	Detective	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2016
Michael Loeffel	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Robert Barnett	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2016
James Seder	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Manuel Gutierrez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2016
Sherwin Ogbewele	Sergeant	Black male	White male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Timothy Fox	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2016
Ramon Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2016
Richard Browne	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2016
Steven Owens	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 14 years old	Exonerated	2016
Vincent Calderone	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Richard Browne	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michal Jalbrzykowski	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Exonerated	2016
Konti Markvukaj	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2016
Rafal Korycki	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Vincent Dandraia	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Vincent Calderone	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Rafal Korycki	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2016

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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.