{"active":true,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Whelan","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"LT CD","command":{"command":"F S S","assignment_date":"2020-03-18","id":"FSS"},"taxid":"948440","complaint_ids":[201806318,201803017,201708505,201606239,201508246,201502152,201402831,201400419,201202855,201115148,201109392,201012929],"command_history":[{"command":"BX IRT"},{"command":"PBBX","id":"PBBX"},{"command":"047 PCT","id":"47pct"},{"command":"046 PCT","id":"46pct"}],"appt_date":"2009-07-14","age":44,"middle_initial":"T","shield_no_history":[27703,2829],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Evans, Rasheen vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2019-05-22","disposition_date":"2026-01-13","payout_amount":400000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"025528/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On April 30, 2018, at approximately 8:50 p.m., Plaintiff was walking out of a deli at 366 East 188th Street, between Webster Avenue and Marion Avenue, in Bronx, New York. Plaintiff began to walk down 188th Street. He was not behaving in a suspicious manner and he was not ducking behind cars. There was no visible indication of a handgun on his person. Plaintiff continued to walk down 188th Street when NYPD police officers in plain clothing jumped out of a vehicle and began to run towards him without identifying themselves as police officers. Sgt. Michael Whelan and Officer Valdrin Nikqi observed Plaintiff walking down the street, but at no time did they observe him commit a crime or behave in a manner than would lead them to believe criminal activity was afoot. Whelan and Nikqi, dressed in plainclothes and armed with service weapons, began to chase Plaintiff without identifying themselves as police officers, before chasing him into 373 East 188th Street, Bronx, NY where he was grabbed, tackled to the ground and searched without probable cause. He was taken to the 46th Precinct, then to Central Booking, and was arraigned on charges of Criminal Possession of a Weapon and other related charges. Plaintiff remained in custody for over seven months until the US Attorney for the SDNY filed a Nolle Prosequi on October 26, 2018 and the Bronx County DA's Office dismissed the charged on October 31, 2018. At no points did Michael Whelan, Valdrin Nikqi, Thomas Casey, or Jason Sandusky ever observe Plaintiff commit any crime or offense before they began to chase him without identifying themselves as police officers.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=RdVN0OyWb4R2sTCGkaB7aQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Graham, Jamare vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-02-19","disposition_date":"2021-03-15","payout_amount":32500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"021695/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Whelan, Michael","summary":"On February 10, 2016, plaintiff was visiting a friend's apartment, when defendant POs, without a warrant or justification, entered and searched said apartment with their guns drawn. Plaintiff was subsequently seized, searched, arrested and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance by defendant POs, even tough plaintiff was never in possession of any contraband.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=B1RZvp0l3a1XN5U5GalShw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Stewart, Taquan vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-02-14","disposition_date":"2022-01-24","payout_amount":26250,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"021727/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Whelan, Michael","summary":"On April 6, 2018, in the Bronx, Plaintiff Taquan Stewart was approached, stopped, searched, assaulted, and detained by P.O.s Chin, Whelan, and unknown P.O.s Doe and Roe without any legal justification. The officers subjected Mr. Stewart to a strip search. He remained incarcerated for over 24 hours and was then required to make numerous court appearances; at the end, all charges against him were terminated favorably.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=VLCWjjSSBOOuuHplUDEiYQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Hibbert, Calvert vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-03-23","disposition_date":"2018-09-25","payout_amount":9000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"18CV01649","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Whelan, Michael","summary":"Defendant Officers knocked down the front door and assaulted and battered the Plaintiff and verbally abused the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff was roughly handcuffed and transported to the 47th Precinct. Charges were later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.489096/gov.uscourts.nysd.489096.19.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7051801/hibbert-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Smith, Richard, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-03-15","disposition_date":"2020-02-28","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"021938/2017E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Whelan, Michael","summary":"On February 10, 2016 at approximately 4:00 p.m., several police officers including Officers Michael Whelan, John Doe and John Roe approached Plaintiff and stopped, frisked, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered and detained Plaintiff in an aggressive and excessive manner without a warrant or probable cause. Officers Whelan, Doe and Roe took Plaintiff to a police station where Plaintiff was subjected to a strip search and remained incarcerated for over 24 hours. Plaintiff was falsely and maliciously prosecuted. As a result, Plaintiff sustained physical and emotional injuries. The criminal action against the Plaintiff was terminated favorably by dismissal.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=5Pmy8/O44nxUfaKSj639Iw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Chance, Ishmael vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-04-19","disposition_date":"2018-06-05","payout_amount":50000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"300663/2016","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Whelan, Michael"},{"name":"Woney, Ishi K. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-11-14","disposition_date":"2015-07-09","payout_amount":17500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"306026/2014","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Whelan, Michael","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921800-Wonkey-Ishi-v-City-of-New-York"}]},{"name":"Wright, Sirvon vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-03-14","disposition_date":"2015-04-29","payout_amount":10000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"301410/2014","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Whelan, Michael"},{"officer_name":"Whelan, Michael","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2011-08-11","disposition_date":"2014-05-13","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"306952/2011","name":"Parrot, Junard vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":25000}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"payroll":{"salary":"159762","regular":"155076","overtime":"55501","other":"22786","total":"233363"},"id":"3DTK","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/3DTK"}