{"active":false,"first_name":"Bryan","last_name":"Blachuciak","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"PBMS","assignment_date":"2022-12-26","id":"PBMS"},"shield_no":13260,"ended_date":"2024-09-03","taxid":"973951","complaint_ids":[202205449],"appt_date":"2022-04-13","middle_initial":"J","lawsuits":[{"name":"Escalona-Martinez, Jose vs The City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-03-27","disposition_date":"2024-09-16","payout_amount":7500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"152698/2024","court":"Supreme Court - New York","summary":"On April 24, 2023, while lawfully dressed in an Ironman costume and crossing West 44th Street and Broadway in New York, NY, alongside another Times Square performer dressed as Elmo, the plaintiff was neither conducting any business nor engaging with anyone—no conversations, no solicitation of money, no photographs. Despite this, the plaintiff was approached, stopped, searched, and arrested without any legal justification by defendants Mihai Tudor, Bryan Blachuciak, and John Doe. The defendants informed the plaintiff that he couldn't be in the area without providing any cause or reason, demanded his ID, and subsequently arrested him. Although the plaintiff had committed no crime or violation, he was improperly and illegally stopped, frisked, falsely arrested, and falsely imprisoned. He was transported to the 35th precinct, where he was held for approximately two hours. There was no warrant for the plaintiff's arrest. Nonetheless, he was improperly issued a desk appearance ticket to appear in Midtown Community Court and was wrongfully charged with violations of the law. The plaintiff was then released, and all charges or tickets issued against him were ultimately dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=k3MXeW/gPkKMQLXWW74rqQ==","type":"complaint"}]}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/6VNM-bryan-blachuciak.jpg","id":"6VNM","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/6VNM"}