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 |
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Russell Lewis | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
Dmitry Durets | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 37 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Jared Dietzel | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 8 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
William Diab | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
William Diab | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
Mirjan Lolja | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Liam Ohara | Detective | White male | Black female, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Emilio Estevez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 49 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Fresia Maciasburgos | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Ananda Mirandamessner | Police Officer | Hispanic female | White female, 65 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Fresia Maciasburgos | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 40 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Kelly Hughes | Police Officer | White female | Black male, 59 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Ananda Mirandamessner | Police Officer | Hispanic female | White female, 65 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Ananda Mirandamessner | Police Officer | Hispanic female | White female, 65 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
John Manzo | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
John Manzo | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Nicole Fox | Police Officer | Hispanic female | White female, 65 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Thomas Enders | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
German Gonzalez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Byran Pitts | Detective | Black male | Black female, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Bernard Corso | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
German Gonzalez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Marlon Wright | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown male, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Ted Saintgerard | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Ted Saintgerard | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
Patrick Dooley | Detective | White male | Hispanic male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
John Chavatte | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Ted Saintgerard | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown not described | Exonerated | 2018 |
Ted Saintgerard | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
John Chavatte | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Jermaine Scott | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Edgar Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Pedro Lezcano | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Ronnie Caraccioli | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 50 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
Omar Carrascotatis | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Christophe Sanchez | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
Christophe Sanchez | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Marco Libongco | Police Officer | Asian male | Asian male, 48 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
Garrett Taverna | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Mike Suarez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Edwin Lau | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
Edwin Lau | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Ryan Olsen | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Edwin Lau | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Hugh Herbert | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Maurice Harrington | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Hugh Herbert | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
Edgar Figueroa | Sergeant | Hispanic male | White male, 50 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Fidel Santiago | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Michael Pomerantz | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Michael Pomerantz | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 60 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Joshua Elsasser | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
Miguel Donovan | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Jay Rivera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Scott Hampton | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Steve Torres | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Scott Hampton | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Scott Hampton | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 75 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2018 |
Sandra Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Sandra Martinez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Colin Kogan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Nicholas Albergo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Miguel Donovan | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 57 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Miguel Donovan | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 57 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Miguel Donovan | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Miguel Donovan | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Darryl Chen | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Darryl Chen | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Maxwell Bindman | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Idris Guven | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Avidan Santiago | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White female, 50 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Maxwell Bindman | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
Gabriel Cuevas | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Maxwell Bindman | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
Noemi Sierra | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Not available , 16 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2018 |
Flavio Rodriguez | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2018 |
Janert Gil | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Flavio Rodriguez | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Flavio Rodriguez | Lieutenant | Hispanic male | Other Race male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Larry Meyers | Sergeant | White male | Black female, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Paul Brauer | Detective | White male | Hispanic female, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Adriano Deleon | Sergeant | Hispanic male | White male, 58 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Timothy Gaven | Detective | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Thomas Enders | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Omar Elsayed | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 39 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Carlos Velez | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Hugh Herbert | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Omar Habib | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 55 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2018 |
Matthew Disilvestre | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2018 |
Matthew Disilvestre | Police Officer | White male | Other Race female, 47 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Elmer Pastran | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Kyron Delarosa | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Richard Delahanty | Police Officer | White male | Not available , 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Jose Tabora | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Harris Haskovic | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Matthew Shaw | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Anthony Donato | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Jeffrey Brown | Police Officer | Black male | White male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2018 |
Joel Edwards | Sergeant | Black male | Hispanic male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
Joel Edwards | Sergeant | Black male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2018 |
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.