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
Michael White	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
James White	Detective	White male	Unknown male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2012
Michael White	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2012
Yahkeem White	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Michael White	Sergeant	Black male	Black female, 42 years old	Exonerated	2008
Michael Whiteman	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
James Whitlock	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
James Whitlock	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2008
James Whitlock	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Whooley	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Michael Whooley	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2013
Derek Wilkins	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 52 years old	Exonerated	2010
Derek Wilkins	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2017
Shawn Wilkinson	Detective	Black male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Winston Willabus	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2007
Winston Willabus	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Dervent Williams	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Marika Williams	Police Officer	Black female	Hispanic female, 32 years old	Exonerated	2018
Woody Williams	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Michael Williams	Sergeant	Black male	Not available female	Unsubstantiated	2012
James Williams	Detective	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jeanne Williams	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
James Williams	Detective	White male	Black female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jeremiah Williams	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jeremiah Williams	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
James Williams	Detective	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
James Williams	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2001
Jeremiah Williams	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Jeremiah Williams	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 64 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Romaine Wilson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Romaine Wilson	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
James Wilson	Sergeant	White male	White male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Romaine Wilson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2016
Romaine Wilson	Sergeant	Black male	Black female	Exonerated	2018
Romaine Wilson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Erlene Wiltshire	Police Officer	Black female	Black female, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Michael Windsor	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 18 years old	Exonerated	2000
Michael Windsor	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, -1 years old	Exonerated	1999
Gerard Wineberger	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Christophe Winiarz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Robert Winslow	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Christophe Wintermute	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2016
Audrey Wise	Police Officer	Black female	White male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Lee Wittek	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2009
Lee Wittek	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2012
Stuart Wohl	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 47 years old	Exonerated	2004
Jay Wolsky	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Jerry Wolvers	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Shuzhen Wong	Police Officer	Asian female	Black female, 44 years old	Exonerated	2007
Thomas Woods	Detective	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Thomas Woods	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2011
Thomas Woods	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2007
Matthew Wright	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2008
Marlon Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2018
Thomas Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Anthony Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 27 years old	Exonerated	2009
Marlon Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Matthew Wright	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Thomas Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2005
Thomas Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Thomas Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Thomas Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Matthew Wright	Detective	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Exonerated	2015
Matthew Wright	Detective	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Matthew Wright	Detective	White male	Black female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Thomas Wright	Detective	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2016
Matthew Wright	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Wenming Wu	Police Officer	Asian male	Asian female, 30 years old	Exonerated	2018
Canisius Xavier	Police Officer	Asian male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2011
Mark Xylas	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2007
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	White male	White female, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2006
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 14 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2004
Ardit Ymeri	Police Officer	White male	White male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2017
Michael York	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2018
Daniel Young	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2008
Richard Young	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2013
Daniel Young	Police Officer	White male	Not available male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2005
Richard Young	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Daniel Young	Detective	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Richard Young	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 13 years old	Exonerated	2013
Daniel Young	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2004
Ahsan Zafar	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Ahsan Zafar	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Konrad Zakiewicz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Qamar Zaman	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Qamar Zaman	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2008
Qamar Zaman	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2011
Andres Zambrano	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
John Zamot	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2007
John Zamot	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2011
John Zamot	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2004
John Zanca	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2014
John Zanca	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Saverio Zanchelli	Police Officer	White male	White male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Bravo Zayas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 50 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Bravo Zayas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015

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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.