{"active":true,"first_name":"Justin","last_name":"Sampath","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"046 PCT","assignment_date":"2026-07-13","id":"46pct"},"shield_no":7857,"taxid":"947451","complaint_ids":[202401581,202105528,202002099,201807924],"command_history":[{"command":"DBXS","id":"946"},{"command":"NARCBMN","id":"250"}],"appt_date":"2008-07-08","middle_initial":"V","lawsuits":[{"name":"Lasalle, Fernando vs City of Ny","start_date":"2022-11-17","disposition_date":"2024-07-31","payout_amount":245500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"816471/2022E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On September 5, 2021, the plaintiff was lawfully walking down avenue in Bronx holding a can o paper confetti near the 46th Pct. The Defendants  LOUIS ORTIZ,  CLAUDE STATEN, ANGEL BALANAVOV, JUSTIN SAMPATH, AMY E. POLANCO, NEILRODIC DEY, LAWRENCE DUNLAY, TIAGO GOMES, and other unknown police officers .asked him to turn around accusing him to be a protestor but the Plaintiff kept walking in respect of all laws. Subsequently, he was forcibly grabbed and punched. On the floor, he suffered from the Defendant's weights and was violently handcuffed, stroked and dragged against a car.  In the precinct, he was also humiliated, insulted and battered. Plaintiff was falsely accused of crimes, spent 24h without food and spent six days inside OBCC before being released.  Finally, All criminal charges are pending causing the plaintiff to make repeated court appearances.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=jHcnEjD/8Lgc3LFH32FpZw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Rodriguez, Victor vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-06-30","disposition_date":"2022-08-08","payout_amount":74500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"025580/2020E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Sampath, Justin V.","summary":"On July 5, 2020, Plaintiff was sitting on a crate outside when he observed officers aggressively interacting with a nearby individual. Plaintiff began to record the interaction. During the interaction, a nearby pipe was knocked over causing the coals to fall on Plaintiff and burn him. When Plaintiff was burned, he screamed in pain causing the officers to approach Plaintiff. As they approached Plaintiff, the officers knocked Plaintiff's phone from his hand, threw Plaintiff to the ground, and repeatedly struck Plaintiff's body to the point of losing consciousness. While he was unconscious, Plaintiff was handcuffed and dragged several feet. Plaintiff was then arrested and transported to the precinct. All charges against Plaintiff were subsequently dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=dMAx/RzhtIyPtx91apJt9A==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Glass, Nahmir vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-10-23","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"025808/2015E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Sampath, Justin","summary":"On or about October 25, 2014, Plaintiff had just exited a business when a group of unknown individuals attempted to start a fight with Plaintiff and his friends. Plaintiff notified Defendant police officers nearby to avoid getting injured or arrested. After Plaintiff spoke with Defendant police officers, an officer tackled Plaintiff to the ground without legal cause or justification, causing Plaintiff to hit his head, lose consciousness, and sustain scrapes and other injuries to his body. Defendants then falsely arrested Plaintiff, held him in custody for approximately 3 hours, then falsely charged him with crimes. Defendants failed to provide Plaintiff with any medical treatment. At no point did any police officer or supervisor intervene or come to the aid of Plaintiff. Defendants maliciously initiated criminal proceedings against Plaintiff, and all charges were dismissed against Plaintiff on March 23, 2015.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ytBTE2L6FsUXiLw42UBDhw==","type":"complaint"}]}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2018-10-03","case_no":"2018-18938","penalty":"Vacation days (10 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Failed to make proper and necessary entries in his activity log.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Failed to note in his activity log that he took possession of property and failed to prepare a voucher for the property.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Failed to take police action after learning of an allegation of harassment with a weapon.","disposition":"Guilty"}]}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/6R5X-justin-sampath.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"108510","overtime":"21064","other":"20104","total":"149678"},"id":"6R5X","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/6R5X"}