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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
Paul Deentremont	Captain	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Paul Deentremont	Captain	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black female, 13 years old	Exonerated	2002
Paul Deentremont	Captain	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2002
Paul Deentremont	Captain	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Paul Deentremont	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2001
Osvaldo Nunez	Lieutenant	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Osvaldo Nunez	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2008
Paul Deentremont	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2002
Osvaldo Nunez	Lieutenant	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Brian Holshek	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Brian Holshek	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Paul Deentremont	Lieutenant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black female, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Paul Deentremont	Lieutenant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Paul Deentremont	Lieutenant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Brian Holshek	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Paul Deentremont	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Osvaldo Nunez	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 53 years old	Exonerated	2008
Brian Holshek	Lieutenant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Paul Deentremont	Lieutenant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Paul Deentremont	Lieutenant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Brian Holshek	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	White male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Brian Holshek	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	White male	Black male, 38 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Justin Simms	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	White male, 52 years old	Exonerated	2006
Frank Baldo	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Frank Baldo	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Action	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2004
Alejandro Rivas	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Hispanic male	White male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Elvin Gomez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Gun Drawn	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2007
Paul Arico	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Eloy Sanchez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	Hispanic male	Black male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Eloy Sanchez	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Alejandro Rivas	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons	Hispanic male	White male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Alejandro Rivas	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	White male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Alejandro Rivas	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons	Hispanic male	Not available female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Elvin Gomez	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Alejandro Rivas	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Not available female, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Paul Arico	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	White female, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Frank Baldo	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Alejandro Rivas	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 62 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Elvin Gomez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Other	Hispanic male	White male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Alejandro Rivas	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Ethnicity	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 62 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Genner Gomez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question	Hispanic male	Black male, 13 years old	Exonerated	2006
Genner Gomez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Keith Cheng	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Asian male	Hispanic female, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Keith Cheng	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Asian male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2007
Keith Cheng	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Asian male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Exonerated	2008
Alejandro Rivas	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Hispanic male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Eloy Sanchez	Police Officer	Force: Pepper Spray	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Felix Acosta	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2009
Eloy Sanchez	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Miguel Sanchez	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2002
Eloy Sanchez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Hispanic male	White male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2006
Felix Acosta	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Eloy Sanchez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question	Hispanic male	Black male, 13 years old	Exonerated	2006
Alejandro Rivas	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic male	White male, 52 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline B)	2014
Eloy Sanchez	Police Officer	Force: Other Blunt Instrument As A Club	Hispanic male	Black male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Felix Acosta	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Eloy Sanchez	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Paul Arico	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Other	White male	White female, 20 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Carlos Nieves	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	White male	Unknown male	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Carlos Nieves	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Unknown male	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Pedro Romero	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
William Buchanan	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Seizure Of Property	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2002
Genner Gomez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Sasha Rosen	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2007
Keith Cheng	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Asian male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Elvin Gomez	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Alejandro Rivas	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Sasha Rosen	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	White male, 78 years old	Exonerated	2007
Sasha Rosen	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
James Burke	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	Refused male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Colin Austin	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Colin Austin	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Other	Black male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Sasha Rosen	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2005
Colin Austin	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	Black male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Colin Austin	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk And/Or Search	Black male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Colin Austin	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	Black male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2003
Patricio Ovando	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2001
Alexis Aguirre	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Alexis Aguirre	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Action	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Genner Gomez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Colin Austin	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Genner Gomez	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2005
Sasha Rosen	Police Officer	Force: Hit Against Inanimate Object	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Genner Gomez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Arrest	Hispanic male	Black male, 13 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
James Burke	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Refused male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Genner Gomez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Exonerated	2013
Elvin Gomez	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Colin Austin	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Race	Black male	Black female, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Colin Austin	Police Officer	Force: Pepper Spray	Black male	Black male, 16 years old	Exonerated	2002
Sasha Rosen	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Hispanic male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Kevin Paynter	Police Officer	Force: Gun As Club	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Exonerated	2001
Ezequiel Gutierrez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged	Hispanic male	Unknown male	Unsubstantiated	2006
Ezequiel Gutierrez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop	Hispanic male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2006
Ezequiel Gutierrez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Hispanic male	Unknown male	Unsubstantiated	2006
Ezequiel Gutierrez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Hispanic male	Unknown male	Exonerated	2006
Ezequiel Gutierrez	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2008
Ezequiel Gutierrez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2008
Alejandro Rivas	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Gesture	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 62 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Alejandro Rivas	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 62 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
William Buchanan	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Hispanic male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2003

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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.