NYPD Officer Penalties From Substantiated Misconduct Complaints

Records from 2000 onward detail recommended and final penalties for New York Police Department officers with substantiated misconduct complaints. The Civilian Complaint Review Board maintains this data, which includes penalties from both the Administrative Prosecution Unit and non-APU cases. It is part of a public database expanded following the 2020 repeal of New York Civil Rights law 50-a.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between Board Discipline Recommendation and the final NYPD Officer Penalty.
• Compare APU Plea Agreed Penalty outcomes with APU Trial Commissioner Recommended Penalty for charged cases.
• Track case timelines using APU Closing Date and Non-APU NYPD Penalty Report Date.
• Examine patterns in CCRB Substantiated Officer Disposition across different Complaint Id records.
• Filter and analyze penalties specifically for APU cases using the Officer is_APU flag.

Strengths

• Data covers misconduct cases from the year 2000 onward, providing over two decades of records.
• Includes detailed penalty tracking from both prosecutorial (APU) and non-prosecutorial disciplinary pathways.
• Part of a linked database of four related tables for cross-referencing officers, complaints, and allegations.

Limitations

• Excludes complaints closed as Mediated, Mediation Attempted, Administrative Closure, or Other Possible Misconduct Noted.
• Row count and overall dataset size are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing verification of data structure and quality.

Provenance

Source

Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), published via data.cityofnewyork.us.

Collection Method

Administrative records from the CCRB's database of public police misconduct records.

Time Range

2000 onward

Freshness

Last updated April 2026.

Geography

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