{"active":true,"first_name":"John","last_name":"Shea","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"052 PCT","assignment_date":"2023-07-31","id":"52pct"},"shield_no":3151,"taxid":"951240","complaint_ids":[201400927],"command_history":[{"command":"032 PCT","id":"32pct"}],"appt_date":"2011-07-06","middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[29016],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Williams, Rhonda as Adm of The Estate of Legacy, Dezina vs City of Ny","start_date":"2023-05-25","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"161171/2023","court":"Supreme Court - New York","summary":"On June 4, 2022, Mr. James had been present at or near 149th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard in Manhattan, when unidentified police officers (John Doe 1-3) unlawfully pursued, falsely arrested and caused and/or contributed to his death. More specifically, the police officers engaged Mr. James in a foot pursuit for several blocks, unlawfully detained him and placed him in handcuffs. Mr. James began having difficulty breathing and suffered a cardiac event. Mr. James told the officers that he believed he was dying, but the officers did not remove the handcuffs. \n\nThe police officers administered chest compressions to Mr. James while he was on his back with his hands under him in handcuffs. Onlookers pleaded with the officers to remove the handcuffs while administering chest compressions. Despite the onlookers’ pleas, the officers continued to administer chest compressions to Mr. James while he was on his back with his hands under him in handcuffs. Mr. James eventually died in the hospital. Plaintiff in this case is the fiancée of Mr. James who seeks to recover damages on his and her own behalf.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240826182323/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=oeEJF3v5uKlfYko6ET2LVg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Letang, Terric vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-11-14","disposition_date":"2015-02-02","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Order/Judgment (Verdict)","docket":"13CV08144","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Shea, John","summary":"On May 21, 2012, Plaintiff attempted to enter the elevator in his apartment building located in Harlem, when Defendant Officer Soto entered ahead of him, pushed back the Plaintiff, and told him to take the next elevator. Shortly after, Plaintiff went outside the obtain Defendants Officer Soto’s badge number and information and approached the officers’ vehicle where they entered into a verbal altercation in which Defendant Officer Williams tried to diffuse before both officers left the scene. While Plaintiff was on the phone making a report with NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau, Defendant Officers Soto and Williams returned to the scene, jumped out of the car, and angrily confronted Plaintiff before handcuffing him, roughly patting him down, and placing him under arrest. During the drive to PSA 6 station house, Officer Williams directly racial slurs towards Plaintiff. After being transported to the 28th Precinct, and held in police custody for 29 hours, Plaintiff was initially charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. An additional criminal complaint added two more charges, obstruction government administration in the second degree and another count of disorderly conduct. After 9 appearances in criminal court all charges against Plaintiff were dismissed on August 21, 2013. \n\nFurther, on August 17, 2012, Plaintiff was exiting his apartment building in Harlem, walked toward the bus stop, and stopped to talk to his cousin, when three police officers approached Plaintiff and told him he could not be there. After moving, Defendant Officers again approach Plaintiff and told him \"three or more of you people, back people, can't be together in public.\" After further arguing, Plaintiff was written a summons for disorderly conduct, specifically congregating with other person in a public place and refusing to comply with a lawful order of the police to disperse. After Plaintiff went to trial, and Defendant Officer Warner testified, the judge ruled in favor of Plaintiff and dismissed the charges.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.420115/gov.uscourts.nysd.420115.10.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13143093/letang-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"payroll":{"salary":"105606","regular":"105305","overtime":"3266","other":"22452","total":"131023"},"id":"3B7H","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/3B7H"}