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
James Miles	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Eric Shanley	Detective	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	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
Stephen Loschiavo	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Michael Mccaffrey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
James Donovan	Detective	Asian male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2014
Jordan Castro	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2014
Arsenio Camilo	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Brian Dobbins	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2014
Robert Graves	Detective	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2014
Mike Civil	Detective	Black male	Other Race male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Craig Victorino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2014
Mike Civil	Detective	Black male	Hispanic male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jorge Minier	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Daniel Guida	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Anthony Kotarski	Lieutenant	White male	Asian male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Malik Mccloud	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2014
John Hansen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2014
Greg Desideri	Police Officer	White male	White male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2014
Nelson Nin	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race female, 32 years old	Exonerated	2014
Donald Sehl	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Robert Graves	Detective	White male	Black female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Steve Crozier	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Colin Sullivan	Police Officer	White male	White male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2014
Shaun Grossweiler	Police Officer	White male	White male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
John Albertelli	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Tatiana Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Other Race male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Tarangelo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Tricia Grant	Police Officer	Black female	Hispanic female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2014
Paul Mccarthy	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2014
Stephen Sheppard	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2014
Michael Whooley	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Luke Denesopolis	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 30 years old	Exonerated	2014
Victor Lopez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2014
Dino Tamayo	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Eduardo Perezromero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2014
Paul Mallilo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Eduardo Perezromero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Justin Allen	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2014
Eduardo Perezromero	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Gregory Gianacopulos	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Tatiana Cruz	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic female, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Frank Baldo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2014
Dennis Westbrook	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Christophe Ward	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2013
Anand Bhoj	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Christophe Ward	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Torrel Rowesingleton	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 60 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Torrel Rowesingleton	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 48 years old	Exonerated	2013
Nicholas Loweth	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
James White	Detective	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Gustavo Ochoa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Christophe Ward	Detective	White male	Hispanic female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
David Sullivan	Police Officer	White male	White male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2013
Emile Provencher	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Robert Miceli	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Vitaliy Zelikov	Sergeant	White male	Asian male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2013
Robert Miceli	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Troy Luis	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2013
Thomas Demkiw	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2013
Brenton Cole	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Brenton Cole	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2013
Dennis Friendly	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jeffrey Hunold	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 57 years old	Exonerated	2013
Robert Silva	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Michael Sidorskiy	Police Officer	White male	White female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Christophe Greiner	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Brett Healy	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 46 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Craig Basler	Sergeant	White male	Refused male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2013
Wilfredo Benitez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
David Sammarco	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2013
Christophe Beihl	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2013
Ahsan Zafar	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Elvis Badia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Forrest Hirsch	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2013
Steven Gansrow	Detective	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Michael Doyle	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2013
Brian Mccloskey	Detective	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Matthew Cahill	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2013
Matthew Cahill	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Robert Uhl	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Michael Pappalardo	Police Officer	White male	White female, 26 years old	Exonerated	2013
Trevor Baronette	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2013
Leonel Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2013
Calvin Searcy	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2013
Mauricio Thomas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Calvin Searcy	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Christophe Beihl	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 43 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Trevor Baronette	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Sean Downes	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Alex Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Michael Fahmy	Detective	White male	Hispanic male	Unsubstantiated	2013
Michael Mendez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Harish Mansharamani	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Kevin Cox	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Miles Holman	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Miles Holman	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2013
Harish Mansharamani	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2013
Kevin Cox	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 12 years old	Exonerated	2013

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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.