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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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70th 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
93
Complaints
210
Allegations
496
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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Luis Machado | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 59 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Luis Machado | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 59 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Jason Reynolds | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop | Black male | White male, 28 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2007 |
Mizbah Noor | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Asian male | Hispanic male, 64 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Thomas Gugliucci | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Shuzhen Wong | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Asian female | Black female, 44 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Shuzhen Wong | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | Asian female | Black female, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Shuzhen Wong | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Asian female | Black female, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Jonathan Leon | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Jason Greenberg | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black female, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Luis Machado | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 59 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Nico Hewitt | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black female, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Nico Hewitt | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Arrest | Black male | Black male, 46 years old | Exonerated | 2007 |
Nico Hewitt | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Nico Hewitt | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Summons | Black male | Black male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2007 |
Shuzhen Wong | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Seizure Of Property | Asian female | Black male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2006 |
Mizbah Noor | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Asian male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Mizbah Noor | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | Asian male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Mizbah Noor | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged | Asian male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
William Simon | Police Officer | Offensive Language: Ethnicity | White male | White male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
William Simon | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | White male | White male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
William Simon | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | White male | White male, 44 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Troy Peacock | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | Hispanic male | Black male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Action | Hispanic male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Black male, 34 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Force: Gun Pointed | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2006 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Force: Chokehold | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jerry Ortiz | Police Officer | Offensive Language: Race | Hispanic male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Ted Holway | Police Officer | Force: Pepper Spray | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton) | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Force: Gun Pointed | Black male | Not available | Exonerated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black male, 30 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Black male, 35 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Force: Pepper Spray | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop | Black male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched | Black male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Force: Gun Pointed | Black male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search | Black male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Black male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Force: Hit Against Inanimate Object | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Mike Civil | Police Officer | Force: Other Blunt Instrument As A Club | Black male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Norman Grandstaff | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop | White male | Asian male, 21 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Jeremy Demarco | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Not available male, 28 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Jeremy Demarco | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Jeremy Demarco | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | White male | Black female, 32 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
John Ryan | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Arrest | White male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Kevin Cox | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Black male, 17 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Leonard Clarke | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Leonard Clarke | Police Officer | Force: Other | Black male | Black female, 52 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Leonard Clarke | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | Black male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Jonathan Leon | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop | Hispanic male | Not available male | Substantiated (Command Discipline) | 2006 |
Jonathan Leon | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Black male, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jonathan Leon | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Summons | Hispanic male | Black male, 41 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Floretta Chow | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black female | White female, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Joseph Lafata | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | White male, 37 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Joseph Lafata | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | White male, 43 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Joseph Lafata | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | White male | Asian male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jason Reynolds | Police Officer | Offensive Language: Race | Black male | White male, 16 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jason Reynolds | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jason Reynolds | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop | Black male | Black male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jason Reynolds | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | Black male | White male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Jason Reynolds | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | Black male | White male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jason Reynolds | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Black male | White male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jason Reynolds | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | White male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Jason Reynolds | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Black male | White male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jason Reynolds | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jason Reynolds | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jason Reynolds | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Black male | Black male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Jason Reynolds | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Floretta Chow | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black female | White female, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Norman Grandstaff | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black male, 26 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Norman Grandstaff | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Arrest | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2006 |
Norman Grandstaff | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged | White male | Asian male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Norman Grandstaff | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search | White male | Asian male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Shuzhen Wong | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Summons | Asian female | Black male, 45 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
Shuzhen Wong | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Seizure Of Property | Asian female | Black male, 45 years old | Substantiated (Instructions) | 2006 |
Jesus Carrillo | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Black male, 38 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2006 |
Joseph Lafata | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Asian male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2006 |
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.