79th Precinct - The NYPD Files

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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
Elijah Austin	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Michael Parks	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	Black male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Michael Parks	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black male, 46 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Hemadeh Fattah	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Hemadeh Fattah	Police Officer	Force: Vehicle	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2010
Kevin Kavanagh	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
James Mccullough	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Pamela Benites	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Hispanic female	Black male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Pamela Benites	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question	Hispanic female	Black male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2010
Charne Jimenez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Mackenson Nelson	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2010
Derek Epstein	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Other	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2010
Derek Epstein	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2010
Derek Epstein	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	White male, 61 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Neilrodric Dey	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question	Black male	Black male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2010
Kevin Kavanagh	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Hemadeh Fattah	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Hemadeh Fattah	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2010
Hemadeh Fattah	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Exonerated	2010
Kevin Kavanagh	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Exonerated	2010
Kevin Kavanagh	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Christophe Dede	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Hemadeh Fattah	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
David Lamarre	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
James Miles	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Kevin Kavanagh	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Kevin Kavanagh	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2010
Christophe Cunha	Lieutenant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2010
Christophe Cunha	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2010
William Glynn	Sergeant	Force: Gun Pointed	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2010
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Force: Chokehold	Black male	Black female, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Force: Gun Pointed	Black male	Black male, 47 years old	Exonerated	2009
Alexander Bobo	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Alexander Bobo	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Alexander Bobo	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Alexander Bobo	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Dalsh Veve	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2009
Danny Hernandez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
James Mccullough	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	White male	Black male, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Charne Jimenez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Charne Jimenez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Charne Jimenez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Hispanic male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Hemadeh Fattah	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Exonerated	2009
Hemadeh Fattah	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	White male	Black male, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Shibu Madhu	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Asian male	Black female, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Shibu Madhu	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Asian male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Maurice Fyffe	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Unknown male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Shibu Madhu	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Asian male	Black male, 35 years old	Exonerated	2009
Alexander Bobo	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Black male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
James Mccullough	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
James Mccullough	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
James Mccullough	Police Officer	Force: Chokehold	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
James Mccullough	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2009
James Mccullough	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2009
James Mccullough	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
James Mccullough	Police Officer	Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton)	White male	Black male, 40 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2009
Danny Hernandez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2009
Danny Hernandez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2009
Danny Hernandez	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2009
Danny Hernandez	Police Officer	Offensive Language: Race	Hispanic male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Christophe Dede	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Christophe Dede	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Christophe Dede	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
William Glynn	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
David Small	Detective	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black female, 53 years old	Exonerated	2009
Peter Russo	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2009
Peter Russo	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Orlando Ortega	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Process Civilian Complaint	Hispanic male	Black male, 57 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2009
Richard Gadson	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2009
Mackenson Nelson	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Mackenson Nelson	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Black male	Black male, 42 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
James Miles	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Hispanic male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2009
Andrew Ho	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Asian male	Black male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black female, 15 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Michael Pellegrin	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Michael Pellegrin	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Michael Pellegrin	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Michael Pellegrin	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Michael Parks	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Mikal Wright	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Richard Gadson	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Black male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Richard Gadson	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Black male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2008
Michael Pellegrin	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2008
Christophe Cunha	Lieutenant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Charne Jimenez	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 26 years old	Exonerated	2008
Michael Parks	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Michael Pellegrin	Sergeant	Force: Gun Pointed	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Kevin Mcleish	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Black male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2007
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jamaal Miller	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Black male	Black male, 45 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Parks	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2007
Michael Parks	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Black male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Michael Parks	Police Officer	Force: Pepper Spray	Black male	Unknown male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Parks	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Unknown male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Parks	Police Officer	Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton)	Black male	Unknown male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2007
Michael Parks	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Question	Black male	Unknown male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2007
Mikal Wright	Police Officer	Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton)	Black male	Unknown male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2007

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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.