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
Melissa Joss	Police Officer	White female	Hispanic female, 56 years old	Exonerated	2011
Rhea Tiwary	Police Officer	Asian female	White male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jorge Tavarez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jeremy Veit	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Humberto Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Matthew Escudero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2011
Joseph Imperatrice	Sergeant	White male	White male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Yevgeniy Zaytsev	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2011
Gerard Delprete	Detective	White male	White male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Scott Berger	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2011
Scott Berger	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Angel Rolon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2011
Erick Larios	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2011
Greg Vallerugo	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Demonda	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Aaron Lohman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Stephen Polesovsky	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2011
Timothy Rizzo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Stephen Polesovsky	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2011
Christophe Schmidt	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2011
Scott Sanseverino	Police Officer	White male	White male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Diery Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2011
Matthew Monahan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Canisius Xavier	Police Officer	Asian male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2011
Daniel Acosta	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Christophe Sanchez	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2011
Daniel Diaz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2010
Steven Glassman	Police Officer	White male	White male, 67 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Patrick Craig	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Daniel Campbell	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Daniel Campbell	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 12 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jeremy Banfield	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2010
Daniel Campbell	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
James Mckenna	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jared Rothschild	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Thornton Booker	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 52 years old	Exonerated	2010
Christophe Salamone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2010
Clifford Louis	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jon Derise	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 61 years old	Exonerated	2010
Thomas Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Robert Falcone	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Michael Gibbs	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2010
Wilmar Mejia	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2010
Clifton Clarke	Detective	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2010
Matthew Moschetto	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jason Brunson	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Dennis Friendly	Detective	Black male	Black male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Jeffrey Griffin	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2010
Joseph Fernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2010
Kaisser Surriga	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2010
Radoslaw Terepka	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2010
Edwin Ching	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2010
Joseph Fernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Carlos Segovia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2010
Joseph Fernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 47 years old	Exonerated	2010
Andrew Erato	Detective	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2010
Andre Blake	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Andre Blake	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Yezenia Wagner	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Other Race female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2010
Johnny Mitchell	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Craig Basler	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 11 years old	Exonerated	2010
Genry Cobos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2010
Henry Henriquez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2010
Carlos Cano	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male	Exonerated	2010
Jolene Maldonado	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Unknown male	Exonerated	2010
Natalia Diaz	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Derek Sambolin	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2010
Joseph Cruzado	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2010
Michael Cintron	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Mackenson Nelson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2010
Lissette Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2010
Matthew Zito	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2010
Christophe Derco	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male	Exonerated	2010
David Barker	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2010
Neil Zuber	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2010
Steven Ramunno	Police Officer	White male	Refused male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2010
Kevin Tresham	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2010
John Pirando	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 34 years old	Exonerated	2010
Ramon Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 14 years old	Exonerated	2010
Matthew Vorraro	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2010
Carlos Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2010
Elvin Gomez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Carlos Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2010
Milton Sanchez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 42 years old	Exonerated	2010
William Tergesen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2010
John Cascone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Fredy Cruz	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
James Miles	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jolene Maldonado	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 76 years old	Exonerated	2010
Irene Bonicadelgado	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Joseph Azevedo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2010
Ramon Santos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2010
Christophe White	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Exonerated	2010
Lahmar Sanders	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Raymond Kwong	Sergeant	Asian male	Black female, 29 years old	Exonerated	2010
Elvis Duran	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Philip Vaccarino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2010
Robert Roda	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2010
Michael Demonda	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2010

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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.