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
Brian Depalo	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2007
Francisco Ponce	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2007
Christophe Ward	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2007
Kevin Matthews	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
James Williams	Detective	White male	Black female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Fitzgibbon	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2007
Edward Reardon	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Christophe Ward	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2007
Christian Addison	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2007
Juan Pichardo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Carl Scogmanillo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2007
Catherine Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 49 years old	Exonerated	2007
Andrew Tolson	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2007
John Zamot	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2007
Luis Machado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 53 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Marcos Sanchez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Fitzgibbon	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Granshaw	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Robert Locher	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2007
Luis Machado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 59 years old	Exonerated	2007
Timothy Schultz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2007
Donnell Powell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2007
Selwyn Fonrose	Detective	Black male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2007
Thomas Smith	Police Officer	White male	White female, 48 years old	Exonerated	2007
Luis Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Glenn Ziminski	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2007
Victor Appel	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Thomas Smith	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 30 years old	Exonerated	2007
Vincent Trozzi	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Selwyn Fonrose	Detective	Black male	Hispanic female, 47 years old	Exonerated	2007
Sekou Bourne	Detective	Black male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2007
Carlos Velez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2007
Carlos Velez	Detective	Hispanic male	White male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Felix Gross	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Edward Moore	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jeremiah Williams	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Shawn Gallagher	Police Officer	White male	American Indian male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2007
Edward Mcbride	Detective	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2007
Ching Nieh	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2007
Robert Krohley	Sergeant	White male	White male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jeannette Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
William Larkin	Police Officer	White male	White male, 58 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Robert Krohley	Sergeant	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2007
John Ogorman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
John Ogorman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Eleodoro Mata	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2007
Paul Robinson	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2007
Elvis Alcivar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2007
Elvis Alcivar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2007
Brendan Obrien	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2007
Concepcion Robles	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 20 years old	Exonerated	2007
Yael Magori	Police Officer	White female	Asian male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2007
Francisco Guzman	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jasmin Nikocevic	Police Officer	White male	White male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jeremy Demarco	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2007
Felix Gross	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jeremy Demarco	Detective	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2007
Davey Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male	Exonerated	2007
Steven Ramunno	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2007
Brett Strauss	Police Officer	White male	White male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2007
Lars Frantzen	Police Officer	White male	White female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Christophe Winiarz	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Mike Civil	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Mike Civil	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Theresa Callahan	Police Officer	White female	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2007
Ana Delpilar	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Other Race female, 51 years old	Exonerated	2007
Luis Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Frederick Drone	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Christophe Lipton	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Burbridge	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Exonerated	2007
Cassandra Matthews	Police Officer	White female	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Joey Quigley	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2007
Eric Ruiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2007
Steven Weiss	Sergeant	White male	Refused female, 32 years old	Exonerated	2007
Carlos Vazquez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
John Musante	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Kevin Cox	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Anthony Desposito	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2007
Daniel Baca	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Joseph Flynn	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Angelo Cuozzo	Detective	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Ray Dutton	Police Officer	White male	White male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2007
Steven Weiss	Sergeant	White male	Other Race male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jeffrey Ziman	Police Officer	White male	White male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Carlos Segovia	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2007
Douglas Schack	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Avidan Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2007
Jose Vasquezmiranda	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Valva	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 33 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jason Greenberg	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Karanlall Brijbukhan	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Frank Sarrica	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Raso	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Darryl Chen	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Stanley Przedwiecki	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2007
Vaughan Ettienne	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2007
Justin Caballero	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jon Derise	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Matthew Lewis	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 35 years old	Exonerated	2007

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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.