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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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

Police Service Area 8

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
38
Complaints
77
Allegations
228

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
Jose Leon Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search Hispanic male Other Race male, 33 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2019
Jose Leon Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name Hispanic male Other Race male, 33 years old Unsubstantiated 2019
Jose Leon Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Question Hispanic male Other Race male, 33 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2019
Jose Leon Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop Hispanic male Other Race male, 33 years old Exonerated 2019
Jose Leon Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk Hispanic male Other Race male, 33 years old Exonerated 2019
Jose Leon Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Shield Number Hispanic male Other Race male, 33 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2019
Jose Leon Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Hispanic male Other Race male, 33 years old Exonerated 2019
Michael Heinz Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Unknown male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Wilbert Rodriguez Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Interference With Recording Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2018
Michael Heinz Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged White male Unknown male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Wilbert Rodriguez Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Stop Hispanic male Black female, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Wilbert Rodriguez Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Stop Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Michael Heinz Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Interference With Recording White male Unknown male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Kevin Veloz Police Officer Force: Physical Force Hispanic male Black female, 38 years old Exonerated 2018
Bruce Solomon Detective Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest Black male Refused male, 47 years old Exonerated 2018
Wilbert Rodriguez Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Frisk Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Wilbert Rodriguez Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Wilbert Rodriguez Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2018
Michael Heinz Police Officer Discourtesy: Action White male Unknown male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Wilbert Rodriguez Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Frisk Hispanic male Black female, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Wilbert Rodriguez Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Question Hispanic male Black male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Wilbert Rodriguez Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Hispanic male Black female, 21 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Wilbert Rodriguez Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Stop Hispanic male Black male, 18 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Kevin Veloz Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Hispanic male Black female, 38 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2018
Bruce Solomon Detective Abuse of Authority: Stop Black male Refused male, 47 years old Exonerated 2018
Michael Heinz Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Deshawn Edmonds Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number Black male Black male, 42 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2017
Michael Heinz Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Exonerated 2017
George Isabel Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Summons Hispanic male Black female, 38 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2017
George Isabel Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop Hispanic male Hispanic male, 49 years old Exonerated 2017
Michael Heinz Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Michael Heinz Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Exonerated 2017
Michael Heinz Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Interference With Recording White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Michael Heinz Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2017
Jose Collazo Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Michael Heinz Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Michael Heinz Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged White male Black male, 23 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Jose Collazo Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Michael Heinz Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Michael Heinz Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Exonerated 2017
Deshawn Edmonds Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest Black male Black male, 42 years old Exonerated 2017
Michael Heinz Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Hispanic male, 26 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
George Isabel Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop Hispanic male Hispanic male, 49 years old Exonerated 2017
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Hispanic male Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Hispanic male, 14 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest White male Hispanic female, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Jose Martinez Sergeant Discourtesy: Word Hispanic male Unknown male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Hispanic female, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Discourtesy: Action White male Hispanic female, 50 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2016
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Hispanic male, 41 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2016
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk White male Hispanic male, 14 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Hispanic female, 50 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2016
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) White male Hispanic male, 14 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Ricky Smalls Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons Black male Hispanic male, 41 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2016
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Offensive Language: Other White male Hispanic female, 22 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged White male Hispanic male, 14 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Hispanic male, 14 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Hispanic female, 41 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Ignazio Debellis Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched White male Not available Exonerated 2016
Jose Martinez Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest Hispanic male Hispanic female, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Jose Martinez Sergeant Discourtesy: Word Hispanic male Hispanic female, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2016
Carlos Felipe Lieutenant Abuse of Authority: Stop Hispanic male Unknown male, 24 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline B) 2016
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Unknown male Exonerated 2016
Ignazio Debellis Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Seizure Of Property White male Hispanic female, 53 years old Exonerated 2016
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Black female, 19 years old Exonerated 2015
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched White male Not available Exonerated 2015
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Force: Pepper Spray White male Unknown female, 34 years old Exonerated 2015
Derrick Kreckmann Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Black male, 30 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Ignazio Debellis Police Officer Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton) White male Black male, 24 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2015
Ignazio Debellis Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2015
Deshawn Edmonds Police Officer Force: Physical Force Black male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Deshawn Edmonds Police Officer Force: Chokehold Black male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Steve Higgins Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Black male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Steve Higgins Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk Black male Black male, 37 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2014
Perry Jean Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk Black male Black male, 19 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Deshawn Edmonds Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Black male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Deshawn Edmonds Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) Black male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Deshawn Edmonds Police Officer Force: Other Black male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Craig Basler Sergeant Discourtesy: Word White male Hispanic male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
July Villafana Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk Hispanic female Hispanic male, 16 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Steve Higgins Police Officer Force: Physical Force Black male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Deshawn Edmonds Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest Black male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Danny Williams Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk Black male Not available male, 60 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2014
Michael Brown Lieutenant Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched White male Not available Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2014
Danny Williams Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory Summons Black male Not available male, 60 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2014
Michael Brown Lieutenant Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) White male Asian male, 53 years old Exonerated 2014
Michael Brown Lieutenant Force: Physical Force White male Asian female, 41 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Michael Heinz Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Black male, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Michael Heinz Police Officer Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton) White male Black male, 20 years old Exonerated 2014
Michael Heinz Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop White male Hispanic male, 19 years old Exonerated 2014
Danny Williams Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Summons Black male Hispanic male, 30 years old Substantiated (Instructions) 2014
Michael Heinz Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Hispanic male, 19 years old Exonerated 2014
Perry Jean Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Black male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Deshawn Edmonds Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk Black male Black male, 43 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Desmund Nichols Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Premises Entered And/Or Searched Black male Not available Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
July Villafana Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Hispanic female Hispanic male, 16 years old Substantiated (Formalized Training) 2014
Steve Higgins Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop Black male Black male, 37 years old Unsubstantiated 2014
Jose Martinez Sergeant Force: Physical Force Hispanic male Unknown male, 32 years old Unsubstantiated 2013
Jose Martinez Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Hispanic male Unknown male, 32 years old Exonerated 2013
Jose Martinez Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Frisk Hispanic male Unknown male, 32 years old Exonerated 2013
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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.
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