Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers

This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date. For more recent information, visit the city's database of civilian complaints against the NYPD.

47th 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
97
Complaints
234
Allegations
687

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
Aleksandr Kovalenko Sergeant Discourtesy: Word White male Black male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Keith Figueroa Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop Hispanic male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Aleksandr Kovalenko Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged White male Black female, 44 years old Exonerated 2017
Aleksandr Kovalenko Sergeant Discourtesy: Action White male Black male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Aleksandr Kovalenko Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Sherman Tyson Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest Black male Refused female, 57 years old Exonerated 2017
Alejandra Perez Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk Hispanic female Unknown female, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Jeremiah Williams Detective Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number Black male Asian female, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Aleksandr Kovalenko Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number White male Black male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Chantel Aloy Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest Hispanic female Refused female, 57 years old Exonerated 2017
Brian Hanlon Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) White male Not available Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2017
Michael Barbetto Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) White male Unknown female, 21 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2017
Michael Barbetto Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Question White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Alejandra Perez Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Hispanic female Unknown female, 21 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2017
Alejandra Perez Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Hispanic female Unknown female, 39 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2017
Sherman Tyson Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched Black male Not available Unsubstantiated 2017
David Sammarco Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Hispanic male, 35 years old Exonerated 2017
David Sammarco Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop White male Hispanic male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Yoryi Santana Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Interference With Recording Hispanic male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Melvin Moultrie Sergeant Force: Physical Force Black male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Matthew Palmerini Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop White male Hispanic male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Aleksandr Kovalenko Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest White male Black male, 51 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Chantel Aloy Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched Hispanic female Not available Unsubstantiated 2017
Matthew Escudero Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Seizure Of Property Hispanic male Not available male, 44 years old Exonerated 2017
Patrick Jean Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Seizure Of Property Black male Black male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
John Londono Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Hispanic male Black female, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Matthew Palmerini Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) White male Unknown female, 21 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2017
Yoryi Santana Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Interference With Recording Hispanic male Not available male, 25 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Patrick Jean Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Black male Black male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Jesus Ramos Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) Hispanic male White male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2017
Patrick Jean Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search Black male Black male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Robert Durst Sergeant Force: Nonlethal Restraining Device White male Hispanic female, 17 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2017
Chantel Aloy Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Forcible Removal To Hospital Hispanic female Refused female, 57 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2017
Bjondin Skender Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest White male Asian female, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Patrick Jean Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop Black male Black male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Sherman Tyson Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Forcible Removal To Hospital Black male Refused female, 57 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2017
John Londono Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search Hispanic male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Melvin Moultrie Sergeant Discourtesy: Action Black male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Melvin Moultrie Sergeant Force: Nonlethal Restraining Device Black male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2017
Matthew Escudero Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Hispanic male Unknown female, 21 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2017
Rafael Rispoli Police Officer Force: Physical Force Black male Black male, 55 years old Exonerated 2017
Rafael Rispoli Police Officer Force: Physical Force Black male White male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2017
Rafael Rispoli Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Black male White male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2017
Matthew Escudero Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk Hispanic male Not available male, 44 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Anthony Hyde Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk White male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2017
Melvin Moultrie Sergeant Force: Nonlethal Restraining Device Black male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2017
Melvin Moultrie Sergeant Offensive Language: Race Black male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Edward Pellerano Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) White male Black male, 26 years old Exonerated 2017
Edward Pellerano Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk White male Black male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Edward Pellerano Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Black male, 26 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2017
Jesus Ramos Police Officer Force: Physical Force Hispanic male Black male, 55 years old Exonerated 2017
Jesus Ramos Police Officer Force: Nonlethal Restraining Device Hispanic male Black male, 55 years old Exonerated 2017
Melvin Moultrie Sergeant Discourtesy: Word Black male Black male, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Melvin Moultrie Sergeant Force: Nonlethal Restraining Device Black male Black male, 41 years old Exonerated 2017
John Londono Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Hispanic male Black male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
John Londono Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search Hispanic male Black male, 36 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2017
Yoryi Santana Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Interference With Recording Hispanic male Hispanic male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Ahmd Ayoubi Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop White male Black male, 60 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2016
Anand Bhoj Lieutenant Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched Hispanic male Not available Exonerated 2016
Nicholas Vandyke Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Hispanic male, 28 years old Exonerated 2016
Jeremiah Williams Detective Discourtesy: Word Black male Hispanic female, 45 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Jeremiah Williams Detective Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched Black male Not available Exonerated 2016
Katherine Sepulveda Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search Hispanic female Black male, 27 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2016
Aleksandr Kovalenko Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) White male Black male, 27 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2016
Jeremiah Williams Detective Discourtesy: Word Black male Hispanic female, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Jeremiah Williams Detective Discourtesy: Word Black male Hispanic female, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Bjondin Skender Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Hispanic female, 28 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Aleksandr Kovalenko Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched White male Not available Unsubstantiated 2016
Kevin Kenny Lieutenant Discourtesy: Word White male White male, 68 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Bennett Shelley Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Jose Santory Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Hispanic male White male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Jens Maldonado Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop Hispanic male Black male, 62 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Jose Santory Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Hispanic male Not available Unsubstantiated 2015
Jose Santory Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search Hispanic male White male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Jose Santory Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Frisk Hispanic male Not available Unsubstantiated 2015
Charles Gove Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number White male Black female, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Kevin Mockel Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Daniel Beddows Detective Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Black male, 62 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Kevin Mockel Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Summons Hispanic male Black male, 42 years old Exonerated 2015
Charles Gove Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number White male Black male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Robert Bosland Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Black male, 31 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Jose Santory Sergeant Discourtesy: Word Hispanic male White male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Jose Santory Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Stop Hispanic male White male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Jose Santory Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number Hispanic male White male, 27 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Thomas Casey Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop White male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Thomas Casey Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Frisk White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2015
Donald Climaco Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Asian male Other Race male, 13 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Thomas Casey Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Donald Climaco Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop Asian male Other Race male, 13 years old Exonerated 2015
Donald Climaco Police Officer Force: Physical Force Asian male Other Race male, 13 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Michael Whelan Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop White male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Michael Whelan Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Michael Whelan Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Kevin Kenny Lieutenant Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Black male, 32 years old Exonerated 2015
David Sammarco Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk White male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2015
Michael Whelan Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Johnny Orellana Captain Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched Hispanic male Not available Exonerated 2015
Luis Rodriguez Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Hispanic male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2015
Luis Rodriguez Police Officer Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton) Hispanic male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2015
Michael Whelan Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop White male Black male, 23 years old Exonerated 2015
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.
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