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
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2011
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2008
Joseph Signorile	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2012
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2008
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2014
John Quigley	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 36 years old	Exonerated	2015
Omar Habib	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
John Mcloughlin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Joseph Tompkins	Lieutenant	White male	Unknown male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2008
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2017
Joseph Stynes	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Cecilio Ramos	Police Officer	White male	Other Race female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2011
John Quigley	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Matthew Disilvestre	Police Officer	White male	Other Race female, 47 years old	Exonerated	2018
Matthew Disilvestre	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 21 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2018
Steven Ramunno	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Karyn Mccormack	Detective	White female	White male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2007
Richard Gibson	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2007
Buxton Pryor	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2007
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	White male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
John Ryan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2010
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Patrick Horkan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Joseph Stynes	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	White female, 52 years old	Exonerated	2015
Cecilio Ramos	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2010
Michael Dunn	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 39 years old	Exonerated	2002
John Quigley	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2003
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2017
Matthew Disilvestre	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2017
Thomas Geberth	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2016
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Brendan Grace	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Brendan Grace	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Ronald Bolte	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female	Exonerated	2004
Omar Habib	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2013
Nicholas Vandyke	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2016
Pawel Lachowski	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Buxton Pryor	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2006
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2008
Norman Grandstaff	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2005
Patrick Quigley	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	White male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2007
Sean Liscoe	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Louis Leblanc	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2003
Sean Liscoe	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2017
Charles Gove	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Thomas Nicoletti	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2004
Raymond Jansen	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
James Olson	Police Officer	White male	White female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Joseph Stynes	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Brian Clements	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2004
Joseph Stynes	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2004
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	White female, 52 years old	Exonerated	2015
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2017
Jeffrey Fitterman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2010
John Ferrara	Police Officer	White male	Other Race female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2003
John Ferrara	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 40 years old	Exonerated	2007
John Ferrara	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jeffrey Fitterman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
Sean Downes	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2011
David Pulice	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 57 years old	Exonerated	2004
Robert Bosland	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Konti Markvukaj	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2016
Konti Markvukaj	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2016
Steven Ramunno	Police Officer	White male	Refused male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jacob Newman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Jacob Newman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jacob Newman	Police Officer	White male	Other Race female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jacob Newman	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 13 years old	Exonerated	2012
Jacob Newman	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2012
Jacob Newman	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2015
Brendan Grace	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
John Ferrara	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2008
Michael Licitra	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2005
Daniel Ludemann	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2015
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
William Seligson	Detective	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Salvatore Tevere	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2011
Brian Depalo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2004
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Eric Bernard	Police Officer	White male	Not available male	Unsubstantiated	2017
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Eric Bernard	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Michael Sikos	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Michael Sikos	Police Officer	White male	Asian female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2006
Michael Sikos	Police Officer	White male	Asian female, 53 years old	Exonerated	2006
Christian Spina	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2016
James Biondo	Police Officer	White male	White female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2005
John Baumeister	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
John Baumeister	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
John Baumeister	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
John Baumeister	Detective	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
John Baumeister	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Kristian Flood	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2005
John Gogarty	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2005

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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.