Civilian Complaint Review Board: Penalties for NYPD Officers Since 2000

Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) data lists recommended and final penalties for New York Police Department officers with substantiated misconduct complaints since the year 2000. The dataset is part of a public database of police misconduct records published by the City of New York, with records made public following the June 2020 repeal of New York Civil Rights law 50-a. It includes penalties from both the Department Advocate's Office (DAO) and the Administrative Prosecution Unit (APU), with final penalties issued by the NYPD Commissioner.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in recommended versus final penalties for substantiated misconduct based on the described penalty types.
• Comparing disciplinary outcomes for cases handled by the DAO versus the APU based on the described case processing pathways.
• Studying the impact of the 2020 repeal of law 50-a on the public availability of police disciplinary records based on the description of the database revision.

Strengths

• Records date back to the year 2000, when the CCRB database was first built.
• Data is part of a multi-table database providing context on officers, complaints, and allegations.
• Public records were expanded following a specific legal change (June 2020 repeal of law 50-a).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), City of New York

Collection Method

Administrative records of substantiated misconduct complaints and disciplinary proceedings.

Time Range

Since 2000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:56:26.548833; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York City, specifically CCRB's jurisdiction over NYPD uniformed members of service.