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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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Narcotics Borough Queens North
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
65
Complaints
139
Allegations
453
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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Lawrence Fiorello | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search | White male | White male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Delcar Savage | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Hispanic female | Hispanic female, 39 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Lawrence Fiorello | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Seizure Of Property | White male | White male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Ricardo Moreno | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 44 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Ramiro Ruiz | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2015 |
Thomas Gagliardi | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Hispanic male, 56 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Thomas Gagliardi | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Hispanic male, 56 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Juan Moreno | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | Hispanic male | Black male, 47 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
Daniel Ludemann | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black male, 49 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | White male | Black male, 58 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search | White male | Black female, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Thomas Gagliardi | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Summons | White male | Hispanic male, 56 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Clifton Clarke | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment | Black male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Ramiro Ruiz | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop | Hispanic male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Ramiro Ruiz | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Hispanic male | Black male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
David Oconnell | Sergeant | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
David Oconnell | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | White male | Hispanic male, 20 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Clifton Clarke | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Show Search Warrant | Black male | Black male, 42 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black male, 49 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search | White male | Black male, 49 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop | White male | Black male, 49 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop | White male | Black female, 53 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | White male | Black female, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search | White male | Black male, 58 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop | White male | Black male, 58 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged | White male | Black male, 58 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Erik Nelson | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Show Search Warrant | White male | Black female, 40 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Black male, 58 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | White male | Black male, 58 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | White male | Hispanic female, 39 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
Juan Moreno | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Stop | Hispanic male | Black male, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Juan Moreno | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | Hispanic male | Black male, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Juan Moreno | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Hispanic male | Black male, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Daniel Ludemann | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop | White male | Black female, 53 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Daniel Ludemann | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Other | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Daniel Ludemann | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Daniel Ludemann | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Black male, 59 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Daniel Ludemann | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Black male, 59 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Daniel Ludemann | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Delcar Savage | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Hispanic female | Black female, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Delcar Savage | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | Hispanic female | Black female, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Delcar Savage | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search | Hispanic female | Black female, 53 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
Edwin Estrada | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | Hispanic male | Black male, 29 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
George Katris | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
Richard Charles | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | White male, 28 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Richard Charles | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | Black male | White male, 31 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
Daniel Ludemann | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop | White male | Black male, 49 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
Tyler Ehrlein | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Ricardo Moreno | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Tyler Ehrlein | Sergeant | Force: Nonlethal Restraining Device | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Tyler Ehrlein | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
Tyler Ehrlein | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Tyler Ehrlein | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | White male | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Tyler Ehrlein | Sergeant | Discourtesy: Word | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Thomas Ramirez | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Threat To Notify Acs | Hispanic male | Not available | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Thomas Ramirez | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched | Hispanic male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Thomas Ramirez | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Thomas Ramirez | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Show Search Warrant | Hispanic male | Hispanic female, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Thomas Ramirez | Detective | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Thomas Ramirez | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop | Hispanic male | Asian male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Thomas Ramirez | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | Hispanic male | Asian male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Richard Charles | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop | Black male | Asian male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Richard Charles | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment | Black male | Hispanic female, 41 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Jason Levy | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | White male, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Jason Levy | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | White male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Mark Sinatra | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | White male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
Brittany Mccarthy | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | White female | Hispanic male, 76 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Brian Nyhus | Captain | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | White male | Black female, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Brian Nyhus | Captain | Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched | White male | Not available | Exonerated | 2016 |
Irene Bonicadelgado | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment | Hispanic female | Asian female, 46 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Andres Libreros | Detective | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Andres Libreros | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | Hispanic male | Hispanic male | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Andres Libreros | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Question | Hispanic male | Hispanic male | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Andres Libreros | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | Hispanic male | Hispanic male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Andres Libreros | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Andres Libreros | Detective | Force: Gun Pointed | Hispanic male | Hispanic male | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Andres Libreros | Detective | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Andres Libreros | Detective | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Andres Libreros | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Andres Libreros | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Brian Nyhus | Captain | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Show Search Warrant | White male | Black female, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Andres Libreros | Detective | Force: Gun Pointed | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 24 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Tyler Ehrlein | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Tyler Ehrlein | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Tyler Ehrlein | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Andrew Burgos | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | White male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2016 |
Richard Charles | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search | Black male | Asian male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2016 |
Tyler Ehrlein | Sergeant | Abuse of Authority: Stop | White male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
Tyler Ehrlein | Sergeant | Offensive Language: Sexual Orientation | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Tyler Ehrlein | Sergeant | Force: Physical Force | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2016 |
Tyler Ehrlein | Sergeant | Force: Nonlethal Restraining Device | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2016 |
Jason Levy | Detective | Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number | White male | White male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2016 |
Ricardo Moreno | Detective | Discourtesy: Word | Hispanic male | White male, 29 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
Jeffrey Adaszewski | Police Officer | Discourtesy: Word | White male | White male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Jeffrey Adaszewski | Police Officer | Force: Physical Force | White male | White male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2017 |
Jeffrey Adaszewski | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) | White male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) | 2017 |
Philip Smith | Police Officer | Abuse of Authority: Frisk | White male | Black male, 35 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2017 |
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.