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
Thomas Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Ronald Bolte	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2004
Ronald Bolte	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 14 years old	Exonerated	2004
Joseph Collura	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2004
Peter Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2004
Peter Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2004
Joseph Lessard	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2004
Steven Mattioli	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2004
Andrew Tolson	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 16 years old	Exonerated	2004
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2004
Gregory Pekera	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Exonerated	2004
Chad Manzi	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 17 years old	Exonerated	2004
Joseph Hickey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2004
Joseph Hickey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2004
Joseph Hickey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2004
Cedric Green	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2004
Alex Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Stuart Wohl	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 47 years old	Exonerated	2004
Robert Winslow	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Christophe Lagrasta	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2004
Anthony Demonte	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2004
Salvatore Lopiccolo	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2004
Hector Rodriguez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2004
Claudio Ramirez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White female, 44 years old	Exonerated	2004
Berkley Vantull	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2004
Berkley Vantull	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2004
Scott Nuzzi	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Thomas Ailman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 58 years old	Exonerated	2004
Seth Lynch	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Selwyn Fonrose	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Christian Addison	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2004
Scott Constanteles	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2004
Thomas Nicoletti	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2004
Adam Seidenberg	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2004
Jemal Gungor	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
John Andryuk	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2004
Paul Perodin	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2004
Ricardo Bocachica	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2004
Ricardo Bocachica	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Marco Balboni	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2004
Fabio Nunez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2004
Natasha Friday	Police Officer	Black female	Hispanic male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2004
Brian Clements	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2004
Marco Balboni	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2004
Daniel Mufaddi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 56 years old	Exonerated	2004
Robert Nugent	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Jeffrey Carroll	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Eric Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2004
Eric Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2004
Brian Stanley	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Brian Stanley	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
James Delumen	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2004
James Delumen	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2004
Daniel Young	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2004
Norman Grandstaff	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Alfred Moberg	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 38 years old	Exonerated	2004
Joseph Tallarine	Detective	White male	Black female, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Herbert Martin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2004
James Baez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Exonerated	2004
Alexander Grandstaff	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2004
Avis Washington	Sergeant	Black female	Hispanic female, 27 years old	Exonerated	2004
Gregory Abrahams	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2004
Joseph Stynes	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
William Sommer	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2004
Jose Rodriguez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2004
Christophe Owen	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2004
Joseph Stynes	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2004
Michael Lennihan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2004
Michael Lennihan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Michael Lennihan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2004
Douglas Lansing	Detective	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2004
Luis Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 39 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Mario Morales	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Christophe Cooke	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2004
Richard Bergin	Lieutenant	White male	Unknown male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2004
Stanley Green	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2004
Patrick Cherry	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
John Kealy	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2003
Anthony Pizzo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2003
Gabrielle Walls	Police Officer	Black female	Black female	Exonerated	2003
Anthony Pizzo	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2003
Joey Quigley	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2003
Herminio Baez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2003
Richard Dixon	Police Officer	Black male	Unknown female, 52 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
John Roberts	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Exonerated	2003
Peter Duke	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Reginald Hilaire	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Steven Glassman	Police Officer	White male	White female, 47 years old	Exonerated	2003
Jose Caban	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Jose Caban	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 23 years old	Exonerated	2003
Dennis Friendly	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Andrew Kinsella	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
John Randazzo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2003
Jose Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2003
Robert Nugent	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2003
Anthony Ronda	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
William Buchanan	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2003
Finbarr Fleming	Police Officer	White male	White male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003

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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.