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This database was last updated in July 2020 and is no longer being updated. Data on this page may be out of date.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

Transit Bureau District 30

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
13
Complaints
29
Allegations
67

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
Thomas Bodai Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Hispanic male Black female, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Thomas Bodai Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Hispanic male Black female, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Thomas Bodai Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Interference With Recording Hispanic male Black female, 22 years old Exonerated 2018
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Interference With Recording White male Black male, 50 years old Exonerated 2018
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest White male Black male, 57 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Stop White male Black male, 57 years old Exonerated 2018
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest White male Black female, 49 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest White male Black male, 57 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat To Damage/Seize Property White male Black male, 57 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Black male, 50 years old Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions) 2018
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Black male, 50 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Vehicle Search White male Black male, 50 years old Exonerated 2018
Thomas Bodai Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) Hispanic male Black female, 21 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2018
Thomas Bodai Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest Hispanic male Black female, 22 years old Unsubstantiated 2018
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Offensive Language: Ethnicity White male Asian male, 66 years old Unsubstantiated 2017
Lyndon Providence Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) Black male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Thomas Marksberry Police Officer Discourtesy: Action White male Black male, 48 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Thomas Marksberry Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2015
Lyndon Providence Police Officer Force: Chokehold Black male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Lyndon Providence Police Officer Force: Other Black male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Lyndon Providence Police Officer Force: Physical Force Black male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Lyndon Providence Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged Black male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2015
Lyndon Providence Police Officer Discourtesy: Demeanor/Tone Black male Black male, 17 years old Unsubstantiated 2015
Thomas Marksberry Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number White male Black male, 48 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Michael Catusco Lieutenant Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest White male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Timothy Harrington Lieutenant Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) White male Black male, 17 years old Exonerated 2015
Michael Catusco Lieutenant Abuse of Authority: Stop White male Black male, 17 years old Substantiated (Command Discipline A) 2015
Shaquanna White Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Strip Searched Black female Black female, 31 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Spencer Strauss Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Other White male Black female, 31 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2014
Michael Ohare Sergeant Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Obtain Medical Treatment White male Black male, 56 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2012
Lyndon Providence Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Question Black male White male, 30 years old Exonerated 2012
Thomas Marksberry Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop White male Black male, 14 years old Exonerated 2010
Thomas Marksberry Police Officer Discourtesy: Demeanor/Tone White male Black male, 14 years old Unsubstantiated 2010
Joseph Abdelmessih Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest White male White male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Lyndon Providence Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop Black male White male, 37 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Joseph Abdelmessih Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop White male White male, 26 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Lyndon Providence Police Officer Discourtesy: Word Black male White male, 37 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2009
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Stop White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2008
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest White male Asian male, 17 years old Exonerated 2008
Thomas Marksberry Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Hispanic female, 16 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Question White male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2008
Joseph Abdelmessih Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Hispanic male, 21 years old Exonerated 2008
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2008
Michael Valva Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male White male, 52 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Michael Valva Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Hispanic female, 33 years old Exonerated 2007
Michael Valva Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Force (Verbal Or Physical) White male Hispanic female, 33 years old Exonerated 2007
Michael Valva Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest White male White male, 52 years old Substantiated (Charges) 2007
Ralph Gonzalez Police Officer Force: Physical Force Hispanic male Unknown male Substantiated (Charges) 2006
Michael Valva Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Exonerated 2006
Michael Valva Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk White male Hispanic male, 24 years old Exonerated 2006
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop White male Asian male, 16 years old Exonerated 2006
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Force: Physical Force White male Asian male, 16 years old Exonerated 2006
Ralph Gonzalez Police Officer Force: Physical Force Hispanic male White male, 37 years old Exonerated 2006
Ralph Gonzalez Police Officer Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton) Hispanic male White male, 37 years old Exonerated 2006
Ralph Gonzalez Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop Hispanic male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2006
Ralph Gonzalez Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk Hispanic male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2006
Ralph Gonzalez Police Officer Force: Gun Pointed Hispanic male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2006
Ralph Gonzalez Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Search (Of Person) Hispanic male Black male, 19 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Ralph Gonzalez Police Officer Force: Physical Force Hispanic male Black male, 19 years old Exonerated 2006
Michael Catusco Lieutenant Abuse of Authority: Threat Of Arrest White male Not available male, 48 years old Exonerated 2006
Michael Catusco Lieutenant Abuse of Authority: Refusal To Provide Name/Shield Number White male Not available male, 48 years old Unsubstantiated 2006
Ralph Gonzalez Police Officer Force: Nightstick As Club (Incl Asp & Baton) Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Unsubstantiated 2005
Ralph Gonzalez Police Officer Force: Physical Force Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2005
Ralph Gonzalez Police Officer Force: Pepper Spray Hispanic male Black male, 24 years old Exonerated 2005
Joseph Schwaner Police Officer Discourtesy: Word White male White male, 20 years old Unsubstantiated 2004
Okera Morrison Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Question And/Or Stop Black male Black female, 19 years old Exonerated 2003
Thomas Marksberry Police Officer Abuse of Authority: Frisk And/Or Search White male Hispanic male Exonerated 2002
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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