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
Kristy Abbasciano	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Ian Abramowitz	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Donald Abrams	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2000
Wilfredo Acevedo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Danny Aguilar	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Nicholas Albergo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Brian Alexander	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Francesco Allevato	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Alberto Angilletta	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Felix Arana	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Ardolino	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Atara Ashford	Sergeant	Hispanic female	Black female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Colin Austin	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Abraham Badillo	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Herminio Baez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jason Barish	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Robert Barnett	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Leon Batson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
John Baumeister	Detective	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Genti Bektashaj	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Scott Berger	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Joseph Bermudez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Alexander Bobo	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jimmy Bonilla	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 52 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
George Bonner	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Lorraine Bowden	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Robert Bracero	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Isaac Branch	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 101 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Paul Brauer	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jason Brown	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Sasha Brugal	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Dmitry Brush	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jalin Bulding	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Patrick Burnett	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Michael Butler	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jose Caban	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 68 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Fernando Caches	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jesus Capo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available male	Unsubstantiated	2005
Jesus Capo	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
John Cascone	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Charles Cavallaro	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Christian Cayenne	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Christian Cayenne	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Christian Cayenne	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Timothy Cecchini	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Bruce Ceparano	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Keith Chatterton	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Patrick Cherry	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Patrick Cherry	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Richard Cohen	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Christophe Crain	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Cronin	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Richard Currao	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Francesco Cusimano	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jack Dagnese	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Paul Deentremont	Deputy Inspector	White male	Hispanic female, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Gerard Delprete	Detective	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Gerard Delprete	Detective	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jeremy Demarco	Detective	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Roodly Demorcy	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Brian Depalo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
William Diab	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
William Diab	Lieutenant	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2018
Matthew Dias	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Matthew Dias	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Nicholas Digaudio	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Vincenzo Dimartino	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
William Ditomaso	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
William Ditomaso	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Richard Dixon	Detective	Black male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Starlin Dominguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2016
Anthony Donato	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2018
Brian Donoghue	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Miguel Donovan	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Patrick Dooley	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Michael Doyle	Lieutenant	White male	Unknown female	Unsubstantiated	2015
Robert Dress	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Dmitry Durets	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2000
Dion Edwards	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Peter Efthimiou	Sergeant	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
James Eisert	Detective	White male	Black female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Brian Ellensohn	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Derek Epstein	Sergeant	White male	Asian female, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Michael Ernst	Police Officer	White male	Other Race male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Richard Ernyey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Richard Ernyey	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
John Facchini	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Andrew Fago	Detective	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Paul Farella	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Joseph Fernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Joseph Fernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
John Ferrara	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
John Fogelman	Detective	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Megan Fortunato	Police Officer	White female	Black female, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Matthew Fried	Detective	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Dennis Friendly	Detective	Black male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010

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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.