{"active":true,"first_name":"Derrick","last_name":"Viruet","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"043 PCT","assignment_date":"2024-09-30","id":"43pct"},"shield_no":5514,"taxid":"956321","complaint_ids":[202305880,202001662],"command_history":[{"command":"SRG 2","id":"SRG2"}],"appt_date":"2014-01-08","middle_initial":"M","shield_no_history":[12532],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Phillips, Richard vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-08-13","disposition_date":"2021-12-13","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"028783/2020E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Viruet, Derrick","summary":"On June 4, 2019, in the vicinity of E 233rd St and Bussing Ave, Bronx, NY, plaintiff was driving and was stopped, confronted, searched and assaulted by Defendants for no legal justification. Defendants forcibly knocked Plaintiff to the ground, kneed his neck and back, tasered his face, particularly the top lip, tasered again in his rectum or penis and struck multiple times. Plaintiff was placed in handcuffs too tight. Defendants suppressed evidence and fabricated false accounts that Plaintiff committed criminal marijuana possession. Defendants removed Plaintiff to the 47th precinct, where Defendants fingerprinted,  searched and confined Plaintiff to a cell. Plaintiff was transported to central booking. Defendant Merrick signed the criminal complaint against Plaintiff, in which he knowingly affirmed the fabricated allegations against Plaintiff. After arraignment, plaintiff returned to court multiple times to contest false charges alleged against him. On March 30, 2020, plaintiff accepted the Adjourned in Contemplation of Dismissal, when the Bronx DA motioned the court for dismissal of all criminal charges.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Pa2EOHS14CVmbvoqwwfNlw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Briscoe, Omar, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-04-03","disposition_date":"2019-02-25","payout_amount":40000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"023609/2018E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Viruet, Derrick","summary":"On March 28, 2017, in the vicinity of East 227th Street and White Plains, defendant police officers Lambros, Viruet, Flores, and other unnamed officers, without warrant or cause, stopped, searched, handcuffed and arrested the plaintiffs with excessive force. The plaintiffs were falsely accused of having committed a crime. The plaintiffs were strip searched while at custody and remained incarcerated for over 24 hours. All charges against the plaintiffs were ultimately dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=iUFQqwmv109RMGYSlzJu1w==","type":"complaint"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/5SSD-derrick-viruet.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"118056","regular":"115402","overtime":"19605","other":"21695","total":"156703"},"id":"5SSD","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/5SSD"}