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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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

Force: Physical Force

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
Gary Messina Lieutenant White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2007
Richard Reilly Detective White male Unknown male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Patrick Cain Sergeant White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Luis Robles Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2007
Timothy Jaycox Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Humberto Mantuano Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Eric Downes Police Officer Black male Black male, 55 years old Exonerated 2007
Eric Downes Police Officer Black male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2007
Kervelin Ramirez Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 22 years old Exonerated 2007
William Taylor Lieutenant White male Hispanic female, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Steven Lawrence Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Exonerated 2007
Robert Cruz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2007
Jorge Rodriguez Sergeant Hispanic male Refused male, 38 years old Exonerated 2007
Christophe Mcgee Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Anthony Burgos Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Michael Gibbs Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2007
Christophe Mcgee Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Mirjan Lolja Police Officer White male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2007
Elvin Gomez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Christophe Mcgee Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Alberto Pizarro Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Richard Lavelle Police Officer White male Black male, 49 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
William Taylor Lieutenant White male Black male, 16 years old Exonerated 2007
Jason Reynolds Police Officer Black male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Kevin Martin Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2007
Leonard Clarke Police Officer Black male Black male, 22 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Henry Adames Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 35 years old Exonerated 2007
Mizbah Noor Police Officer Asian male Hispanic male, 64 years old Exonerated 2007
Eric Beckel Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Exonerated 2007
Farid Aliyev Police Officer White male White male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Rolando Carbonell Detective Hispanic male Hispanic male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Angel Leon Sergeant Hispanic male Black female, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Scott Lieneck Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Brendan Dono Police Officer White male Asian male, 58 years old Exonerated 2007
Ronald Hobson Police Officer Black male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Tracey Duncan Police Officer Black male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2007
Tracey Duncan Police Officer Black male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Kenneth Rosello Police Officer White male Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2007
Robert Henderson Sergeant White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2007
Michael Mchugh Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Michael Rhome Police Officer White male White male, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Duane Atkinson Police Officer Black male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
John Becerra Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 37 years old Exonerated 2007
Dustin Edwards Police Officer Black male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2007
Julio Lasalle Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2007
Markell Green Police Officer Black male Black male, 15 years old Exonerated 2007
Matthew Vahey Detective White male Black female, 54 years old Exonerated 2007
Marco Gonzalez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2007
Darren King Sergeant Black male Unknown male, 42 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
John Fogelman Detective White male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Jorge Rodriguez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Waylon Fradera Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown female, 67 years old Exonerated 2007
Natalie Roman Police Officer Hispanic female Black female, 48 years old Exonerated 2007
Catherine Kunst Police Officer White female Black male, 57 years old Exonerated 2007
Kenneth Vencak Police Officer White male Black male, 43 years old Exonerated 2007
Sergio Marte Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Kevin Matthews Sergeant White male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Kevin Matthews Sergeant White male Hispanic male, 15 years old Exonerated 2007
Jason Forgione Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2007
Charles Zwilling Police Officer White male Refused male, 41 years old Exonerated 2007
Michael Dambrogio Police Officer White male White male, 33 years old Exonerated 2007
Salvator Granata Police Officer White male White male, 22 years old Exonerated 2007
Daniel Sbarra Sergeant White male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Felix Concepcion Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 29 years old Exonerated 2007
Brian Fleming Detective White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Todd Craven Police Officer White male Other Race male, 17 years old Exonerated 2007
Michael Lipetri Captain White male Hispanic male, 41 years old Exonerated 2007
Buxton Pryor Police Officer White male Black male, 46 years old Exonerated 2007
Christophe Paul Police Officer White male Black male, 11 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Joseph Redmond Police Officer White male Black female, 22 years old Exonerated 2007
Steven Cohn Police Officer White male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2007
Joseph Redmond Police Officer White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2007
Paul Brauer Police Officer White male White male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Michael Eschmann Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
James Donovan Police Officer Asian male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2007
Alexandros Kalogiros Police Officer White male Black female, 34 years old Exonerated 2007
Hairo Franco Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Angel Delgado Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2007
Joseph Cruzado Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2007
Sean Higgins Police Officer White male Black male, 71 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Carlos Martinez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Timothy Rizzo Police Officer White male Black female, 35 years old Exonerated 2007
Carlos Martinez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Joe Green Police Officer Black male Black male, 16 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2007
Mack Lipinski Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Adan Munoz Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
David Nisthaus Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Exonerated 2007
Richard Gibson Lieutenant White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2007
Barbie Lewis Police Officer Black female Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Michael Hartman Sergeant White male Black female, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
William Glynn Police Officer White male White male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
William Glynn Police Officer White male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Trevor Baronette Detective Black male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Blas Colon Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Christos Deftereos Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 32 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2007
Karyn Mccormack Detective White female White male, 26 years old Exonerated 2007
Freddy Dominguez Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Exonerated 2007
Joseph Cruzado Police Officer White male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2007
Vito Nicoletta Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Vito Nicoletta Police Officer White male Not available Exonerated 2007
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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