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
Gerard Delprete	Detective	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Gerard Delprete	Detective	White male	White male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Gerard Delprete	Detective	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Gerard Delprete	Detective	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2012
Gerard Delprete	Detective	White male	White male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Joseph Imperatrice	Sergeant	White male	White male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Joseph Imperatrice	Sergeant	White male	White male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Thomas Boller	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jeffrey Fitterman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jeffrey Fitterman	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jeffrey Fitterman	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jeffrey Fitterman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jonathan Glazer	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2012
Jonathan Glazer	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jonathan Glazer	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jonathan Glazer	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 50 years old	Exonerated	2016
Brian Clements	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 23 years old	Exonerated	2004
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
Erik Lubrano	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Erik Lubrano	Sergeant	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2007
Michael Raso	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2006
Michael Raso	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Raso	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2008
Michael Raso	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Raso	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Raso	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Michael Raso	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2015
Michael Raso	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Michael Raso	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2019
Joseph Spina	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2013
Joseph Spina	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jeremy Veit	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jeremy Veit	Detective	White male	Black female, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Joseph Curley	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2004
Joseph Curley	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2004
Joseph Curley	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2007
Stephen Polesovsky	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2011
Stephen Polesovsky	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2011
Stephen Polesovsky	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Christophe Schmidt	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Christophe Schmidt	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2006
Christophe Schmidt	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2006
Christophe Schmidt	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2011
Michael Ashford	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 12 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Sean Downes	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2000
Sean Downes	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2009
Sean Downes	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2011
Sean Downes	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Sean Downes	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Steven Gabaris	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2005
Steven Gabaris	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2009
Steven Gansrow	Detective	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Thomas Marksberry	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Anthony Salato	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2004
Anthony Salato	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 46 years old	Exonerated	2004
Anthony Salato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Genti Bektashaj	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Daniel Hachemeister	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2015
Daniel Hachemeister	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2019
Brett Healy	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 46 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Patrick Quigley	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2007
Cecilio Ramos	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2019
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Sergeant	White male	White male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2015
Patrick Brown	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Richard Hyde	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2002
Robert Roda	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2008
Bryan Zuccaro	Detective	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Bryan Zuccaro	Detective	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2010
Bryan Zuccaro	Detective	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2010
Steven Green	Captain	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Steven Green	Captain	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
James Lagaris	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2008
James Lagaris	Police Officer	White male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Richard Lavelle	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2005
Richard Lavelle	Police Officer	White male	Not available male	Exonerated	2005
David Savella	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Joseph Schwaner	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2006
Joseph Schwaner	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michael Valva	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 33 years old	Exonerated	2007
Daniel Pietranico	Police Officer	White male	White female, 17 years old	Exonerated	2004
Anthony Panetta	Sergeant	White male	White male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Michael Goldreyer	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Michael Goldreyer	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 27 years old	Exonerated	2003
Michael Goldreyer	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Victor Appel	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 15 years old	Exonerated	2000
Victor Appel	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 19 years old	Exonerated	2001
Victor Appel	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2004
Clement Krug	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2012
Victor Appel	Police Officer	White male	Not available male	Exonerated	2004
Victor Appel	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 15 years old	Exonerated	2005
Victor Appel	Police Officer	White male	Unknown female, 27 years old	Exonerated	2006
Victor Appel	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Pilecki	Captain	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2001
Michael Pilecki	Captain	White male	Black female, 42 years old	Exonerated	2001
Liam Ohara	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Liam Ohara	Detective	White male	Black female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2018
Keith Weber	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009

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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.