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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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32nd Precinct
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.
Officers with Complaints
72
Complaints
130
Allegations
352
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 |
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Thomas Cozart | Police Officer | Force: Hit Against Inanimate Object | Black male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Joe Green | Police Officer | Force: Other | Black male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2007 |
Joe Green | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black female, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
William Butler | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Black male, 40 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2007 |
Francisco Adames | Police Officer | Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton) | Hispanic male | Black female, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Howard Zweben | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Christophe Siani | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Christophe Siani | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Question | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Christophe Siani | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment | Hispanic male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Kishon Hickman | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Black male | Black male, 51 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Kishon Hickman | Sergeant | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black male, 51 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Albert Rodriguez | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Question | Hispanic male | Black male, 32 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2008 |
Alonzo Martinez | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Hispanic male | Black male, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Alonzo Martinez | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop | Hispanic male | Black male, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Alonzo Martinez | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | Hispanic male | Black male, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Howard Zweben | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2008 |
Howard Zweben | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Sergio Merino | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Scott Rizzo | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black female, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Sergio Merino | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Sergio Merino | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Howard Zweben | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Alfred Gallicchio | Sergeant | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Alfred Gallicchio | Sergeant | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Alfred Gallicchio | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | White male | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Frank Monge | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Christophe Siani | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Howard Zweben | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Jacy Reese | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Jacy Reese | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Black male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Howard Zweben | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2008 |
Christophe Siani | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Christophe Siani | Sergeant | Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton) | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Albert Rodriguez | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Black male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2008 |
Christophe Siani | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Exonerated | 2008 |
Alfred Gallicchio | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Railyng Frias | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | Hispanic male | Black male, 47 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Railyng Frias | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 47 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Railyng Frias | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Hispanic male | Black male, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Jacy Reese | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search | Black male | Black male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Jacy Reese | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | Black male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Jacy Reese | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Jacy Reese | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Other | Black male | Not available | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
Francisco Adames | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | Hispanic male | Black male, 17 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Carlos Nieves | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Black male, 38 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Sergio Merino | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | Hispanic male | Black male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Sergio Merino | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Matthew Albanese | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Black male, 13 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2009 |
Scott Rizzo | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Scott Rizzo | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Matthew Reid | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Matthew Reid | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Matthew Reid | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Matthew Reid | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
Carlos Matos | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Hispanic male | Black male, 60 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
James Cleary | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Black male, 16 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Alfred Gallicchio | Sergeant | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Alfred Gallicchio | Sergeant | Offensive Language: Gender | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2009 |
Petr Janak | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Black male, 13 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Petr Janak | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Black male, 13 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2009 |
Petr Janak | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | White male | Black male, 13 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2009 |
Petr Janak | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | White male | Black male, 13 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2009 |
Frank Monge | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Frank Monge | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | Hispanic male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Frank Monge | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | Hispanic male | Black male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
Francisco Adames | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched | Hispanic male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2009 |
Sergio Merino | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | Hispanic male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2009 |
James Diaz | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched | Hispanic male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2009 |
Carlos Matos | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Hispanic male | Black male, 60 years old | Exonerated | 2009 |
Jaysen Basnight | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Joe Green | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Black male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Joe Green | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Thomas Cozart | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Thomas Cozart | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Thomas Cozart | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Carlos Matos | Police Officer | Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton) | Hispanic male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Thomas Cozart | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | Black male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Jaysen Basnight | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
William Butler | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Thomas Cozart | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Jaysen Basnight | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
William Butler | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
William Butler | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Jaysen Basnight | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Joe Green | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search | Black male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Thomas Cozart | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Markell Green | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Unknown male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Milton Sanchez | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black female, 42 years old | Exonerated | 2010 |
Milton Sanchez | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Gun Drawn | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2010 |
Milton Sanchez | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Black female, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Jaysen Basnight | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Black male | Black male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Jaysen Basnight | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2010 |
Leandro Castro | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Hispanic male | Black male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Scott Rizzo | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Gesture | White male | Black male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Scott Rizzo | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | White male | Black male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Alexandra Maldonado | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | Hispanic female | Black male, 64 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2011 |
Robert Locher | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Robert Locher | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Robert Locher | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
Robert Locher | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Black male, 36 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2011 |
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.
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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.