{"active":false,"first_name":"William","last_name":"Greer","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"066 DET","assignment_date":"2007-03-14","id":"66det"},"shield_no":1902,"ended_date":"2025-11-03","taxid":"922450","complaint_ids":[201905521,200602828],"command_history":[{"command":"066 PCT","id":"66pct"}],"appt_date":"1998-08-31","middle_initial":"M","shield_no_history":[17751],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Musa, Rabab vs City of New York et al.","start_date":"2017-02-27","disposition_date":"2018-02-08","payout_amount":85000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"151601/2017","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Greer, William","summary":"On September 6, 2016, Plaintiff was unlawfully arrested as she left Starbucks to go home to her waiting family. Plaintiff was approached by two officers who demanded to see her identification, without justification. The officers proceeded to handcuff her without legal justification. Plaintiff was taken to, upon information and belief, Midtown South precinct where she was invasively searched. Plaintiff practices the Islamic faith and wears a hijab as part of her religious practice. Plaintiff was forced to remove the hijab in violation of her rights and the hijab was confiscated. Plaintiff was detained for several hours in the prescient, and was denied the right to call her worried family and tell them where she was. After several hours, two officers handcuffed Plaintiff and drove her to a precinct in Brooklyn. At the precinct in Brooklyn, Plaintiff was strip searched in violation of her rights and her hijab was once again take from her. A few more hours had passed when Plaintiff was brought into an interrogation room where she was asked to \"confess what she did\". Upon not receiving any incriminating information, she was told that she was released without charges. Plaintiff was never charged with any crime and nor was she ever provided an explanation of why she was arrested, moved between Boroughs, and detained until after midnight.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=QA7T/LkuIrX/XNw5V1Qrew==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Kneitel, Michael J. vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2016-09-06","disposition_date":"2025-09-24","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"15CV06942","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"Plaintiff was taken into custody at the 66th Precinct regarding an alleged assault against his neighbor, arraigned, and RORed with an order of protection.  In April, Defendant officers came to Plaintiff's residence saying he violated the order but after investigation checking surveillance they realized that he did not violate it and did not arrest Plaintiff. In July, defendant officers went to Plaintiff's work and arrested him for violating the order again.  Charges were dismissed after Plaintiff spent 22 months in jail.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5378260-Kneitel-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6264299/kneitel-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Valdiviezo, Mario vs Det. Green, William, et al.","start_date":"2014-09-19","disposition_date":"2018-10-09","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"14CV04897","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Greer, William","summary":"On February 28, 2013, plaintiff broke up with his girlfriend. In response, she called 911. Defendants forcibly entered into plaintiff's residence, ordered him to exit the apartment, and searched plaintiff. Once transported to the precinct, plaintiff was refused an interpreter. All charges brought against plaintiff were subsequently dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.359836/gov.uscourts.nyed.359836.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/5682561/valdiviezo-v-detective-greer/"},{"name":"Moore, Kevin vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-03-06","disposition_date":"2016-10-18","payout_amount":150000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"003721/2013","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Greer, William"},{"officer_name":"Greer, William","disposition":"Zero Disposition","start_date":"2012-06-06","disposition_date":"2013-04-16","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"12CV02456","name":"Boadi, Eric vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":0,"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4321712/boadi-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2022-06-24","case_no":"2021-24006","penalty":"Counseling, dismissal probation (12 months), ordered breath testing, pre-trial suspension days (31 days), vacation days (29 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Operated a motor vehicle while ability impaired by alcohol.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"},{"desc":"Operated a motor vehicle while intoxicated.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"},{"desc":"Refused a breath test.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"},{"desc":"Unfit for duty.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21023850-greer-ef42663809107cf0ab61ee256d9763e7dcb12d6e","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21056323-greer-922450-12-25-19-1","type":"brady-giglio"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/3NYP-william-greer.jpg","id":"3NYP","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/3NYP"}