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
Edward Deighan	Sergeant	White male	Other Race female, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Michael Licitra	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2005
Robert Dress	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Pedro Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Laurene Bove	Police Officer	White female	White female, 48 years old	Exonerated	2005
William Taylor	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 38 years old	Exonerated	2005
Darryl Chen	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 32 years old	Exonerated	2005
Kristian Flood	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2005
Frank Altieri	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2005
Darryl Chen	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2005
Herminio Baez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2005
Anthony Lustica	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Ralph Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Eleodoro Mata	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2005
Oscar Fernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available male	Exonerated	2005
James Whitlock	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2005
Bruce Ceparano	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 26 years old	Exonerated	2005
Christophe Salamone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Dion Edwards	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2005
Joseph Hickey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Peter Ievolo	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Joseph Hickey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Joseph Hickey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2005
Norman Grandstaff	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2005
Douglas Carr	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2005
Nelson Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Bryan Zuccaro	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Bryan Zuccaro	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2005
Paul Pizzuta	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2005
Oscar Fernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Sykora	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2005
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Matthew Moschetto	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2005
Jaime Pedraza	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2005
Dmitry Durets	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Seiling	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Malcolm Freeman	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 39 years old	Exonerated	2005
Claudio Ramirez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2005
Justin Farren	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2005
Adrian Ashby	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2005
Abraham Arteaga	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Todd Craven	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 17 years old	Exonerated	2005
Antonio Santana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2005
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2005
Herminio Baez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2005
Joseph Lessard	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2005
John Andryuk	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2005
Joseph Lessard	Police Officer	White male	White male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Ronald Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2005
Ronald Bolte	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Daniel Sarrubbo	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2005
Joseph Gartner	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 32 years old	Exonerated	2005
Victor Paribello	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2005
Andrew Erato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Weber	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 50 years old	Exonerated	2005
Katia Jasmin	Police Officer	Black female	Hispanic male, 11 years old	Exonerated	2005
Daniel Castronova	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Dustin Genco	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 53 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Michael Kelly	Police Officer	White male	Unknown female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2005
Thomas Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2005
Joseph Bieniewicz	Police Officer	White male	White male, 63 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Osvaldo Nunez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2005
Osvaldo Nunez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Paul Farella	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 55 years old	Exonerated	2005
Christophe Lawrence	Sergeant	White male	White male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Ramon Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2005
Andrew Valenzano	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2005
Alexander Wancel	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
John Gleason	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Paul Farella	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Alexander Wancel	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2005
John Acconi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2005
Kevin Gallagher	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Thomas Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Brian Davis	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 26 years old	Exonerated	2005
Edward Scali	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Thomas Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Lahmar Sanders	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Guzzino	Detective	White male	White male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2005
Teng Luo	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Riso	Police Officer	White male	White female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Riso	Police Officer	White male	White male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Lashonda Dyce	Police Officer	Black female	Black female, 32 years old	Exonerated	2005
Peter Guido	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Michael Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2005
Paul Chierico	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Parks	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Langlois	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Giovanni Giovanniello	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2005
Jason Forgione	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2005
Charles Stewart	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2005
Michael Boehm	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2005
Yuseff Hamm	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2004
John Baumeister	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Patrick Gaines	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Patrick Gaines	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2004
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Carlos Lozada	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2004
John Baumeister	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004

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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.