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File a Complaint of Police Misconduct

If you wish to file a complaint regarding excessive force, abuse of authority, discourtesy, offensive language, or racial profiling and bias-based policing against a member of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) through our web site, complete the form below.

To report issues not involving the NYPD, please call 311 or go to https://portal.311.nyc.gov/report-problems/#pills-all-by-category.

Please fill in as much information as possible, especially your phone number and mailing address.

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If you do not want to answer a question, please enter "N/A", but you must fill in all of the required fields.

Complainant/Victim Information

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First Name

Last Name

Legal Name (if different)

Date of Birth

Month

Day

Year

Phone Number (if none, please type N/A)

Alternate Phone Number

May we have permission to text you

YesNo

Email (if none, please type N/A)

Mailing Address
(Some correspondence will be mailed to the selected address regarding your complaint. If you do not have a mailing address, please write N/A.)

Street

City

State

Zip Code

If outside of USA, please enter your country's mailing address

Pronouns (select all the apply)

She/herHe/HimThey/ThemZe/HirXe/XemFae/Faernot listedprefer not to say

Gender

Preferred Language

Other Language

Language Interpretation Services Needed?

YesNo

Race/Ethnicity (Select all that apply)
Race/Ethnicity information can help the CCRB locate evidence, track trends, and identify patterns of bias

American Indian/Alaska Native (Race)Black and/or African American (Race)White/Caucasian (Race)Middle Eastern/North African (Race)Chinese (Race)Filipino (Race)Japanese (Race)Korean (Race)South Asian (Race)Vietnamese (Race)Other Asian (Race)Native Hawaiian (Race)Guamanian or Chamorro (Race)Samoan (Race)Other Pacific Island (Race)Other (Race)Non-Hispanic/Latino (Ethnicity)Cuban (Ethnicity)Dominican (Ethnicity)Mexican/Chicano/a (Ethnicity)Puerto Rican (Ethnicity)Other Hispanic/Latino (Ethnicity)Decline to Answer

Other Race

Housing Status

Are you a victim? (Did you experience the reported police misconduct)

YesNo

Did you witness the incidents?

YesNo

What is your relationship to the victim?

Your relationship to the victim

Were there additional civilian witnesses to the alleged incident?

YesNo

Incident Information

Please provide as much of the following information as you can about the person(s) on whose behalf the complaint is filed and any witness(es) to the incident:

Date of Incident

Month

Day

Year

Time of Incident

Hour

Minutes

AM/PM

If exact time is unknown, please write here the general time of the incident (e.g. morning, afternoon, night)

Location of Incident

Please be as specific as possible, if you have an address please include it, any cross streets or identifiers are helpful.

Borough

As far as you know, is a summons or arrest associated with this incident?

YesNoI don't know

Please type any summons or arrest number, if known

Did you receive a business card from any officers?

YesNo

If yes, please complete the field below with the officer's identifying information provided in the business card such as their name, rank, command, or shield number

Description of the incident (Please enter as much detail as possible)

Additional Witnesses/Victims - 1

First Name

Last Name

Gender

Race/Ethnicity (Select all that apply)
Race/Ethnicity information can help the CCRB locate evidence, track trends, and identify patterns of bias

Other Race

Was this person a victim or a witness

Phone Number

Alternate Phone Number

Email

Mailing Address
(Some correspondence will be mailed to the selected address regarding your complaint. If you do not have a mailing address, please write N/A.)

Street

City

State

Zip Code

If outside of USA, please enter your country's mailing address

Additional Witnesses/Victims?

YesNo

Additional Witnesses/Victims - 2

First Name

Last Name

Gender

Race/Ethnicity (Select all that apply)
Race/Ethnicity information can help the CCRB locate evidence, track trends, and identify patterns of bias

Other Race

Was this person a victim or a witness

Phone Number

Alternate Phone Number

Email

Mailing Address
(Some correspondence will be mailed to the selected address regarding your complaint. If you do not have a mailing address, please write N/A.)

Street

City

State

Zip Code

If outside of USA, please enter your country's mailing address

Additional Witnesses/Victims?

YesNo

Additional Witnesses/Victims - 3

First Name

Last Name

Gender

Race/Ethnicity (Select all that apply)
Race/Ethnicity information can help the CCRB locate evidence, track trends, and identify patterns of bias

Other Race

Was this person a victim or a witness

Phone Number

Alternate Phone Number

Email

Mailing Address
(Some correspondence will be mailed to the selected address regarding your complaint. If you do not have a mailing address, please write N/A.)

Street

City

State

Zip Code

If outside of USA, please enter your country's mailing address

Additional Witnesses/Victims?

YesNo

Additional Witnesses/Victims - 4

First Name

Last Name

Gender

Race/Ethnicity (Select all that apply)
Race/Ethnicity information can help the CCRB locate evidence, track trends, and identify patterns of bias

Other Race

Was this person a victim or a witness

Phone Number

Alternate Phone Number

Email

Mailing Address
(Some correspondence will be mailed to the selected address regarding your complaint. If you do not have a mailing address, please write N/A.)

Street

City

State

Zip Code

If outside of USA, please enter your country's mailing address

Police Officer Information

If you do not know the requested information, please write “unknown.”

Rank

First Name

Last Name

Is this Officer

Officer's Gender

Officer's Race/Ethnicity (Select all that apply)

Other Race

Officer’s Precinct/Command?

YesNo(A precinct is where a police officer is assigned)

Do you know the Precinct where the police officer is assigned? If so, type it here.

(A precinct is where a police officer is assigned)

Do you know the officer's badge or shield number? If so, type it here.

YesNo

The shied or badge number

Was the officer in uniform

YesNo

Officer uniform

Was the officer in Plainclothes

YesNo

Physical Description (eye color, hair color, approx. height & build, age, etc)

Please describe the role of this officer in the incident

Officer appearance description

Was the officer on foot or in a car?

Do you know the officer's vehicle number or license plate number? If so, write it here.

Car marked/unmarked

Additional Officer?

YesNo

Additional Police Officer Information - 1

If you do not know the requested information, please write “unknown.”

Rank

First Name

Last Name

Is this Officer

Officer's Gender

Officer's Race/Ethnicity (Select all that apply)

Other Race

Do you know the Precinct where the police officer is assigned? If so, type it here.

YesNo(A precinct is where a police officer is assigned)

The Precinct/Command

Do you know the officer's badge or shield number? If so, type it here.

YesNo

The shied or badge number

Was the officer in uniform

YesNo

Officer uniform

Was the officer in Plainclothes

YesNo

Physical Description (eye color, hair color, approx. height & build, age, etc)

Please describe the role of this officer in the incident

Officer appearance description

Was the officer on foot or in a car?

Do you know the officer's vehicle number or license plate number? If so, write it here.

Car marked/unmarked

Additional Officer?

YesNo

Additional Police Officer Information - 2

If you do not know the requested information, please write “unknown.”

Rank

First Name

Last Name

Is this Officer

Officer's Gender

Officer's Race/Ethnicity (Select all that apply)

Other Race

Do you know the Precinct where the police officer is assigned? If so, type it here.

YesNo(A precinct is where a police officer is assigned)

The Precinct/Command

Do you know the officer's badge or shield number? If so, type it here.

YesNo

The shied or badge number

Was the officer in uniform

YesNo

Officer uniform

Was the officer in Plainclothes

YesNo

Physical Description (eye color, hair color, approx. height & build, age, etc)

Please describe the role of this officer in the incident

Officer appearance description

Was the officer on foot or in a car?

Do you know the officer's vehicle number or license plate number? If so, write it here.

Car marked/unmarked

Additional Officer?

YesNo

Additional Police Officer Information - 3

If you do not know the requested information, please write “unknown.”

Rank

First Name

Last Name

Is this Officer

Officer's Gender

Officer's Race/Ethnicity (Select all that apply)

Other Race

Do you know the Precinct where the police officer is assigned? If so, type it here.

YesNo(A precinct is where a police officer is assigned)

The Precinct/Command

Do you know the officer's badge or shield number? If so, type it here.

YesNo

The shied or badge number

Was the officer in uniform

YesNo

Officer uniform

Was the officer in Plainclothes

YesNo

Physical Description (eye color, hair color, approx. height & build, age, etc)

Please describe the role of this officer in the incident

Officer appearance description

Was the officer on foot or in a car?

Do you know the officer's vehicle number or license plate number? If so, write it here.

Car marked/unmarked

Additional Officer?

YesNo

Additional Police Officer Information - 4

If you do not know the requested information, please write “unknown.”

Rank

First Name

Last Name

Is this Officer

Officer's Gender

Officer's Race/Ethnicity (Select all that apply)

Other Race

Do you know the Precinct where the police officer is assigned? If so, type it here.

YesNo(A precinct is where a police officer is assigned)

The Precinct/Command

Do you know the officer's badge or shield number? If so, type it here.

YesNo

The shied or badge number

Was the officer in uniform

YesNo

Officer uniform

Was the officer in Plainclothes

YesNo

Physical Description (eye color, hair color, approx. height & build, age, etc)

Please describe the role of this officer in the incident

Officer appearance description

Was the officer on foot or in a car?

Do you know the officer's vehicle number or license plate number? If so, write it here.

Car marked/unmarked

Additional Information

To thoroughly investigate your incident, the CCRB might need to obtain body-worn camera video from the NYPD, including video that is related to a sealed case or may otherwise require your permission before it can be lawfully disclosed. Do you consent to the CCRB getting access to these videos to do its investigation?

I consent.I do not consent.

I have read the foregoing complaint and the contents thereof are true to the best of my knowledge

I affirm.

If you have any videos, photographs, or supporting documents, please attach them. (you can attach multiple files)

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Complainant/Victim Information

Mailing Address (Some correspondence will be mailed to the selected address regarding your complaint. If you do not have a mailing address, please write N/A.)

Incident Information

Additional Witnesses/Victims - 1

Mailing Address (Some correspondence will be mailed to the selected address regarding your complaint. If you do not have a mailing address, please write N/A.)

Additional Witnesses/Victims - 2

Mailing Address (Some correspondence will be mailed to the selected address regarding your complaint. If you do not have a mailing address, please write N/A.)

Additional Witnesses/Victims - 3

Mailing Address (Some correspondence will be mailed to the selected address regarding your complaint. If you do not have a mailing address, please write N/A.)

Additional Witnesses/Victims - 4

Mailing Address (Some correspondence will be mailed to the selected address regarding your complaint. If you do not have a mailing address, please write N/A.)

Police Officer Information

Additional Police Officer Information - 1

Additional Police Officer Information - 2

Additional Police Officer Information - 3

Additional Police Officer Information - 4

Additional Information

If you have any videos, photographs, or supporting documents, please attach them. (you can attach multiple files)

Mailing Address
(Some correspondence will be mailed to the selected address regarding your complaint. If you do not have a mailing address, please write N/A.)

Mailing Address
(Some correspondence will be mailed to the selected address regarding your complaint. If you do not have a mailing address, please write N/A.)

Mailing Address
(Some correspondence will be mailed to the selected address regarding your complaint. If you do not have a mailing address, please write N/A.)

Mailing Address
(Some correspondence will be mailed to the selected address regarding your complaint. If you do not have a mailing address, please write N/A.)

Mailing Address
(Some correspondence will be mailed to the selected address regarding your complaint. If you do not have a mailing address, please write N/A.)