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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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
Christophe Lembo Police Officer White male White male, 17 years old Exonerated 2004
Michael Alleva Detective White male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2004
Daniel Sbarra Sergeant White male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Daniel Sbarra Sergeant White male Black female, 36 years old Exonerated 2004
Richard Gomez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2004
Richard Gomez Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 23 years old Exonerated 2004
James Dengate Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 23 years old Exonerated 2004
James Dengate Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 23 years old Exonerated 2004
Anthony Lustica Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 23 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Yasmin Hicks Police Officer Black female Black female, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Kevin Devine Police Officer White male Black female, 20 years old Exonerated 2004
Michael Vento Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 50 years old Exonerated 2004
James Dengate Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 23 years old Exonerated 2004
Patrick Fitzgerald Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
John Baumeister Police Officer White male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
David Pulice Police Officer White male Black male, 57 years old Exonerated 2004
John Zamot Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2004
Andres Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 20 years old Exonerated 2004
Wilbert Rodriguez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2004
Martin Dennehy Police Officer White male Unknown male Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Martin Dennehy Police Officer White male Unknown male Unsubstantiated 2004
Alberto Pizarro Police Officer Hispanic male Refused male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Hector Fuentes Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Aubrey Henry Detective Black male Unknown male, 27 years old Exonerated 2004
John Becerra Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown male, 52 years old Exonerated 2004
Kenneth Oconnor Police Officer White male Black female, 14 years old Exonerated 2004
Brian Farrelly Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 35 years old Exonerated 2004
Michael Korabel Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2004
Joey Quigley Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 37 years old Exonerated 2004
Robert Brenzel Police Officer White male Unknown male, 20 years old Exonerated 2004
Niles Prince Police Officer Black male Hispanic male, 25 years old Exonerated 2004
Andre Teterycz Sergeant White male White female, 64 years old Exonerated 2004
Edward Deighan Police Officer White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2004
John Todaro Sergeant White male Hispanic female, 27 years old Exonerated 2004
Scott Martin Police Officer White male Black male, 29 years old Exonerated 2004
Oghenevigh Okrokoto Police Officer Black male Black male Exonerated 2004
Joseph Ross Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 19 years old Exonerated 2004
Brian Clements Police Officer White male Hispanic female, 23 years old Exonerated 2004
Kevin Maloney Sergeant White male Unknown male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Erik Lubrano Police Officer White male Unknown male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Hugh Mackenzie Police Officer White male White male, 54 years old Exonerated 2004
Willy Yankovich Police Officer White male Black female, 14 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2004
Jorge Tavarez Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, -1 years old Exonerated 2004
Jorge Tavarez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 34 years old Exonerated 2004
Ronald Bolte Sergeant White male Hispanic female Exonerated 2004
Osvaldo Nunez Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic female, 55 years old Exonerated 2004
Osvaldo Nunez Sergeant Hispanic male Hispanic male, 40 years old Exonerated 2004
Frank Galati Police Officer White male Black male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Joseph Curley Police Officer White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2004
Joseph Curley Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 37 years old Exonerated 2004
Ignazio Selvaggio Police Officer White male White male, 52 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Ohmeed Davodian Police Officer White male Other Race male, 25 years old Exonerated 2004
Gary Messina Lieutenant White male Unknown male, 40 years old Exonerated 2004
Shane Killilea Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2004
Robert Dipaola Detective White male White male, 31 years old Exonerated 2004
Gary Messina Lieutenant White male Black male, 16 years old Exonerated 2004
Gary Messina Lieutenant White male Black male, 15 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Michael Edmonds Police Officer White male Black male, 39 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Anthony Salato Police Officer White male Not available Exonerated 2004
Anthony Salato Police Officer White male Black female, 46 years old Exonerated 2004
Anthony Salato Police Officer White male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Thomas Cappolla Police Officer White male Black male, 16 years old Exonerated 2004
Thomas Cappolla Police Officer White male Not available Exonerated 2004
Joseph Matzinger Police Officer White male Black female, 34 years old Exonerated 2004
Kwame Kipp Police Officer Black male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2004
Anton Bartoldus Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2004
Steven Weiss Police Officer White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2004
Daniel Pietranico Police Officer White male White female, 17 years old Exonerated 2004
Brian Depalo Police Officer White male Black male, 28 years old Exonerated 2004
Michael Straniere Police Officer White male Black male, 35 years old Exonerated 2004
Victor Appel Police Officer White male Black male, 25 years old Exonerated 2004
Victor Appel Police Officer White male Not available male Exonerated 2004
Jose Delrosario Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 58 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Jose Delrosario Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Jose Delrosario Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2004
Eric Robinson Police Officer White male Not available Exonerated 2004
Jacob Newman Police Officer White male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Joseph Marquez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 35 years old Exonerated 2004
Erica Lloyd Police Officer Black female Hispanic male, 38 years old Exonerated 2004
Kenneth Juart Police Officer White male Black male, 44 years old Exonerated 2004
Edward Colucci Detective White male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2004
Kelly Maldonado Police Officer Black female White female, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Daniel Miraglia Lieutenant White male Hispanic male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Ralph Pacheco Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 28 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2004
Carlos Marchena Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2004
Rafael Iturralde Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 43 years old Exonerated 2004
Nicole Gondry Police Officer White female Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2004
Alexis Fernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Black female, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
John Facchini Police Officer White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Peter Duke Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 32 years old Exonerated 2004
Jean Louis Police Officer Black male Not available male Exonerated 2004
Jean Louis Police Officer Black male Black female, 28 years old Exonerated 2004
Jean Louis Police Officer Black male Unknown male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Rolando Carbonell Police Officer Hispanic male Black male, 43 years old Exonerated 2004
Anthony Burgos Police Officer Hispanic male Unknown female, 21 years old Exonerated 2004
Alexis Fernandez Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 55 years old Exonerated 2004
Hector Lopez Police Officer Hispanic male White male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Nicholas Molino Police Officer Hispanic male Hispanic male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Scott Mateyaschuk Police Officer White male Hispanic male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Scott Mateyaschuk Police Officer White male Hispanic female Exonerated 2004
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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