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
Edwin Lau	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Edwin Lau	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Karl Thomas	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2018
Michael York	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2018
Maurice Harrington	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2018
Edwin Lau	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2018
Elmer Pastran	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2018
John Becerra	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Henry Daverin	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2018
Fitzroy Vigilance	Sergeant	Black male	White male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2018
Steve Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Scott Hampton	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Edgar Figueroa	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2018
Byran Pitts	Detective	Black male	Black female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2018
John Becerra	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 47 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Uriel Lames	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 30 years old	Exonerated	2018
John Becerra	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Gesner Charles	Sergeant	Black male	Black female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2018
Simon Rashid	Detective	Asian male	White male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Francine Delvalle	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 18 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Aubrey Henry	Detective	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Jason Brown	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Louis Vannucci	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2018
Manuel Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Chanel Gomez	Police Officer	Black female	Black female, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Mark Anderson	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Maxwell Bindman	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Emile Pratt	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Emile Pratt	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Marco Libongco	Police Officer	Asian male	Asian male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2018
Marc Fontana	Police Officer	White male	White male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2018
Edward Obrien	Police Officer	White male	White male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Joseph Foss	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2018
Kenny Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Melissa Napoli	Detective	White female	White male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Hugh Herbert	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2018
Nicholas Albergo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Charles Powell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2018
Scott Mark	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 66 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Pedro Lezcano	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Louis Villegas	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Christophe Sanchez	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Eric Droz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Christophe Sanchez	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Edgar Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2018
Maxwell Bindman	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Hugh Herbert	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2018
Robert Alimena	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
John Sosa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 37 years old	Exonerated	2018
Maxwell Bindman	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Colin Kogan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Thomas Sheridan	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2018
Mirjan Lolja	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2018
Ted Saintgerard	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
Luis Lopez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Carlos Velez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2018
Sandra Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Sandra Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Andrew Alvarado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
George Bonner	Detective	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Jesse Trap	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 16 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Brian Benvenuto	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2018
Ted Saintgerard	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown not described	Exonerated	2018
Jesse Trap	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Matthew Vahey	Detective	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Brian Benvenuto	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Flavio Rodriguez	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Miguel Donovan	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Keynes Pena	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2018
Miguel Donovan	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Miguel Donovan	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Lawrence Perrotta	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2018
Thomas Enders	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
Luis Lopez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Ted Saintgerard	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
John Chavatte	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Renan Darbouze	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2018
Darren Caranella	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 51 years old	Exonerated	2018
Ted Saintgerard	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
John Chavatte	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Matthew Vahey	Detective	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Flavio Rodriguez	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Louis Aponte	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Nicole Fox	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White female, 65 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Louis Aponte	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Janert Gil	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Luis Lopez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown not described	Exonerated	2018
Ananda Mirandamessner	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White female, 65 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Ananda Mirandamessner	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White female, 65 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Ananda Mirandamessner	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White female, 65 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Dewan Campbell	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Michael Bowman	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Miguel Donovan	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Gary Leite	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2018
German Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2018
German Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Exonerated	2018
Kevin Nicoll	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2018
Luis Lopez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown not described	Exonerated	2018
William Diab	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Dennis Burgos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2018

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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.