{"active":true,"first_name":"Frank","last_name":"Hernandez","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"075 PCT","assignment_date":"2026-04-06","id":"75pct"},"shield_no":4649,"taxid":"962470","complaint_ids":[202604568,202502463,202407348,202401159,202304630,202102423,202008457,202003086,202000291,201911122,201910549,201904711,201808565],"command_history":[{"command":"073 PCT","id":"73pct"},{"command":"INT CIS","id":"10"}],"appt_date":"2016-10-11","shield_no_history":[22758,1711],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Pulley, Brendan vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-04-18","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"511299/2023","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On September 8, 2020, plaintiff Brenden Pulley was lawfully in his car on the passenger seat, when he was approached by officers Frank Hernandez , Samuel Hui, and other unidentified police officers who started questioning him about what he had on before violently pulling him out of the vehicle and subjecting him to two unlawful frisk searches. They place him in unreasonably tight handcuffs causing pain to his wrists. He was sent to the precinct and before being sent to the central booking, police officers falsely stated to the District Attorney that plaintiff was engaged in criminal possession of a loaded firearm. Therefore, plaintiff, against whom all charges were dismissed, sustained physical, psychological and emotional trauma.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=KhBpdqay7t6yFt5rF0VsNA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Greene, Troy vs Sergeant Hui, et al.","start_date":"2022-03-10","disposition_date":"2022-06-13","payout_amount":8725,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"22CV01263","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"On January 11, 2020, Plaintiff was driving in Kings County, New York. Defendant NYPD officers—including Officers Hui and Hernandez—pulled over Plaintiff’s vehicle. Plaintiff produced his license and registration. The officers ordered Plaintiff and his passenger to step out of the vehicle. Plaintiff activated his phone camera and left the phone inside his vehicle. The defendant officers searched Plaintiff’s vehicle, without Plaintiff’s consent and over his objection. The officers broke open Plaintiff’s glove compartment. The officers did not recover guns, drugs, or other contraband. Plaintiff was not arrested or given a citation.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.476823/gov.uscourts.nyed.476823.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63143003/greene-v-hui/"},{"name":"Jackson, Derek vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-02-02","disposition_date":"2024-12-05","payout_amount":445000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"22CV00546","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"On January 1, 2020, the plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle parked near 27 East 98th Street, Brooklyn. Multiple officers approached and boxed in the vehicle, and ordered everyone to step out of the car. The reason for the \"stop\" (parked at a fire hydrant) was pretextual and false. The plaintiff stepped out of the vehicle then ran. Officer Grandison chased after and stopped the plaintiff, took his fanny pack containing a weapon, and forcefully threw the plaintiff to the ground. Officers McCarthy, Chowdhury, and Porterfield used hand strikes and stun guns against the plaintiff while the plaintiff was on the ground. Officer Hernandez used hand strikes and kicked plaintiff in his head while the plaintiff was on the ground. While on the ground, the plaintiff was kicked, tased, punched and sat on by numerous officers. The plaintiff suffered a large blowout fracture of medial wall left orbit of his eye and injuries to his back, shoulder, legs, and knee that have required surgery. The plaintiff suffered permanent loss of use of function to his right knee and shoulder. Due to the injuries, the plaintiff walks with a cane.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.475167/gov.uscourts.nyed.475167.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/62638481/jackson-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Graves, Shawn vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-02-23","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"504010/2021","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On or about November 25, 2019 at approximately 5:50 p.m. of that day, plaintiff was falsely and unlawfully stopped and he and his vehicle were searched by defendant officers Hernandez, Moye and others (together the \"defendants\") while plaintiff was driving his vehicle near Rockaway Avenue between Sutter Avenue and Belmont Avenue. The defendants had no reasonable cause for the aforementioned incident and they were racially motivated. Plaintiff's right to equal protection was violated. Defendants grabbed the plaintiff and in a violent and aggressive manner, assaulted and battered him by beating the plaintiff while he was standing alone outside his vehicle being hand cuffed with excessive force. The defendants recovered a legally retained folding knife with less than a three inch (3\") blade that was clipped inside the waistband of plaintiff’s pants, and which Plaintiff explained was used by him in his work. Plaintiff was subsequently arrested by the defendants without probable cause. Plaintiff was confined to the 73rd Police Precinct and Central Booking for an excessive period of hours prior to his arraignment. Plaintiff was subject to the intentional and negligent infliction of emtional abuse by the defendants. Plaintiff was maliciously prosecuted without reasonable cause. All charges against plaintiff were ultimately dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=KKXptyA7PKSWZ9CaX_PLUS_Zmnw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Joseph, Curtis vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-06-15","disposition_date":"2021-07-21","payout_amount":10000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"20CV02539","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Hernandez, Frank","summary":"On or about July 27, 2019, plaintiff Curtis Joseph was sitting in the front passenger side seat of his own car, with the engine running. Defendants Police Officer Frank Hernandez and Police Officer John Doe approached the vehicle and began peering in. The officers asked if there was marijuana in the car. Plaintiff exited the vehicle, opened the back door, and demonstrated that the bag on his back seat contained only garden leaves, not marijuana. Defendants both agreed that the substance was not marijuana, but continued to search the car. Plaintiff asked the officers to move away from the vehicle, then attempted to walk away and enter the building but was detained by the officers. Plaintiff asked why and was placed in handcuffs. Plaintiff was then placed inside a police vehicle and transported to the 73rd Precinct of the NYPD where he was placed in a cell. When he was released, he received a summons that cited him for disorderly conduct. At no point during the events described did Plaintiff commit any act that could be reasonably considered disorderly conduct. The summons was ultimately dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.448813/gov.uscourts.nyed.448813.13.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17229644/joseph-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2022-10-17","case_no":"2022-26962","penalty":"A - Command Discipline","recommendation":"Command Discipline - A","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules."},{"desc":"Wrongfully frisked an individual known to the Department."}]},{"disposition_date":"2022-06-29","case_no":"2022-24627","penalty":"A - Command Discipline","recommendation":"Command Discipline - A","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules - failed to provide business card"},{"desc":"Violated patrol rules -failed to provide a business card"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21024211-hernandez-1be6742ac9b7e76be438289ab903b3abe83b3f75","type":"brady-giglio","complaints":[{"complaint_id":201904266,"available":true}]},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21057868-giglio-letter-hernandez-962470-04-21-21","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20783575-giglio_hernandez","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22086211-seh_962470","type":"employment-history"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/4AJX-frank-hernandez.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"119429","regular":"115174","overtime":"42113","other":"13709","total":"170995"},"id":"4AJX","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/4AJX"}