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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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

Gang Squad Brooklyn South

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
14
Complaints
30
Allegations
71

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
Anthony Proscia Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop White male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Anthony Proscia Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Hispanic male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Anthony Proscia Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop White male Hispanic male, 34 years old Exonerated 2008
Anthony Proscia Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) White male Hispanic male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
James Mahoney Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2008
James Mahoney Police Officer Force: Physical Force Hispanic male White female, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
James Mahoney Police Officer Force: Physical Force Hispanic male Black female, 34 years old Exonerated 2008
James Mahoney Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number Hispanic male Black female, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
James Mahoney Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment Hispanic male Black female, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
James Mahoney Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
James Mahoney Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
James Mahoney Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2008
James Mahoney Police Officer Force: Physical Force Hispanic male Black male, 21 years old Exonerated 2008
James Mahoney Police Officer Force: Physical Force Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Exonerated 2008
James Mahoney Police Officer Force: Physical Force Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
James Mahoney Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk Hispanic male Black male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
James Mahoney Police Officer Force: Physical Force Hispanic male Hispanic male, 34 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Anthony Proscia Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) White male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Anthony Proscia Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk White male Black female Unsubstantiated 2008
Anthony Proscia Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Black male, 55 years old Exonerated 2009
James Mahoney Police Officer Force: Physical Force Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
James Mahoney Police Officer Force: Gun As Club Hispanic male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
James Mahoney Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched Hispanic male Not available Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Joseph Lafata Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Joseph Lafata Police Officer Force: Pepper Spray White male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2009
Joseph Lafata Police Officer Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton) White male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2009
Anthony Proscia Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2009
Anthony Proscia Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk White male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2009
Anthony Proscia Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) White male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Anthony Proscia Police Officer Discourtesy: Action White male Black male, 31 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2009
Anthony Proscia Police Officer Force: Gun Pointed White male Black male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Anthony Proscia Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) White male Black male, 55 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
Anthony Proscia Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop White male Black male, 55 years old Exonerated 2009
Anthony Proscia Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2009
Craig Bier Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Stop White male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2009
Craig Bier Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) White male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2009
Craig Bier Sergeant Discourtesy: Word White male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2009
James Mahoney Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Hispanic male Black female, 29 years old Exonerated 2010
Craig Bier Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched White male Not available Exonerated 2010
James Mahoney Police Officer Force: Hit Against Inanimate Object Hispanic male Unknown male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
James Mahoney Police Officer Force: Police Shield Hispanic male Unknown male, 46 years old Unsubstantiated 2011
Joseph Lafata Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched White male Not available Substantiated (Command Discipline) 2011
Charles Francis Lieutenant Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Black male, 27 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2012
Terrell Anderson Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched Black male Not available Exonerated 2012
Paul Dieugenia Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Charne Jimenez Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk Hispanic male Hispanic male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Paul Dieugenia Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Michael Christiano Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2013
Paul Dieugenia Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Anthony Biondolillo Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Black male, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Terrell Anderson Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched Black male Not available Unsubstantiated 2013
Terrell Anderson Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop Black male Hispanic male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Terrell Anderson Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search Black male Hispanic male, 24 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2013
Anthony Biondolillo Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk White male Black male, 18 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2013
Aleksandr Pasynkov Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop White male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Paul Dieugenia Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) White male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Paul Dieugenia Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop White male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Paul Marconi Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment White male Other Race male, 38 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Anthony Biondolillo Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Black male, 31 years old Exonerated 2014
Anthony Biondolillo Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Black male, 31 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Paul Marconi Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Other Race male, 38 years old Exonerated 2014
Richard Vargas Detective Abuse of Authority: Frisk Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2015
Richard Vargas Detective Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Hispanic male Black male, 30 years old Exonerated 2015
Gerald Cucchiara Detective Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched White male Not available Exonerated 2015
Gerald Cucchiara Detective Force: Gun Pointed White male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2016
Gerald Cucchiara Detective Discourtesy: Action White male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Gerald Cucchiara Detective Discourtesy: Word White male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Gerald Cucchiara Detective Force: Physical Force White male Black male, 22 years old Exonerated 2016
Paul Marconi Detective Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Black male, 29 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Michael Christiano Detective Abuse of Authority: Frisk White male Black male, 16 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2018
Michael Christiano Detective Abuse of Authority: Frisk White male Black male, 25 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2018
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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