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
Gennaro Russo	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Tarangelo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Richard Ernyey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Timothy Rizzo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Bekim Kalicovic	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Bekim Kalicovic	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Robert Smith	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Nelson Nin	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Andrew Fago	Detective	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Dwight Powell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Joseph Mineo	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Francesco Allevato	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Diery Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Gregory Kennedy	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Ronald Hobson	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Raymond Tomins	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jonathan Trossi	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Tarulli	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Ardolino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jason Barish	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Juan Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Paul Oconnor	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Richard Ernyey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jonathan Kalman	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 69 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Guy Gargano	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jimmy Bonilla	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 52 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Cesar Reyes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Brian Kovarik	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Ryan Galvin	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
John Ferrara	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
John Zorrilla	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Patrick Burnett	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Michael Doyle	Lieutenant	White male	Unknown female	Unsubstantiated	2015
Matthew Dias	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jack Dagnese	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Derek Epstein	Sergeant	White male	Asian female, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Daniel Guida	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Charles Cavallaro	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Francesco Cusimano	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Paul Palminteri	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Starlin Dominguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2016
Kevin Martin	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2016
Catherine Thomas	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Fernando Caches	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Kevin Martin	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
William Taylor	Deputy Inspector	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
William Taylor	Deputy Inspector	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Charles Ingrassia	Detective	White male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jose Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Hugh Herbert	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Shawn Phillips	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Edward Stackpole	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
William Taylor	Deputy Inspector	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Atara Ashford	Sergeant	Hispanic female	Black female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Shawn Phillips	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 23 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Ryan Pretty	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Christian Cayenne	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Melvin Moultrie	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Christian Cayenne	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Isaac Souchak	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Isaac Souchak	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Hassan Gheith	Police Officer	White male	White male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Mirjan Lolja	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
John Gergis	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Robert Mciver	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Michael Lunetta	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
German Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2017
Miroslav Maric	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Kevin Nicoll	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Mohammed Rios	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
Jonathan Hom	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jonathan Hom	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Ian Abramowitz	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Roodly Demorcy	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Charles Hillery	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Shawn Gallagher	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Flavio Rodriguez	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
John Londono	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Ryan Olsen	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Leon Batson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Flavio Rodriguez	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Erick Larios	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Yefet Sharabi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
William Diab	Lieutenant	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2018
Ted Saintgerard	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
William Diab	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Miguel Donovan	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Rochael Vasquez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Larry Meyers	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Brett Strauss	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Anthony Donato	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Reginald Minott	Police Officer	Black male	Not available male	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Richard Cohen	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Charles Hillery	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Nicholas Albergo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018

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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.