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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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
Daniel Sjoberg Detective White male Black male, 47 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Augustine Gonzalez Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 17 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2016
Sajit Tomy Police Officer Asian male White male, 33 years old Exonerated 2016
Sajit Tomy Police Officer Asian male White male, 31 years old Exonerated 2016
Christophe Wintermute Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 50 years old Exonerated 2016
Thornton Booker Police Officer Black male Black male, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Juan Cabrera Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 15 years old Exonerated 2016
Richard Blasetti Police Officer White male Black male, 38 years old Exonerated 2016
Sean Mcdonnell Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 31 years old Exonerated 2016
Roman Israilov Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 31 years old Exonerated 2016
Christophe Lembo Police Officer White male Black male, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Christophe Lembo Police Officer White male Black male, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Roman Israilov Lieutenant White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2016
Fabian Nembhard Police Officer Black male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2016
Soney Varghese Police Officer Asian male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Fernando Grace Police Officer Black male Unknown male, 13 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Elvis Duran Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 22 years old Exonerated 2016
Fermin Bueno Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Fermin Bueno Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2016
Joseph Reyes Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 45 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Shawn Moynihan Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Exonerated 2016
Brian Motyka Police Officer White male Unknown female, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Jimmy Perez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2016
Farid Aliyev Sergeant White male White male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Ruben Alvarez Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Nicholas Rios Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 22 years old Exonerated 2016
Brian Motyka Police Officer White male White male, 28 years old Exonerated 2016
Son Cao Sergeant Asian male Hispanic male, 55 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2016
Matthew Kuhl Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 47 years old Exonerated 2016
David Mercado Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 18 years old Exonerated 2016
David Mercado Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 18 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2016
Yahkeem White Police Officer Black male Black female, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Kelvin Peralta Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2016
Charles Volante Police Officer White male White male, 33 years old Exonerated 2016
Charles Volante Police Officer White male White male, 33 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2016
Kamil Pac Police Officer White male Black male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Fernando Grace Police Officer Black male Unknown male, 13 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2016
Joseph Foss Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Exonerated 2016
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 14 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer White male Unknown male Exonerated 2016
Ferdi Memedoski Detective White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Shaun Healy Police Officer White male Black male, 61 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2016
Andre Morris Police Officer Black male Black female, 46 years old Exonerated 2016
Michael Scally Sergeant White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2016
Thomas Geberth Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2016
Ferdi Memedoski Detective White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Atara Ashford Sergeant Hispanic female Black female, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Ronald Humphrey Police Officer Black male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Christophe Doll Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2016
Miroslav Maric Sergeant White male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Jolan Lewis Police Officer Black male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
William Taylor Deputy Inspector White male White male, 57 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Alex Cruz Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 21 years old Exonerated 2016
Bekim Kalicovic Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Kristo Cevi Police Officer White male White male, 15 years old Exonerated 2016
Patrick Reilly Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Exonerated 2016
Malcial Tuero Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2016
Malcial Tuero Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2016
Diery Louis Police Officer Black male Unknown not described Exonerated 2016
William Taylor Deputy Inspector White male Hispanic male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Matthew Dias Police Officer White male Black female, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Joseph Sotira Police Officer White male Refused female, 51 years old Exonerated 2016
Devon Hudson Police Officer Black male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Philip Vaccarino Detective White male Black female, 31 years old Exonerated 2016
Brian Byrnes Sergeant White male Asian female, 46 years old Exonerated 2016
William Taylor Deputy Inspector White male Hispanic male, 45 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Joseph Wernersbach Sergeant White male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2016
James Walsh Detective White male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2016
Daniel Gasperetti Police Officer White male Black male, 58 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Adam Imperato Police Officer White male White male, 64 years old Exonerated 2016
Michael Miller Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Daniel Gasperetti Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2016
Romaine Wilson Police Officer Black male Black male, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Michael Miller Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 39 years old Exonerated 2016
Angelo Cupo Police Officer White male Unknown male, 13 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2016
Michael Miller Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 39 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2016
Jonathan Glazer Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 50 years old Exonerated 2016
Joel Ayala Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Joel Ayala Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 22 years old Exonerated 2016
Adam Conlin Detective White male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2016
Adam Conlin Detective White male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Matthew Demaio Police Officer White male White male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Matthew Demaio Police Officer White male White male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Fernando Caches Police Officer White male Asian male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Mandeep Singh Police Officer Asian male Hispanic male, 18 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2016
Kenneth Sepulveda Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Pedro Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic male Not available Exonerated 2016
Mark Sinatra Sergeant White male Black male, 39 years old Exonerated 2016
Mark Sinatra Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2016
Jose Reyes Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 56 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Dominick Raso Sergeant White male White male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Ernesto Bautista Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Kelvin Perez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 50 years old Exonerated 2016
Vito Poliseno Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2016
Charles Buglione Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Marc Loyola Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2016
Christophe Alikhan Police Officer White male Black male, 49 years old Exonerated 2016
Jonathan Colon Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2016
Jonathan Colon Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Charles Buglione Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
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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