Offensive Language: RACE - The NYPD Files

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Offensive Language: Race

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

269

Complaints

283

Allegations

307

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
Timothy Mccormack	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	1999
Donald Abrams	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2000
Joseph Tallarine	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2000
Dmitry Durets	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2000
Joseph Tallarine	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2000
Isaac Branch	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 101 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Thomas Oconnor	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Patrick Cherry	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Robert Lotufo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Christophe Schmidt	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Dustin Genco	Detective	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Richard Warner	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Martin Langbein	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Colin Austin	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Michael Gibbs	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Richard Currao	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Peter Efthimiou	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Lorraine Bowden	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Kevin Matthews	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2002
William Gattis	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Ernest Morales	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Peter Rhatigan	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
William Ditomaso	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Andrew Hatki	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
John Fogelman	Detective	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Jose Caban	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 68 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Patrick Cherry	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Robert Nugent	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Exonerated	2004
Joseph Stynes	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Anthony Salato	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Michael Lennihan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Matthew Granahan	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Ralph Pacheco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Alex Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Brian Depalo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Dion Edwards	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Brian Mchenry	Police Officer	White male	Not available male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Anthony Salato	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Paul Farella	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
John Facchini	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Anis Nikocevic	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Nicholas Soto	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Emily Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic female	White female, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
John Todaro	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Nicholas Garafola	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Jesus Capo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available male	Unsubstantiated	2005
Jalin Bulding	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Nerys Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Patrick Smith	Police Officer	American Indian male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Kenneth Vencak	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2006
Jean Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Gary Messina	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Jason Reynolds	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Craig Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Nicholas Garafola	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Frank Galati	Detective	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Jerry Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Wilfredo Acevedo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Nerys Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Delores Mitchell	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Robert Kelly	Sergeant	White male	Refused female, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Christophe Paul	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 12 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
George Bonner	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Dominick Nasso	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jeremy Demarco	Detective	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Daniel Ticali	Detective	American Indian male	Other Race male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Cronin	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Herminio Baez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2007
Mourad Mourad	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Kristy Abbasciano	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Robert Dress	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Edwin Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Christophe Crain	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Edward Moore	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Richard Pignatelli	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
James Slavin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Shawn Gallagher	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Vito Nicoletta	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Konstantin Genin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Nicholas Digaudio	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jennifer Laskykuehn	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Brian Ellensohn	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Scott Nuzzi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Gustavo Medina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Steven Weiss	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Joseph Bermudez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Daniel Mufaddi	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Christophe Mcgee	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Howard Zweben	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Daniel Young	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Matthew Fried	Detective	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Matthew Pena	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Danny Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Adnan Radoncic	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009

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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.