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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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.

79th 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
110
Complaints
256
Allegations
737

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
David Leonardi Sergeant Discourtesy: Word White male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Adam Dumelle Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Adam Dumelle Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop White male Black male, 18 years old Exonerated 2014
Emilio Ortega Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Process Civilian Complaint Hispanic male Hispanic male, 36 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Emilio Ortega Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest Hispanic male Hispanic male, 31 years old Exonerated 2014
Emilio Ortega Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Emilio Ortega Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Emilio Ortega Police Officer Force: Physical Force Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Je Chai Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number Asian male Hispanic female, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jamaal Miller Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Black male Black male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Pamela Benites Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop Hispanic female Black male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Andrew Ho Police Officer Force: Gun Pointed Asian male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2014
Adam Dumelle Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Black male, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Keith Chatterton Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number White male Black female, 36 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Adam Dumelle Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk White male Black male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Adam Dumelle Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) White male Black male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Adam Dumelle Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Black male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Adam Dumelle Police Officer Force: Chokehold White male Black male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Adam Dumelle Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) White male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Adam Dumelle Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop White male Black male, 38 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Brian Mccaughey Lieutenant Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Process Civilian Complaint White male Hispanic male, 31 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2014
Andrew Ho Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Asian male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2014
Andrew Ho Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Seizure Of Property Asian male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
James Haley Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
David Leonardi Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched White male Black male, 31 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Okera Morrison Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Stop Black male Black female, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Pamela Benites Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop Hispanic female Hispanic male, 29 years old Exonerated 2015
Pamela Benites Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Hispanic female Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Pamela Benites Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk Hispanic female Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Pamela Benites Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search Hispanic female Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Julio Ramos Police Officer Force: Physical Force Hispanic male Black male, 36 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Julio Ramos Police Officer Force: Physical Force Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2015
Leo Bonacasa Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop White male Refused male, 45 years old Exonerated 2015
Leo Bonacasa Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Question White male Refused male, 45 years old Exonerated 2015
James Haley Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
James Haley Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Terrence Howard Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Black male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Terrence Howard Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number Black male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Okera Morrison Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number Black male Hispanic male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Okera Morrison Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Frisk Black male Unknown female, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Okera Morrison Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Frisk Black male Black female, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Okera Morrison Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Stop Black male Unknown female, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Okera Morrison Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Black male Black female, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
David Leonardi Sergeant Discourtesy: Word White male Black female, 40 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
James Haley Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Lukasz Organistka Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Brian Alexander Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Brian Alexander Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Question White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Brian Alexander Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Brian Alexander Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Brian Alexander Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Brian Alexander Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Brian Alexander Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop White male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Lukasz Organistka Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop White male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Patrick Burnett Police Officer Force: Chokehold White male Black female, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Patrick Burnett Police Officer Offensive Language: Gender White male Black female, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Patrick Burnett Police Officer Offensive Language: Sexual Orientation White male Black female, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Patrick Burnett Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Black female, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Patrick Burnett Police Officer Force: Other White male Black female, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Patrick Burnett Police Officer Offensive Language: Race White male Black female, 25 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Rafal Korycki Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Refused male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Keith Chatterton Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Hispanic male Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Keith Chatterton Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number White male White male, 24 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Richard Danese Police Officer Force: Other Blunt Instrument As A Club White male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Richard Danese Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop White male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2015
Richard Danese Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) White male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Richard Danese Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Richard Danese Police Officer Force: Chokehold White male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Richard Danese Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Richard Danese Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Richard Danese Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Richard Danese Police Officer Offensive Language: Gender White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Richard Danese Police Officer Force: Other White male Black male, 21 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Richard Danese Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Question White male Black male, 35 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Richard Danese Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop White male Black male, 35 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Richard Gadson Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched Black male Not available Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Kevin Mcleish Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop Black male White male, 24 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Kevan Williams Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment Black male Black female, 65 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2015
Kevan Williams Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number Black male Black female, 65 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
David Small Detective Abuse of Authority: Stop Black male Black male, 41 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
David Small Detective Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Black male Black male, 41 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Jamaal Miller Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) Black male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Okera Morrison Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Black male Unknown female, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Okera Morrison Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search Black male Hispanic male, 29 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
David Small Detective Abuse of Authority: Frisk Black male Black male, 41 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Gazi Sharif Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment Asian male Black female, 65 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Matthew Monkowski Sergeant Force: Physical Force White male White male, 53 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Jamaal Miller Police Officer Force: Gun Pointed Black male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Jamaal Miller Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Black male Black male, 30 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Jamaal Miller Police Officer Force: Physical Force Black male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Jamaal Miller Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched Black male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Jamaal Miller Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Black male Black male, 77 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Jamaal Miller Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Show Search Warrant Black male Black male, 77 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Emilio Ortega Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number Hispanic male White male, 16 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2016
Rafal Korycki Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Rafal Korycki Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop White male Not available male Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2016
Adam Dumelle Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Show Search Warrant White male Black male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Adam Dumelle Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest White male Unknown female Unsubstantiated 2016
Adam Dumelle Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched White male Not available Exonerated 2016
Jena Leocadio Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Other Black female Black male, 40 years old Exonerated 2016
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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