{"active":true,"first_name":"Vincent","last_name":"Gambino","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"MSS TF","assignment_date":"2025-02-10","id":"850"},"shield_no":1360,"taxid":"954841","complaint_ids":[202201777,201908145,201902884,201806022,201804716],"command_history":[{"command":"075 DET","id":"75det"},{"command":"075 PCT","id":"75pct"},{"command":"NARCBBN","id":"92"}],"appt_date":"2013-07-09","age":34,"middle_initial":"T","shield_no_history":[31824],"lawsuits":[{"officer_name":"Gambino, Vincent T.","start_date":"2025-04-08","court":"Supreme Court - Richmond","docket":"151022/2025","name":"Sethunge, Kavinda vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":0},{"name":"Sheppard, Kariff vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-10-20","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"517471/2022","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On March 18, 2021, Plaintiff Kariff Sheppard was arrested at a friend's apartment in Kings County when on parole and transported to the 75th Precinct. A gun was found in the apartment, Plaintiff did not consent to providing a DNA sample and was told he was going to jail. Plaintiff called his parole officer from holding and was told he was being held for possession of 30 ecstasy pills and crack cocaine, as told to the parole officer by Defendant Police Officers Vincent Gambino and Detective Julio Micheli. Defendants did not inform the District Attorney's office and never produced physical evidence at the parole hearing. \n\nPlaintiff brings claims of: arrest on false pretenses, deprivation of equal protection, violation of 6th Amendment rights, and negligent hiring.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=BNXomz/iUjb1W_PLUS_edbT9YvQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Henry, Ian vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-08-12","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"520156/2021","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On August 3, 2020, Plaintiff Ian Henry was lawfully present inside his motor vehicle in front of the building premises when Defendants Police Officers John Does approached the subject motor vehicle with their weapons drawn. Plaintiff stepped out of his motor vehicle with his hands visible and in the air, identified himself as a Correctional Officer employed by the Department of Probation who was currently on duty, and informed Defendants that he has an unloaded registered weapon in his motor vehicle. Defendants Police Officers Gambino and John Does approached and tackled Plaintiff onto the ground forcefully, they kicked him and restrained him and used excessive force to throw him into the back of a Police Department vehicle. They then transported him to the 73rd Precinct. Upon arrival at the 73rd Precinct, Plaintiff fainted as a result of the injuries he sustained during the initial encounter with Defendants Police Officers Gambino and John Does. After Plaintiff fainted, he was transported to Downtown Brooklyn Hospital where he was diagnosed with a concussion. After the receipt of medical treatment, Plaintiff was released into the custody of Defendants Police Officers John Does, who used excessive force when placing the Plaintiff into the Police Vehicle to transport him back to the 73rd Precinct. As a result of the excessive force used while placing him into the vehicle, Plaintiff sustained further injury to his wrists, shoulder, and cervical spine. Plaintiff was then arraigned and released.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=7Eb54ScaUilJfWgff0B1ZQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Burgess, Terrance, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-03-17","disposition_date":"2018-04-25","payout_amount":72500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"523191/2016","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Gambino, Vincent","summary":"Defendant Officers forcibly entered a residential apartment with guns drawn where Plaintiffs were visitors with guns drawn. Officer brought Plaintiffs into the hallway, searched them, tightly handcuffed them, arrested them, and brought them to the 75th Precinct. Plaintiffs were charged with unlawful possession of marijuana which was later dismissed.  After their arrest, Defendant Officers obtained a search warrant based on unreliable information.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4927957-Burgess-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Freeman, Kevin vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-07-25","disposition_date":"2018-03-29","payout_amount":6000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV04073","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Gambino, Vincent","summary":"The plaintiff was walking home when he was stopped by the defendant officers. Officer Gambino uttered a racial slur and searched the plaintiff without any cause for suspicion. The defendant officers then took the plaintiff to the 75th Precinct where he was searched again and then falsely charged with urinating in public. The charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.388915/gov.uscourts.nyed.388915.9.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13439843/freeman-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Fuller, Ronald vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-06-20","disposition_date":"2017-10-13","payout_amount":10000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV02509","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Gambino, Vincent","summary":"Plaintiff was walking down the street when he was approached and grabbed, and leg swept by Defendant Officer White who said he fit the description of a robbery suspect. Plaintiff was handcuffed,  taken to the 83rd Precinct, strip-searched, and charges with criminal charges that were alter dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922793-Fuller-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.385611/gov.uscourts.nyed.385611.31.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4325505/fuller-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21023441-gambino-71f8d4f8d2498f86a543206104cf1b599040ac8b","type":"brady-giglio"}],"payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115444","overtime":"31141","other":"14630","total":"161215"},"id":"6JZD","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/6JZD"}