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
Mike Civil	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Mike Civil	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Mike Civil	Detective	Black male	Other Race male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Mike Civil	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Mike Civil	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Mike Civil	Detective	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
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	Exonerated	2006
Christophe Clark	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2009
Robert Clark	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2003
Christophe Clark	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Salahudin Clark	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2008
Kenneth Clarke	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Clifton Clarke	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 52 years old	Exonerated	2002
Clifton Clarke	Detective	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2010
Leonard Clarke	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Leonard Clarke	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2005
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Luis Claudio	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2012
Luis Claudio	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2009
Sean Claxton	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Sean Claxton	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2009
Sean Claxton	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Sean Claxton	Sergeant	Black male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2016
Ralph Clement	Lieutenant	Asian male	Black female, 74 years old	Exonerated	2016
Brian Clements	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2004
Brian Clements	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 23 years old	Exonerated	2004
Jimmy Clerge	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Donald Climaco	Police Officer	Asian male	Other Race male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Francis Clough	Sergeant	Black male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Francis Clough	Sergeant	Black male	Black male	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Francis Clough	Sergeant	Black male	White male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2018
Genry Cobos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2010
Brian Coffey	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Brian Coffey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2016
Richard Cohen	Sergeant	White male	White male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Steven Cohn	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2007
Brenton Cole	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2012
Brenton Cole	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Brenton Cole	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Brenton Cole	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Elvis Cole	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2009
Elvis Cole	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2010
Brenton Cole	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Brenton Cole	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2013
Eric Collazo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Sean Collins	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2014
Joseph Collura	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2004
Jonathan Colon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2017
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
Blas Colon	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Blas Colon	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Orlando Colon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Orlando Colon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2008
Edward Colucci	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2001
Edward Colucci	Detective	White male	White male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Edward Colucci	Detective	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2004
Kevin Colvin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2006
Kevin Colvin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2008
Ignazio Conca	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Felix Concepcion	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2007
Francis Conejo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2017
Adam Conlin	Detective	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2016
Adam Conlin	Detective	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
James Conn	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Ryan Conroy	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Ryan Conroy	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 47 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Scott Constanteles	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2004
Anthony Contessa	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2015
Anthony Contessa	Police Officer	White male	White male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Tancredo Contreras	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Christophe Cooke	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Christophe Cooke	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Christophe Cooke	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2004
Robert Corbett	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2001
Jose Cordero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jose Cordero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male	Exonerated	2017
Jose Cordero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2019
Jose Cordero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jovaniel Cordova	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jovaniel Cordova	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Tonica Corlette	Sergeant	Black female	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2017
Tonica Corlette	Sergeant	Black female	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2016
Nicholas Corrado	Police Officer	White male	White female, 17 years old	Exonerated	2012
Bernard Corso	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Patrick Cortright	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2005
Patrick Cortright	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	1998
Patrick Cortright	Lieutenant	White male	Not available , 9 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Patrick Cortright	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2006
Patrick Cortright	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	1998
Martin Costello	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Martin Costello	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2010
Julian Coston	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Scott Cote	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2007
Michael Cousinhayes	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2008
Michael Cousinhayes	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	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.