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Narcotics Borough Bronx

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

Complaints

208

Allegations

554

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
John Lindsey	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Other	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	2010
Brian Donoghue	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Brian Donoghue	Sergeant	Offensive Language: Race	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2010
Henry Adames	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2011
Henry Adames	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	White male, 19 years old	Exonerated	2011
Ricardo Bocachica	Detective	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Rosa Gonzaleznoa	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic female	White female, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Joseph Marquez	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Eric Beckel	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	White male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Eric Beckel	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Hispanic male, 54 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
John Livingston	Detective	Force: Physical Force	White male	Hispanic male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
John Livingston	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Hispanic female, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
John Livingston	Detective	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2011
Jeremy Veit	Police Officer	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Jeremy Veit	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Joseph Scialabba	Detective	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Exonerated	2011
Peter Valentin	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Ricardo Bocachica	Detective	Force: Chokehold	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Ivelisse Rodriguez	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Hispanic female	Black female, 12 years old	Exonerated	2011
Noelle Cunningham	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	White female	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
David Demelia	Detective	Discourtesy: Action	White male	Black female, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Alberto Pizarro	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2011
Alberto Pizarro	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Exonerated	2011
Alberto Pizarro	Detective	Force: Handcuffs Too Tight	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Alberto Pizarro	Detective	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Alberto Pizarro	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Brian Donoghue	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	White male	Black female, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Brian Donoghue	Lieutenant	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black female, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Richard Vetrano	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2011
Ricardo Bocachica	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Other	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Richard Vetrano	Lieutenant	Force: Gun Fired	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2011
Richard Vetrano	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2011
Richard Vetrano	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Exonerated	2011
Richard Vetrano	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	White male	Black male, 61 years old	Exonerated	2011
Aaron Edwards	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Question	Black male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Ricardo Bocachica	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Ricardo Bocachica	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Rolando Carbonell	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Threat To Damage/Seize Property	Hispanic male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Seth Lynch	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	White male	Hispanic female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Seth Lynch	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search	White male	Hispanic female, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Byran Pitts	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Black male	Black male, 61 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Byran Pitts	Detective	Force: Physical Force	Black male	Black male, 61 years old	Exonerated	2011
Byran Pitts	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Black male	Black male, 61 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Byran Pitts	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Black male	Black male, 61 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Byran Pitts	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Black male	Black male, 61 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Osvaldo Nunez	Lieutenant	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Brian Donoghue	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2011
Osvaldo Nunez	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Patricio Ovando	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Hispanic male	Black male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Osvaldo Nunez	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Osvaldo Nunez	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Hispanic male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2011
Thomas Woods	Detective	Force: Physical Force	White male	Hispanic male, 46 years old	Exonerated	2011
Carlos Lozada	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Threat To Damage/Seize Property	Hispanic male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Carlos Lozada	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Carlos Lozada	Detective	Force: Gun Pointed	Hispanic male	Black female, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Rosa Gonzaleznoa	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Frisk	Hispanic female	White female, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2011
Brian Gill	Captain	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2011
Ricardo Bocachica	Detective	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2011
Ricardo Bocachica	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black female, 22 years old	Exonerated	2011
Gustavo Medina	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Exonerated	2011
Henry Adames	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop	Hispanic male	Black male, 44 years old	Substantiated (Instructions)	2011
Paul Ortiz	Police Officer	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Rafael Iturralde	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Question	Hispanic male	Black female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Rafael Iturralde	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person)	Hispanic male	Black female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Rafael Iturralde	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Hispanic male	Black female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Joseph Marquez	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Carlos Lozada	Detective	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Carlos Lozada	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical)	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Richard Vetrano	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Stop	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Daniel Mahoney	Police Officer	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 39 years old	Exonerated	2012
Joseph Sans	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Question	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2012
Carlos Marchena	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Show Search Warrant	Hispanic male	Black male, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Odalis Perez	Detective	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic female	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2012
Jose Peinan	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jose Peinan	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jose Peinan	Detective	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Brian Gill	Captain	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2012
Brian Gill	Captain	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	White male	Not available	Exonerated	2012
Ricardo Bocachica	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
John Livingston	Detective	Force: Pepper Spray	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
John Livingston	Detective	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Exonerated	2012
John Livingston	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
John Livingston	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Question	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2012
Maria Bocachica	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Hispanic female	Not available	Exonerated	2012
Maria Bocachica	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic female	Hispanic female	Unsubstantiated	2012
Henry Adames	Detective	Force: Physical Force	Hispanic male	Black male, 34 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Robert Simms	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Stop	Black male	Black female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Robert Simms	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Black male	Black female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Robert Simms	Detective	Discourtesy: Word	Black male	Black female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Robert Simms	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Black male	Black female, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Seth Lynch	Sergeant	Force: Physical Force	White male	Black female, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Persio Polanco	Lieutenant	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2012
Ivelisse Rodriguez	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number	Hispanic female	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Patricio Ovando	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Hispanic male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	2012
Patricio Ovando	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched	Hispanic male	Not available	Exonerated	2012
Ricardo Bocachica	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Daniel Baca	Detective	Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 37 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Francisco Perez	Sergeant	Discourtesy: Word	Hispanic male	Black male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Francisco Perez	Sergeant	Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched	Hispanic male	Black male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2012
Francisco Perez	Sergeant	Force: Chokehold	Hispanic male	Black male, 55 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012

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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.