{"active":true,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Abbruzzese","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"047 DET","assignment_date":"2023-02-12","id":"47det"},"shield_no":3668,"taxid":"955701","complaint_ids":[202501013,202002820,201902427],"command_history":[{"command":"047 PCT","id":"47pct"}],"appt_date":"2014-01-08","middle_initial":"C","shield_no_history":[6138],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Young, Marlon vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-06-10","disposition_date":"2024-10-23","payout_amount":27500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"806210/2021E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On September 1, 2019, Plaintiff was not driving, but just standing beside his legally parked car on the street, when several police officers, including PO Michael Abbruzzese, approached Plaintiff and told him to provide his identification. Plaintiff asked why he must provide it. In response, POs handcuffed and arrested Plaintiff. POs told him he was being arrested because “you are not identifying yourself.” PO Abbruzzese told DA that he observed Plaintiff driving at a high rate of speed and passing through multiple red lights. As a result, Plaintiff was maliciously persecuted and incarcerated for approximately 24 hours. All charges against Plaintiff were dismissed and sealed on November 21, 2019.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240702064924/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=MTgIpBXT1igEdvNA7HXpBg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Almanzar, Baldwin vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-01-14","disposition_date":"2022-05-04","payout_amount":145000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"20CV11021","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"On June 4, 2020, plaintiff Abelson participated in a Mott Haven protest after the killing of George Floyd. Plaintiff was caught in a barricade when officers told him and others in the front to move, but there was no room for them to do so from others pressing forward. Officers mocked him and others by saying \"they couldn't breathe.\" officers then begin to attack plaintiff, punching him in the eye and twisting his finger until they broke it. Another pulled down his mask and pepper-sprayed him. Plaintiff was then pulled over the barrier of bikes, thrown to the ground, hit with batons and kicked. His hands were then placed behind his back and an officer kneeled on his neck. He was then handcuffed with zip ties and taken to a bus with other arrested protesters. He asked for medical attention but was denied it. He say on the bus for several hours before being taken to central booking, where he was given a summons for unlawful assembly and released. He had suffered a scratched corner and a broken finger from events. As a result of the incident, plaintiff suffered a psychosis and was forced to be hospitalized for 5 days and is now on anti-psychotics to treat his PTSD.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.551373/gov.uscourts.nysd.551373.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/26542001/almanzar-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Bah, Mariama, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-06-03","disposition_date":"2022-07-25","payout_amount":105000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"026209/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Abbruzzese, Michael C."}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2022-10-20","case_no":"2022-26117","recommendation":"Command Discipline - B","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules."},{"desc":"Wrongfully searched an individual known to the Department."}]},{"disposition_date":"2022-10-18","case_no":"2022-26118","recommendation":"Other","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to activate their body worn camera."},{"desc":"Failed to make required entries in Department logs."},{"desc":"Failed to prepare required reports."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22085884-seh_955701","type":"employment-history"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/5B39-michael-abbruzzese.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"119314","regular":"115608","overtime":"46476","other":"16060","total":"178144"},"id":"5B39","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/5B39"}