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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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
Greg Desideri Police Officer White male White male, 34 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Brian Dobbins Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 42 years old Exonerated 2014
Patrick Cabrera Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 20 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Thomas Reo Detective White male Not available Unsubstantiated 2014
Paul Mccarthy Police Officer Black male Hispanic female, 37 years old Exonerated 2014
Joseph Tompkins Lieutenant White male Unknown male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Ryan Galvin Police Officer White male White male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Todd Hansen Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jose Rendon Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic female Unsubstantiated 2014
Jose Rendon Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 29 years old Exonerated 2014
Jose Ramos Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 56 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Malik Mccloud Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 17 years old Exonerated 2014
Jordan Lomba Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Pete Massa Sergeant White male Black male, 47 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Joseph Mineo Sergeant White male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Paul Mallilo Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Eliezer Pabon Sergeant Hispanic male Black male, 56 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Pedro Almanzar Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 46 years old Exonerated 2014
Daniel Garcia Police Officer White male White male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Nicholas Neve Detective White male Black male, 2 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Justin Allen Police Officer Black male White male, 22 years old Exonerated 2014
Justin Allen Police Officer Black male Hispanic female, 21 years old Exonerated 2014
Pawel Dabrowski Police Officer White male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Nicholas Neve Detective White male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2014
John Albertelli Sergeant White male Black female, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Richard Ernyey Police Officer White male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Richard Ernyey Police Officer White male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Risel Martinez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 32 years old Exonerated 2014
Samuel Hui Police Officer Asian male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Andrew Duguid Detective White male Hispanic male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Victor Lopez Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 19 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Richard Reilly Detective White male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Thomas Reo Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Anderson Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male Unsubstantiated 2014
Erick Flores Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Paul Chierico Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 20 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Joseph Degen Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 44 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Robert Miceli Police Officer White male White male, 61 years old Exonerated 2014
Dino Tamayo Lieutenant Hispanic male Black female, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jesus Capo Detective Hispanic male Black male, 53 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Heriberto Hernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Anderson Ortiz Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Francisco Allende Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 47 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jeanne Williams Police Officer White female Black female, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Steven Dejesussmith Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Tyler Marshall Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2014
Jonathan Martinez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Steven Dejesussmith Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Christian Rojas Police Officer Hispanic male Asian male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Trevor Baronette Sergeant Black male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2014
Wilson Alba Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Wilson Alba Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 46 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Yuseff Hamm Detective Black male Unknown male, 40 years old Exonerated 2014
Yuseff Hamm Detective Black male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jay Rivera Police Officer Hispanic male Asian male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
David Castro Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 26 years old Exonerated 2014
Robert Ciolino Detective White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Kendrick Maldonado Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Daryl Melhado Sergeant Black male Black male, 38 years old Exonerated 2014
Mark Demarco Police Officer White male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Kenneth Lehr Inspector White male Unknown male, 30 years old Exonerated 2014
Efrain Rojas Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 47 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Brian Coffey Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Lawrence Sloan Police Officer White male Unknown male, 17 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Stacey Ellis Police Officer Black female Black female, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Latoya Paradise Police Officer Black female Hispanic male, 17 years old Exonerated 2014
Michael Ashford Police Officer White male Black female, 12 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Michael Heinz Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 19 years old Exonerated 2014
Edward Stackpole Police Officer White male White male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jose Vasquezmiranda Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Pedro Vallecillo Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 46 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Jose Vasquezmiranda Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jorge Tavarez Lieutenant Hispanic male Not available female Unsubstantiated 2014
Juan Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 15 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Jorge Tavarez Lieutenant Hispanic male White male, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Morgan Sprague Police Officer White male Unknown female, 39 years old Exonerated 2014
Dwight Powell Police Officer Black male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jorge Tavarez Lieutenant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 34 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Gelono Joshua Sergeant Black male Hispanic female, 51 years old Exonerated 2014
Victor Robalino Detective Hispanic male White male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Gelono Joshua Sergeant Black male Hispanic female, 71 years old Exonerated 2014
Anton Bartoldus Police Officer White male Refused female, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Gelono Joshua Sergeant Black male Black male, 56 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Gelono Joshua Sergeant Black male Hispanic male, 44 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Jeremy Veit Detective White male Black female, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Louis Marinacci Police Officer White male Unknown male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Nelson Reyes Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Charles Senat Sergeant Black male Hispanic male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Edward Mcbride Detective White male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2014
Daryl Melhado Sergeant Black male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Seth Lynch Lieutenant White male Hispanic female, 33 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Bilal Ates Detective White male Black male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Nelson Reyes Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jacob Aaronson Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Bekim Kalicovic Sergeant White male Black male, 40 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Stephen Loschiavo Police Officer White male Unknown male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Stephen Loschiavo Police Officer White male Unknown male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Joseph Redmond Lieutenant White male Unknown male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Stephen Loschiavo Police Officer White male Unknown male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Matthew Escudero Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2014
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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