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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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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.

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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
Juan Castillo Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Juan Castillo Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Francisco Castillo Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 27 years old Exonerated 2003
Jimmy Castillo Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 13 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Robert Castillo Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 35 years old Exonerated 2010
David Castro Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 26 years old Exonerated 2014
Robert Castro Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Robert Castro Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 58 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Jordan Castro Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 43 years old Exonerated 2009
Jordan Castro Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 39 years old Exonerated 2014
Daniel Castronova Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Daniel Castronova Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 44 years old Exonerated 2011
Daniel Castronova Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 62 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Daniel Castronova Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 62 years old Exonerated 2012
Daniel Castronova Police Officer White male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Daniel Castronova Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Christian Cataldo Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 53 years old Exonerated 2012
Charles Cavallaro Police Officer White male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2010
Aluthea Caviness Sergeant Black male Other Race male, 12 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Aluthea Caviness Lieutenant Black male White male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Christian Cayenne Police Officer Black male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2017
Daniel Cea Police Officer White male Black female, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2012
Daniel Cea Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2011
Timothy Cecchini Sergeant White male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2012
Timothy Cecchini Sergeant White male Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Fernando Centenotalavera Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 47 years old Exonerated 2006
Fernando Centenotalavera Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2015
Bruce Ceparano Sergeant White male Not available male Unsubstantiated 2012
Bruce Ceparano Police Officer White male Black female, 26 years old Exonerated 2005
Kristo Cevi Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Kristo Cevi Police Officer White male White male, 15 years old Exonerated 2016
Je Chai Police Officer Asian male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2003
Johnny Chalen Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 54 years old Exonerated 2013
Victor Charles Police Officer Black male Black male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Richard Charles Detective Black male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2019
Richard Charles Detective Black male White male, 21 years old Exonerated 2019
Richard Charles Detective Black male Black male, 19 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2019
Richard Charles Detective Black male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Richard Charles Police Officer Black male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Richard Charles Police Officer Black male Black male, 39 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Richard Charles Police Officer Black male Black female, 35 years old Exonerated 2008
Gesner Charles Sergeant Black male Hispanic male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Gesner Charles Sergeant Black male Black female, 20 years old Exonerated 2018
Keith Chatterton Police Officer White male Black female, 20 years old Exonerated 2011
Alan Chau Sergeant Asian male Not available female, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Alan Chau Sergeant Asian male Black male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
John Chavatte Sergeant White male Black female, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
John Chavatte Sergeant White male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
John Chavatte Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
John Chavatte Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
David Cheesewright Sergeant Asian male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2001
David Cheesewright Sergeant Asian male Black male, 11 years old Exonerated 2002
David Cheesewright Sergeant Asian male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2003
David Cheesewright Sergeant Asian male Black male, 32 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2002
Ali Cheikhali Police Officer White male Not available male, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2012
Darryl Chen Police Officer Black male Black male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Darryl Chen Police Officer Black male Black male, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Darryl Chen Police Officer Black male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2005
Darryl Chen Police Officer Black male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2018
Darryl Chen Police Officer Black male Black female, 32 years old Exonerated 2005
Joe Chen Police Officer Asian male Black male, 18 years old Exonerated 2006
Darryl Chen Police Officer Black male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Keith Cheng Police Officer Asian male Hispanic male, 54 years old Exonerated 2008
Keith Cheng Police Officer Asian male Hispanic male, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Patrick Cherry Detective White male White male, 18 years old Exonerated 2008
Patrick Cherry Detective White male Black male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Patrick Cherry Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2005
Patrick Cherry Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2003
Lynda Chervoni Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 48 years old Exonerated 2005
Lynda Chervoni Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 22 years old Exonerated 2006
Paul Chierico Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Paul Chierico Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Exonerated 2010
Paul Chierico Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Paul Chierico Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Paul Chierico Police Officer White male Black female, 21 years old Exonerated 2005
Paul Chierico Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Christophe Chin Police Officer Black male Hispanic female, 42 years old Exonerated 2016
Edwin Ching Sergeant Asian male Hispanic male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Edwin Ching Sergeant Asian male Hispanic female, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Edwin Ching Sergeant Asian male Hispanic male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Edwin Ching Sergeant Asian male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2010
Edwin Ching Sergeant Asian male Hispanic male, 26 years old Exonerated 2006
Floretta Chow Police Officer Black female White female, 42 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Zul Chowdhury Police Officer Asian male Hispanic female, 21 years old Exonerated 2013
Zul Chowdhury Police Officer Asian male Other Race male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Vincent Ciardiello Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 16 years old Exonerated 2012
Vincent Ciardiello Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Anthony Cimmino Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2006
Anthony Cimmino Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Anthony Cimmino Police Officer White male Asian female, 53 years old Exonerated 2010
Anthony Cimmino Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 44 years old Exonerated 2013
Anthony Cimmino Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Michael Cintron Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2012
Michael Cintron Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Robert Ciolino Detective White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jason Cira Police Officer White male Black male, 15 years old Exonerated 2009
Mike Civil Police Officer Black male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2006
Mike Civil Police Officer Black male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2006
Mike Civil Police Officer Black male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Mike Civil Police Officer Black male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2006
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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.
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