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
Daniel Ticali	Detective	American Indian male	Other Race male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Patrick Smith	Police Officer	American Indian male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Barry Stokes	Police Officer	American Indian male	Black female, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Jonathan Hom	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jonathan Hom	Sergeant	Asian male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Jonathan Trossi	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Dwight Powell	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Dennis Friendly	Detective	Black male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Torrel Rowesingleton	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Dennis Friendly	Detective	Black male	Black female, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Kevon Sample	Lieutenant	Black male	Black male, 56 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Torrel Rowesingleton	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 60 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Diery Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Christian Cayenne	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Charles Hillery	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Melvin Moultrie	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Richard Dixon	Detective	Black male	Hispanic male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Gregory Kennedy	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Mourad Mourad	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Alexander Bobo	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jean Louis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
David Terrell	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Malachi Mckenith	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jason Reynolds	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Terrence Howard	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Johnny Lawrence	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Charles Hillery	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Leon Batson	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Christian Cayenne	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Erek Powers	Sergeant	Black male	Black male, 57 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Willie Johnson	Detective	Black male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Robert Mciver	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Chad Mack	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Delores Mitchell	Police Officer	Black female	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Michael White	Sergeant	Black male	Black female, 59 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Devin Long	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Reginald Minott	Police Officer	Black male	Not available male	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Craig Wright	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Darren Melhado	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Dion Edwards	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Colin Austin	Police Officer	Black male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Ronald Hobson	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Christian Cayenne	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Ted Saintgerard	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2018
Willie Johnson	Detective	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Devin Long	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Roodly Demorcy	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Isaac Branch	Police Officer	Black male	Hispanic female, 101 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Carlos Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jimmy Bonilla	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 52 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Edwin Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Nicholas Soto	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Ralph Pacheco	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Johnny Orellana	Captain	Hispanic male	Black female, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Matthew Pena	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jalin Bulding	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
John Londono	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 14 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Nelson Nin	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Joseph Bermudez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Abraham Badillo	Sergeant	Hispanic male	White male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Michelle Maldonado	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Robert Bracero	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Catherine Thomas	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
John Zorrilla	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
William Ditomaso	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Robert Lotufo	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Claudio Ramirez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Edgar Clases	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Erick Larios	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Juan Santiago	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Danny Hernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Felix Gross	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Julio Ramos	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Joey Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Atara Ashford	Sergeant	Hispanic female	Black female, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Philip Picciano	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Alex Torres	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Fizgeralda Herndonsoto	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Jonathan Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Catherine Perez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Joel Reyes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Joseph Fernandez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Cesar Reyes	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Nerys Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Herminio Baez	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2007
Nerys Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Flavio Rodriguez	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Charles Buglione	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
David Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Ernest Morales	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Rochael Vasquez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
German Gonzalez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 14 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2017
Flavio Rodriguez	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Lorraine Bowden	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Jerry Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
William Ditomaso	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Gustavo Medina	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
David Ramirez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019

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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.