{"active":true,"first_name":"Joshua","last_name":"Faranda","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"025 PCT","assignment_date":"2023-02-20","id":"25pct"},"shield_no":2356,"taxid":"938461","complaint_ids":[202501590,202102908,202002521,201802028,201509510,201110588,201015644,200902991,200700009,200602577],"command_history":[{"command":"FTU"},{"command":"PSA 5","id":"PSA5"},{"command":"028 PCT","id":"28pct"}],"appt_date":"2005-07-11","age":46,"middle_initial":"T","shield_no_history":[31043],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Perez, Zuleska vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-09-11","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"156570/2025","court":"Supreme Court - New York"},{"name":"Eberhart, Edward vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-10-16","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"158094/2017","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Faranda, Joshua","summary":"On June 13, 2016, defendant police officers arrested plaintiff. Defendant Faranda signed a complaint stating that Defendant Ramos informed him that the plaintiff was engaged in the sale of a controlled substance. Plaintiff was handcuffed, strip searched, and held in custody.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=7yXDIUHwQDDihgtVAHy/SA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Sutter, Alexis vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-08-15","disposition_date":"2015-03-19","payout_amount":17000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV06317","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Faranda, Joshua","summary":"On May 16, 2013, Plaintiff heard a commotion and crossed the street to find her godbrother being arrested.  Plaintiff inquired as to the circumstances and was told to step back.  Plaintiff saw a cell phone fall from his pockets, so she picked it up and tried to walk away.  Plaintiff was then violently thrown to the ground, causing her halter top to fall off and expose her upper body.  As Plaintiff then tried to walk away, other officers threw her into and then over a metal fence, causing injury to her arms as she tried to brace her fall and exposing her undergarments as her legs splayed in the air.   The officers called Plaintiff racist names and tightly handcuffed her.  Plaintiff was eventually taken to Central Booking, charged and released after 21 hours.  While at the precinct, Plaintiff was forces to expose her breasts to show she had no contraband.  Defendant officers Ilbey Aykac, Michael Costa, Joshua Faranda, Thomas McCue, Edwin Reyes and Jesse Ullger all made false statements in reports or to district attorneys.  After making several court appearances, all charges against Plaintiff were dropped on November 19, 2013.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923744-Sutter-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.430998/gov.uscourts.nysd.430998.13.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923745-Sutter-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13144287/sutter-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Turbi, Andira vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-04-08","disposition_date":"2013-12-18","payout_amount":7000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV01952","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Faranda, Joshua","summary":"On December 29, 2011, officers came to Plaintiff’s apartment looking for her sister.  Despite the sister arriving shortly thereafter, the officers arrested Plaintiff for disorderly conduct.  The charges were dismissed at a later date.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.409537/gov.uscourts.nysd.409537.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13054020/turbi-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2022-10-24","case_no":"2022-27205","penalty":"A - Command Discipline","recommendation":"Command Discipline - A","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to prepare required reports."}]}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/72Z9-joshua-faranda.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"118056","regular":"117719","overtime":"40268","other":"24780","total":"182767"},"id":"72Z9","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/72Z9"}