{"active":false,"first_name":"Matthew","last_name":"Santoro","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"009 DET","assignment_date":"2019-06-10","id":"9det"},"shield_no":571,"ended_date":"2025-01-02","taxid":"937490","complaint_ids":[201506569,201013791,201012305,200718584,200710020,200701016,200615260],"command_history":[{"command":"PBSI TF"},{"command":"WARRSEC","id":"118"}],"appt_date":"2005-01-10","shield_no_history":[26529],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Gray, Roderick vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-11-01","disposition_date":"2014-10-27","payout_amount":75000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV05515","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Santoro, Matthew","summary":"On October 6, 2010, an NYPD Officer believed to be Officer Salvatore Sacco cursed at Plaintiff, who responded in kind. Later on, Plaintiff was approached by Officer Sacco and his partner Officer \"John\" Anderson. Officer Sacco asked Plaintiff to repeat himself and Plaintiff obliged. Officer Sacco responded with a racial slur, pulled Plaintiff out of his vehicle, and assaulted Plaintiff along with his partner and Officers Dominick Latorre, Besnik Llakatura, and \"John\" Santoro, who had arrived separately. Plaintiff was slammed against his vehicle, punched in the face and ribs, and thrown to the ground, where he was struck repeatedly in the back and handcuffed. Once in handcuffs, Plaintiff was picked up and forced face down on the hood of his vehicle, which burned his face due to its hot surface. Officer Sacco then forcefully twisted Plaintiff's arm. After his arrest and transportation to the precinct, Plaintiff repeatedly asked for medical treatment but was never provided with said treatment. NYPD Sergeants Bruce Ceparano and Gregory Pernicone approved of Plaintiff's arrest. On October 7, 2010, Plaintiff was transported to Richmond County Criminal Court where officers refused to arraign him unless he received medical treatment.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.347656/gov.uscourts.nyed.347656.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13138406/gray-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Hincapie v. City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"Plaintiff was arrested in September 1990 and faced charges for a murder he did not commit. Plaintiff was found guilty after Defendant Officer used abusive interrogation tactics on Plaintiff and other defendants of the case. Plaintiff spent over 25 years incarcerated for this crime.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4928512-Hincapie-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"18CV03432","officer_name":"Matthew Santoro","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6625746/hincapie-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2022-07-20","case_no":"2022-24797","penalty":"Vacation days (18 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Failed to make proper notifications (Patrol Supervisor) failed to remain at the scene of an off-duty incident.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"},{"desc":"Involved in a physical altercation","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21031357-daf-santoro937490","type":"brady-giglio"}],"id":"4WJM","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/4WJM"}