The NYPD Files
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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheila Ramos | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic female, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Richard Cohen | Sergeant | White male | White male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Rafael Rispoli | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 55 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| James Campiglia | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Kevin Ramirez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| James Titus | Police Officer | White male | White male, 49 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Alexander Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Karen Zhao | Police Officer | Asian female | White female, 25 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Sajit Tomy | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Stephen Lalchan | Detective | Asian male | Asian male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Alexander Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 53 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| James Biondo | Police Officer | White male | White female, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Duane Percy | Detective | Black male | Black female, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Anthony Baresi | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Ray Dutton | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Sophia Rodriguez | Police Officer | Black female | Black male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Keyana Kendall | Police Officer | Black male | White female, 76 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Joseph Swicicki | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Gregory Smith | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Joseph Sotira | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Edson Brutus | Police Officer | Black male | Asian female, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Augustine Gonzalez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 36 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Sharif Portee | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Eric Bernard | Police Officer | White male | Black female, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Ardit Ymeri | Police Officer | White male | White male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Majeed Arif | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jose Reyes | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Leonardo Viera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Leonardo Viera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Derek Almeida | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| George Taylor | Sergeant | White male | Black female | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Peter Borisenko | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 15 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Eric Bernard | Police Officer | White male | Not available male | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Nicholas Canepa | Police Officer | White male | Black male | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Sharif Portee | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Andres Zambrano | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Thomas Cancilla | Police Officer | White male | White male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2017 |
| Joseph Napolitano | Police Officer | White male | White male, 37 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Thomas Cancilla | Police Officer | White male | White male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Peter Guido | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic female, 14 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| David Belkin | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Joseph Schneider | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Johnny Lawrence | Police Officer | Black male | Black female, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Melanie Culpepper | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black female, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Giuseppe Oliveri | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Sicelin Ortiz | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 54 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Michael Lunetta | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic female, 39 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Steven Perez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Asian male, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Justin Senese | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male, 58 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Davon Alston | Sergeant | Black male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Rafael Guzman | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Michael Eschmann | Police Officer | White male | White male, 39 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Artur Espenberg | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 15 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Christian Cayenne | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Wilson Verdesoto | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Matthew Sabella | Police Officer | White male | Black not described, 38 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Dany Fana | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Edward Boyle | Police Officer | White male | White female, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Nicolas Mahuad | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 52 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Alan Chau | Sergeant | Asian male | Black male, 55 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Wilson Verdesoto | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Ashleigh Sofia | Sergeant | White female | Unknown male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Namel Holguin | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Brendan Grace | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Saquoi Harris | Police Officer | Black male | Asian male, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Vincent Agostino | Detective | White male | Black male, 57 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Elvin Gashi | Detective | White male | Black female, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Peter Morales | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jose Caban | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Jose Caban | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jose Caban | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Colin Kogan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Erek Powers | Sergeant | Black male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Derrick Mcintosh | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Idris Guven | Lieutenant | White male | White female, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Michael Mccarthy | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 15 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jose Caban | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Joel Riveragonzalez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Idris Guven | Lieutenant | White male | Refused male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Angel Gonzalez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black female, 42 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Christophe Aylward | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Christophe Aylward | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Kenny Maldonado | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 39 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Ernest Morales | Deputy Inspector | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 48 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Iftekharul Awal | Police Officer | Asian male | Black female, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Nerys Ramirez | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 56 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Connor Lichte | Police Officer | White male | White male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Kenny Maldonado | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 39 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| John Katehis | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 12 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| David Lamarre | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Daniel Oh | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Christophe Aylward | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 26 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2017 |
| Connor Lichte | Police Officer | White male | White male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Brian Mahon | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Roy Abounaoum | Detective | White male | Other Race male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Daniel Oh | Police Officer | Asian male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
| Sean Keegan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2017 |
| Brian Query | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
| Jason Merchan | Detective | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2017 |
| Francis Conejo | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 19 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
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.