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
Basil Omisanya	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 48 years old	Exonerated	2009
Roy Secharan	Police Officer	Asian male	White female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2009
Trevor Baronette	Detective	Black male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Trevor Baronette	Detective	Black male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jason Cira	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Exonerated	2009
Andrew Kamna	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2009
Anthony Leitao	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2009
Forrest Hirsch	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 17 years old	Exonerated	2009
Robert Oswald	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2009
Fabio Nunez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2009
Angela Polancobrito	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Hispanic female, 19 years old	Exonerated	2009
Gerasimos Pyramides	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2009
Brian Stanley	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Rafael Perdomo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Alfredo Brewster	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Nestor Velez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Renninton Belen	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2009
Carlos Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Spencer Garrett	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jose Santory	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2009
Daniel Staple	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2009
Woody Williams	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Frank Monge	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2009
Sandy Polanco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2009
Joseph Weldon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2009
Joseph Weldon	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Juan Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2009
Juan Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Orvin Feliciano	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Wilson Alba	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2009
Sean Downes	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2009
Steven Gabaris	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jason Tejada	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 18 years old	Exonerated	2009
Adrian Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2009
Adrian Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Chad Mack	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Keith Weber	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Tyler Ruthizer	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jeffrey Arceo	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic female, 17 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jeffrey Arceo	Police Officer	Asian male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Edward Colucci	Detective	White male	White male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Vincenzo Dimartino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 62 years old	Exonerated	2009
Eric Healy	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2009
Christophe Mcgee	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2009
Christophe Mcgee	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Joseph Parchen	Police Officer	White male	White male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2009
Michael Riso	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jason Brunson	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jason Brunson	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jason Brunson	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2009
Darryl Chen	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Sean Claxton	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2009
Eric Delman	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2009
Willie Johnson	Detective	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Eric Miller	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Michael Cusumano	Police Officer	White male	White male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Neil Casey	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Dean Campbell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Christophe Clark	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2009
Ruben Alvarez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Miguel Iglesias	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2009
Nicholas Monello	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2009
Timothy Gaven	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2009
Roberson Tunis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Lawrence Sanchez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female	Exonerated	2009
Roberson Tunis	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Roberson Tunis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Javier Velez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Anthony Lamberti	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Kenneth Vencak	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
David Velez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 59 years old	Exonerated	2009
Angel Andujar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 59 years old	Exonerated	2009
Danny Aguilar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2009
Todd Jacoby	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
James Lagaris	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2008
Duane Percy	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2008
Daniel Staple	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2008
Jennifer Lavelle	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Manuel Matos	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jimmy Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Wilson Verdesoto	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2008
Joseph Abdelmessih	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2008
Anthony Andino	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2008
Douglas Ayres	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2008
James Whitlock	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2008
James Mahoney	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2008
James Mahoney	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Patrick Kennedy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Patrick Cherry	Detective	White male	White male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2008
Carlos Viera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2008
Tiffany Brucewatson	Police Officer	Black female	Black female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michael Rivera	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2008
Carlos Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Carlos Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Hairo Franco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Alfred Gallicchio	Sergeant	White male	Unknown male	Unsubstantiated	2008
James Mahoney	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 34 years old	Exonerated	2008
Frank Bulzoni	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008

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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.