{"active":false,"first_name":"James","last_name":"Heffernan","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"PBQN","assignment_date":"2017-05-15","id":"PBQN"},"shield_no":3604,"ended_date":"2022-07-06","taxid":"896421","appt_date":"1990-04-25","complaint_ids":[9202655,9202340],"middle_initial":"A","shield_no_history":[81],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Foster, Daniel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-06-12","disposition_date":"2022-03-30","payout_amount":15600,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"708917/2018","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","officer_name":"Heffernan, James","summary":"On September 16, 2017, Plaintiff was violently assaulted and arrested on charges of felony assault by NYPD Sergeant Heffernan and other, unnamed officers at Citi Field Stadium.  Defendants used excessive force to restrain Plaintiff, despite having no probable cause to detain or arrest him.  Plaintiff was also searched without cause. As a result of Defendants’ use of excessive force, their baseless arrest of the Plaintiff, and the injuries suffered by the Plaintiff, the Plaintiff suffered damage to his personal and professional reputation, suffered emotional distress, and suffered lasting unnamed physical injuries.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240720005040/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=XJAMQLwtGdt1xBmsoPZ3ew==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Gilliam, Shawn Sr. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-01-18","disposition_date":"2014-05-06","payout_amount":52000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"12CV06416","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Heffernan, James","summary":"On September 30, 2011, in the vicinity of 10th Street, Queens, NY, plaintiff was driving in his car with his fiancé. Defendants Pizzino and Doe approached and stopped the car without cause. Defendant officers demanded to see plaintiff’s driver’s license and registration. Plaintiff went to get the documents, but the defendant officers grabbed him from the car, and threw him on the ground, and when plaintiff complained they pepper sprayed him. Officers handcuffed plaintiff so tight that they cut into his wrists. More officers arrived, including named defendants, and some of them struck plaintiff while others looked on. Plaintiff was transported to Elmhurst Hospital Center, then to the 114th Precinct. Plaintiff then went to Central Booking for arraignment, but he was not arraigned and instead transported back to the 114th Precinct. Plaintiff then went back to Central Booking a second time.\nAt Central Booking, C.O. defendants followed and isolated plaintiff. Having isolated plaintiff, C.O. defendants assaulted him, punching him in the face, and hitting him in the body, fracturing one of his ribs. C.O. defendants refused to provide plaintiff with medical treatment despite his complaints.\nPlaintiff was arraigned and detained at Bain Center in the Bronx, before being released on bail. Defendant officers falsely and maliciously told the Queens DA that plaintiff had committed various crimes. The unlawful actions against the plaintiff were also based on profiling. On November 27, 2012, charges against plaintiff were adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.337804/gov.uscourts.nyed.337804.16.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919707-Gilliam-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4322326/gilliam-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"id":"5TSU","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/5TSU"}