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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
Michael Doyle	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Action	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Michael Doyle	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	Black female, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Kevon Sample	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	White male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Michael Doyle	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	White male	White male, 57 years old	Exonerated	2005
Daniel Miranda	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Hispanic male	White female, 48 years old	Exonerated	2005
Joseph Padula	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Not available male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Joseph Padula	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Other	White male	Not available male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Kevon Sample	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Black male	White male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Joseph Padula	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	White male	Not available male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2005
Robert Rivera	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Hispanic male	White female, 51 years old	Exonerated	2005
Robert Rivera	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	Hispanic male	White male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2006
Kevon Sample	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	White female, 45 years old	Exonerated	2006
Robert Rivera	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Seizure Of Property	Hispanic male	Black male	Substantiated (Instructions)	2006
Robert Rivera	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons	Hispanic male	Black male	Exonerated	2006
Robert Rivera	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	White male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Robert Rivera	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged	Hispanic male	White male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Salvator Granata	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	White male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2007
Raghunan Ramroop	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Asian male	White male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Kimberley Bove	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White female	White female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Kimberley Bove	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	White female	White female, 18 years old	Exonerated	2007
Daniel Miranda	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	White male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	Force: Pepper Spray	White male	White male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2007
Steven Finley	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Steven Finley	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	White male	White male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2007
Daniel Miranda	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Hispanic male	Asian female, 59 years old	Exonerated	2007
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2008
Timothy Brovakos	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2008
Timothy Brovakos	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2008
Curt Thomas	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 14 years old	Exonerated	2008
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2008
Timothy Harrington	Lieutenant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2008
Timothy Harrington	Lieutenant	Force: Nonlethal Restraining Device	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2008
Timothy Harrington	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment	White male	Hispanic male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2008
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	White male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Raghunan Ramroop	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Asian male	Not available	Exonerated	2008
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2008
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Nikolaos Stefopoulos	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2008
Graham Brathwaite	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Black male	White female, 83 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black female, 44 years old	Exonerated	2009
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	White male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	White male	White male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Kevon Sample	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Unknown female	Unsubstantiated	2009
Kevon Sample	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Black male	Unknown female	Exonerated	2009
Raghunan Ramroop	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Asian male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Raghunan Ramroop	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Asian male	Refused female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Raghunan Ramroop	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Asian male	Refused female, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Raghunan Ramroop	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged	Asian male	Refused female, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Kevon Sample	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Unknown female	Exonerated	2009
Edward Caceres	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	White male, 24 years old	Exonerated	2010
Charles Senat	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question	Black male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2010
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	White male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	White male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2010
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2010
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	Force: Gun Pointed	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2010
Dmitry Durets	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	White male	White female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Kevin Cox	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	White female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Kevin Cox	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Black male	White female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Timothy Brovakos	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Exonerated	2011
Shilendra Sawh	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Asian male	White male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Willy Yankovich	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	White female, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Edward Caceres	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment	Hispanic male	White female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Edward Caceres	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	White female, 15 years old	Exonerated	2012
Edward Caceres	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	White male, 58 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Edward Caceres	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Edward Caceres	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 30 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Charles Senat	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Hispanic female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Shilendra Sawh	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Asian male	White male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Edward Stackpole	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	White male, 34 years old	Exonerated	2013
Graham Brathwaite	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	White male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Graham Brathwaite	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons	Black male	White male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Chad Manzi	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	White male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Paul Farella	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Not available male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2013
Bruce Ceparano	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	White male	White male, 35 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Paul Farella	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2013
Christophe Dede	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Process Civilian Complaint	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Edward Stackpole	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	White male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Lauren Au	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Asian female	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Joanne Rodriguez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Process Civilian Complaint	Hispanic female	White female, 51 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2014
Edward Stackpole	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	White male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Edward Stackpole	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	Black male, 26 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2014
Lauren Au	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Asian female	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Lauren Au	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Asian female	White male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2015
Lauren Au	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	Asian female	White male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2015
Lauren Au	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Asian female	White male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Dominick Raso	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	White male	White male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Yael Magori	Lieutenant	Discourtesy: Word	White female	White male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Michael Szczecinski	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Process Civilian Complaint	White male	Asian male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Yael Magori	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	White female	White female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2017
Yael Magori	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	White female	White female, 21 years old	Exonerated	2017
Michael Szczecinski	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Process Civilian Complaint	White male	White male, 40 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2017
James Titus	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	White male, 49 years old	Exonerated	2017
Yael Magori	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White female	White female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Yael Magori	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	White female	White female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Yael Magori	Lieutenant	Discourtesy: Word	White female	White female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
James Titus	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male	Exonerated	2018
Jason Zeikel	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Process Civilian Complaint	White male	Other Race female, 57 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2018
Lior Chernyhovsky	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	White male	White male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	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.