{"active":false,"first_name":"Carlos","last_name":"Zapata","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"POM","command":{"command":"044 PCT","id":"44pct"},"shield_no":27730,"ended_date":"2016-09-01","taxid":"916951","complaint_ids":[201311995,201302530,201213634,201103775,201013625,201012193,200913039,200903565,200812230,200713871,200703989,200703215,200612523],"appt_date":"1995-06-30","lawsuits":[{"name":"Cruz, Kevin vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-02-19","disposition_date":"2018-10-11","payout_amount":4750,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"020562/2016E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Zapata, Carlos","summary":"On November 4, 2014, Plaintiff was on his way to buy a jean jacket with\nhis friend when an acquaintance of his saw them and offered them a ride. Plaintiff got into the backseat of his acquaintance's car, when before even pulling out of the parking space, they were stopped by NYPD police officers Kevin Cruz, Michele Butera, Carlos Zapata, and other unnamed officers. The defendant officers claimed that the driver had marijuana. Officers did not recover anything illegal. Plaintiff did not have any drugs on his person and did not have any knowledge about drugs in the vehicle nor did he see any drugs being recovered, but he was arrested for criminal possession of a controlled substance. \n\nPlaintiff was incarcerated for 22 hours, subject to a strip search at the precinct. Defendant officers refused to loosen his handcuffs, causing marks that lasted for two weeks.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=kpQSMg4iJySppx_PLUS_qfGc49w==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Troncoso, Justin vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-07-21","disposition_date":"2016-02-16","payout_amount":90000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"023972/2015E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Zapata, Carlos","summary":"On or about October 18, 2014, Plaintiff was lawfully present in the vicinity of 1455 Sheridan Avenue in the Bronx. Defendant Police Officers, including Steven Counihan (Shield No. 14087), Carlos Zapata (Shield No. 27730) and Michael Mack (Shield No. 25681), stopped, searched, and detained Plaintiff without any legal justification. Plaintiff also experienced an intentional battery from Defendants. Plaintiff was subjected to a strip search by Defendant Police Officers, arrested and handcuffed, and transported to a police station. Plaintiff was subsequently charged and maliciously prosecuted for crimes he did not commit. The criminal action against Plaintiff was later ended in his favor.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=7Y1ppGZd9M_PLUS_fST8pfMwL1A==&system=prod","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"James, John vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-03-12","disposition_date":"2015-09-08","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV00607","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Zapata, Carlos","summary":"On November 7, 2013, Plaintiff, who is African American, was across the street from his step-mother's residence in the Bronx sitting in the driver's seat of a car belonging to Plaintiff's acquaintance, when four plainclothes John Does NYPD officers approached the car.  The NYPD records of the incident are incomplete and offer conflicting information as to the officers' identities, but Plaintiff believed the four officers were the following (or possibly some of these officers plus other unknown John Doe officers): (1) Police Officer or Sergeant \"FNU\" [First Name Unknown] Smith, (2) Police Officer Edward Ehrenkranz (listed as Plaintiff's arresting officer on the NYPD's voided arrest report), (3) Police Officer Carlos Zapata (listed as Plaintiff's arresting officer on the NYPD 44th Precinct's command log), and (4) Police Lieutenant Paul Prendergast (listed as the \"Supervisor Approving\" on the NYPD's voided arrest report).  Plaintiff was sitting in the car to check out his acquaintance's new car; the car was pulled over, the engine was off, the keys were not in the ignition, and the acquaintance was in the passenger seat.  Upon the officers' request, Plaintiff showed his valid learner's permit and Plaintiff's acquaintance showed the car's registration.  The officers removed Plaintiff and his acquaintance from the car, handcuffed Plaintiff painfully tight, and, without consent, searched the car and Plaintiff's pocket.  Plaintiff had no contraband, and there was no contraband in the car.  Plaintiff's step-mother came out and asked why Plaintiff had been arrested, and the officers did not answer.  After being held handcuffed for 5-10 minutes, Plaintiff was taken to the NYPD 44th Precinct by Officer Smith and one or two of the other officers.  Plaintiff complained that the handcuffs were too tight, but the officers did not loosen them.  At the precinct, Plaintiff was strip-searched by Officer Smith and one or two of the other officers, including spreading his buttocks and lifting his testicles, even though he had requested not to be strip-searched because he was suffering from scabies.  Plaintiff was released after approximately an hour without any charges or paperwork, and without any explanation why he had been arrested and strip-searched.  The voided arrest report states that the arrest charge was Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree.  Plaintiff did not possess any controlled substance and there was no probable cause to believe that he did.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.437856/gov.uscourts.nysd.437856.8.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17494164/james-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Lhabaik, Kazeem vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-02-03","disposition_date":"2016-05-10","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"020574/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Zapata, Carlos"},{"name":"Dickerson, Tiphani vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-01-26","disposition_date":"2017-09-20","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"300365/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Zapata, Carlos"},{"officer_name":"Zapata, Carlos","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-08-28","disposition_date":"2013-03-26","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"304570/2012","name":"King, Brittany vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":15000},{"officer_name":"Zapata, Carlos","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-01-17","disposition_date":"2018-11-07","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"300429/2012","name":"Belgrave, Timothy vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":20000}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"id":"6VW5","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/6VW5"}