{"active":true,"first_name":"Amel","last_name":"Cirikovic","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"INT PSS","assignment_date":"2024-05-13","id":"52"},"shield_no":7216,"taxid":"958411","complaint_ids":[202003842],"command_history":[{"command":"US OPEN TENNIS DETAIL","id":"749"},{"command":"SRG 3","id":"SRG3"}],"appt_date":"2015-07-08","shield_no_history":[20416],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Shapiro-Barnum, Shea vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-08-14","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"156417/2025","court":"Supreme Court - New York"},{"name":"Wright, Hillary vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-05-26","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"154194/2022","court":"Supreme Court - New York","summary":"On February 12, 2021, Hillary Wright was assaulted by several NYPD officers while attending a demonstration for Black lives. The officers charged at Wright and piled on top of her, inhibiting her breathing, and then yanked her from the ground by her arms and transported her to NYPD's 7th Precinct. The officers did not have a warrant for Ms. Wright's arrest and did not have individualized probable cause to seize, detain, or arrest her. Despite this incident taking place during the COVID-19 pandemic, the officers mocked Ms. Wright for requesting that they wear masks while sitting in an enclosed environment with her. \n\nMs. Wright was held overnight until she was eventually released with a Desk Appearance Ticket. During her detention, Ms. Wright was searched three separate times by NYPD officers. Ms. Wright's case was ultimately dismissed by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. The incident resulted in physical and motional injury to Ms. Wright.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=lNGmQmdjY_PLUS_kf029RvYAG6A==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Bensmaine, Christophe vs Police, Dept Of, Nyc","start_date":"2021-06-02","disposition_date":"2023-08-15","payout_amount":167500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"21CV04816","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"On May 30, 2020, plaintiff  Christophe Bensmaine was running errands when he noticed a police brutality protest in the wake of the George Floyd murder and decided to join.  The demonstration was orderly and calm, however more police started to arrive to the protest and by 5:25 PM there were fifty police officers including all named defendants, Inspector Dowling, Deputy Inspector Hillery, PO Cascio, PO Cirikiovich, PO Dottavio, PO Johnson, PO Monestine, PO Mosquera, PO Olivares, and PO Singh. At about 5:27 PM, the PO's made an inaudible annoucement over a loudspeaker as Bensmaine noticed other protestors continue to make their way toward 47th street where the officers were located. At 5:27 PM, Bensmaine was in at the crosswalk at 47th street and 7th avenue where he waited for people in front to move out of his way, so he decided to take some photographs of the protest. Bensmaine alleges he was suddenly tackled by at least five of the defendant officers, who then piled on top of him and showed his face into the concrete. Eventually some officers got off of him and Bensmaine attempted to gather himself off the ground and retrieve his credit cards that were spread out on the street when the officer directly on top of him used his baton to push Bensmaine further into the concrete. Several officers crowded around Bensmaine while this was happening without intervening, which also made it difficult for other protestors to see what the POs were doing to Bensmaine. Bensmaine alleges he was violently and tightly zipped tied, then had the zip ties removed only for handcuffs to be tightly placed on his wrists instead. Bensmaine was eventually taken to holding cell where he remained until 11:00 PM when he was released with a disordely conduct and obstructing traffic ticket and was ordered to appear at an arraignment hearing for the ticket on September 29, 2020.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.561168/gov.uscourts.nysd.561168.27.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/59949794/bensmaine-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2022-09-17","case_no":"2021-23573","penalty":"Training","recommendation":"Training","allegations":[{"desc":"Improper use of force"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21021816-cirikovic-c505f4b38910c4c6b67813a201590ed56723230a","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21057526-cirikovic-958411-07-01-21","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22085981-seh_958411","type":"employment-history"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/5J7D-amel-cirikovic.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"108510","overtime":"47040","other":"21435","total":"176985"},"news":[{"url":"https://www.nyc.gov/assets/ccrb/downloads/pdf/policy_pdf/issue_based/2020NYCProtestReport.pdf","title":"2020 NYC Protests","source":"CCRB","date":"2023-01-24"},{"url":"https://gothamist.com/news/police-watchdog-recommends-discipline-39-nypd-officers-over-substantiated-misconduct-blm-protests","title":"Police Watchdog Recommends Discipline for 39 NYPD Officers Over \"Substantiated Misconduct\" At BLM Protests","source":"Gothamist","date":"2021-06-22"}],"id":"5J7D","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/5J7D"}