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This page contains allegations that were filed against officers who were serving at this precinct or in this unit at the time an incident is alleged to have occured. A complaint received from a civilian can include multiple allegations.

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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	Allegation	Officer Details	Complainant Details	CCRB Conclusion	Year Received
Isaac Branch	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Race	Black male	Hispanic female, 101 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Isaac Branch	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Hispanic female, 101 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Robert Numssen	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2001
Seth Lynch	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Daniel Alessandrino	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Ethnicity	White male	Other Race male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Martin Dennehy	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Unknown male	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Martin Dennehy	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	White male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2004
Seth Lynch	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Other	White male	Unknown female	Exonerated	2004
Martin Dennehy	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Unknown male	Unsubstantiated	2004
Seth Lynch	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Daniel Alessandrino	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	White male	Other Race male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2004
Matthew Bourbeau	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	White male	White male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2006
Isaac Branch	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	White female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Wilson Vernelly	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	White male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2006
Matthew Bourbeau	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	White male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Jonathan Hom	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Asian male	Black female, 48 years old	Exonerated	2006
George Bonner	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Race	White male	Black female, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
George Bonner	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
George Bonner	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Action	White male	Asian male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2008
Isaac Branch	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2008
Isaac Branch	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Black male	White male, 56 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Jonathan Hom	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Asian male	Refused male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Asian male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Action	White male	Asian male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2009
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	White male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jonathan Hom	Police Officer	Force: Pepper Spray	Asian male	White male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jonathan Hom	Police Officer	Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton)	Asian male	White male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jonathan Hom	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Asian male	White male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2011
Roy Abounaoum	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Sexual Orientation	White male	Black male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	White male, 48 years old	Exonerated	2011
Adam Imperato	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Summons	White male	White female, 27 years old	Exonerated	2012
Roy Abounaoum	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	White male	White male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2013
William Morris	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Eric Duval	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Roy Abounaoum	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	White male, 43 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2013
Roy Abounaoum	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	White male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2013
Roy Abounaoum	Police Officer	Force: Gun Pointed	White male	White male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2013
William Morris	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
William Morris	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	White male	Hispanic male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Roy Abounaoum	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	White male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Roy Abounaoum	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	White male	White male, 43 years old	Exonerated	2013
Colin Sullivan	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	White male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2014
Michael Alfieri	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	White male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Michael Alfieri	Sergeant	Force: Nonlethal Restraining Device	White male	White male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2014
Gustavo Montesdeoca	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2014
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	Force: Chokehold	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	Force: Other	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
William Morris	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Exonerated	2014
William Morris	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
William Morris	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Exonerated	2014
Brian Benvenuto	Police Officer	Force: Pepper Spray	White male	White male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2014
Timothy Sprague	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2014
Michael Alfieri	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	White male	Hispanic male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2014
Jorge Tavarez	Lieutenant	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Not available female	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jorge Tavarez	Lieutenant	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	White male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jorge Tavarez	Lieutenant	Force: Chokehold	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jorge Tavarez	Lieutenant	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jorge Tavarez	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Jorge Tavarez	Lieutenant	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Jorge Tavarez	Lieutenant	Offensive Language: Sexual Orientation	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Brian Benvenuto	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Brian Benvenuto	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Brian Benvenuto	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Colin Sullivan	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Sexual Orientation	White male	White male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Colin Sullivan	Police Officer	Force: Hit Against Inanimate Object	White male	White male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Colin Sullivan	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	White male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Action	White male	White male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
William Morris	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	White male	Unknown female, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
William Morris	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Unknown female, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Colin Sullivan	Police Officer	Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton)	White male	White male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Colin Sullivan	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	White male	White male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Eric Duval	Police Officer	Force: Handcuffs Too Tight	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Eric Duval	Police Officer	Force: Other	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Eric Duval	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Colin Sullivan	Police Officer	Force: Other	White male	White male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
William Morris	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons	White male	Unknown female, 48 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2015
Colin Sullivan	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	White male, 52 years old	Exonerated	2015
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	White male	Other Race male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Action	White male	Other Race male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Adam Imperato	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	White male, 64 years old	Exonerated	2016
Adam Imperato	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Action	White male	White male, 64 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Adam Imperato	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	White male, 64 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Ethnicity	White male	Other Race male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jonathan Re	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Other Race male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Luis Gutierrez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Hispanic male	White female, 72 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Luis Gutierrez	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Action	Hispanic male	White female, 72 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Luis Gutierrez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Other	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
Luis Gutierrez	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Luis Gutierrez	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Action	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
John Becerra	Sergeant	Force: Nonlethal Restraining Device	Hispanic male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Brian Benvenuto	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Brian Benvenuto	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Brian Benvenuto	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2018
John Becerra	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
John Becerra	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Luis Gutierrez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Interference With Recording	Hispanic male	Other Race male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
John Becerra	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	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.