{"active":false,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Calloway","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"DT2","command":{"command":"NARCBMN","id":"250"},"shield_no":4574,"ended_date":"2019-02-01","taxid":"905871","complaint_ids":[201507555,201303650,201211832,201101027,201013820,200712602,200707374,200701274],"appt_date":"1994-02-28","lawsuits":[{"name":"Ortiz, Victor vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-05-01","disposition_date":"2017-12-27","payout_amount":25001,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"17CV02920","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Calloway, Michael A.","summary":"The defendants were carrying out a search warrant in the home of the plaintiff's mother. The plaintiff and his mother arrived to the apartment to the door ajar. Sgt. Tirado prevented them from entering and arrested the plaintiff's mother. Although the plaintiff and his mother requested to see the search warrant, it was never shown. The plaintiff began recording his mother's arrest until Detective Cote and Calloway shepherded him into a corner. The officers requested that the plaintiff leave the area while Detective Calloway jerked and twisted the plaintiff's arm that was holding his phone, pushed him to the ground, and arrested him. Plaintiff was proceeded at a precinct and charged with obstructing governmental administration in the second degree and resisting arrest. Plaintiff was tried before a jury and found not guilty.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.472962/gov.uscourts.nysd.472962.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6125769/ortiz-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Richardson, Robert vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-03-21","disposition_date":"2020-10-15","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Administrative Closing","docket":"162151/2015","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Calloway, Michael A.","summary":"On November 29, 2012, at approximately 6:00 p.m., ROBERT RICHARDSON (“plaintiff”) was lawfully standing in the vicinity of Hamilton Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue, waiting for his girlfriend to come out of her apartment when police officers unlawfully approached, stopped, seized, and searched plaintiff, without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or any legal justification. Nevertheless, the defendant's police officers unlawfully handcuffed the plaintiff and arrested him without legal justification or probable cause. The police officer believe the plaintiff possessed any illegal drugs, weapons, or contraband underneath his clothing.\n\nThe defendant police officers forcibly transported the plaintiff, against his will, to the 30th precinct stationhouse, where the plaintiff was subjected to an unlawful strip search by the defendant police officers without reasonable suspicion or probable cause to believe the plaintiff had any illegal contraband hidden underneath his clothing. The plaintiff was forced to remove all his clothes and shake each piece of clothing out. The plaintiff was then forced to endure the indignity of turning around so that the back faced the police officers, bent over, and spread his buttocks to prove there was no illegal contraband in his person. The plaintiff was then ordered to face the defendant's police officers and was forced to lift his genitals. At no time did the defendant police officers recover any drugs, contraband, or other illegal paraphernalia from the plaintiff or his custody, possession, or control.\n\nAfter he was unlawfully strip-searched, the defendant police officers transported the plaintiff to the 25th Precinct stationhouse, where he was introduced to an individual named Michael Brown, who had been arrested for drug possession. Michael Brown told the defendant's police officers that he did not know the plaintiff and had never met him. Still, without any factual basis, the officers accused the plaintiff of selling drugs to Michael Brown, an individual that plaintiff had never seen or met in his life.\n\nThe police officers falsely informed the New York County District Attorney’s Office that the plaintiff had committed a crime despite knowing they lacked a legal and factual basis to link the plaintiff to a crime. The defendant officers had no basis to stop the plaintiff or to allege that the plaintiff committed a crime. \n\nOn November 30, 2012, at approximately 1:00 a.m., the defendant police officers transported the plaintiff from the 25th Precinct to Manhattan Central Booking, where he was unlawfully detained in filthy and crowded holding cells for many hours, with individuals accused of committing serious violent crimes. \n\nOn December 1, 2012 at approximately 11:00 a.m., plaintiff was arraigned in New York County Criminal Court, and the defendant officers falsely charged plaintiff with commiting several crimes the defendant officers lacked probable cause to allege he committed. At the arraignment, the plaintiff was remanded into the custody of the New York City Department of Correction and sent to Riker’s Island. Thereafter, the plaintiff was unlawfully detained on Riker’s Island for approximately 13 months and was forced to appear in Court on numerous occasions. On December 11, 2013, all charges against the plaintiff were terminated in his favor and were dismissed.\n\nThe plaintiff was the victim of a policy, practice, or custom within the New York City Police Department, wherein New York City Police Officers illegally strip search individuals without a specific, articulable factual basis supporting a reasonable suspicion or probable cause to believe the individual secreted contraband, evidence, or has a weapon inside a body cavity.\n\nThe individual defendants were acting under the color of state law in the course and scope of their duties and functions as officers of the New York City Police Department,","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=MbLqUf9lmKT6WesGsMciVA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Brown, Rashann vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-02-12","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"160437/2015","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Calloway, Michael A.","summary":"On July 15, 2014, Plaintiff was crossing Second Avenue between East 123rd and East 124th Street in New York, NY after having left his friend's house to go to the store.  Plaintiff was falsely arrested. Plaintiff was subjected to verbal and physical abuse by Defendants, members of the NYPD, including Defendant Detective Michael Calloway. Plaintiff was thrown to the ground in the roadway and hit with sticks, kicked by at least 2 officers and punched about his hands, legs and backs. Plaintiff was beat up by members of the NYPD, including Calloway. Plaintiff was handcuffed and detained by many members of the NYPD including Calloway. Defendants initiated a criminal proceeding against Plaintiff with maliicous intent even though Defendants knew that plaintiff did not commit a crime. Plaintiff requested medical treatment for his injuries but Defendants refused to allow Plaintiff to be transported by ambulance to the hospital and transported him to the 25th precinct. Plaintiff was arrested and incarcerated on Riker's island for 10 days. The charges were dismissed on September 19, 2014. As a result of Defendants actions plaintiff suffered physical injuries, mental injuries, emotional injuries and humiliation.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=gkqyA9svDQRwMDn2sefXPA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Wesley, Omar vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-02-17","disposition_date":"2015-12-16","payout_amount":50000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"151559/2015","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Calloway, Michael A.","summary":"On January 14, 2013, Plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of 255 West 127th Street doing nothing illegal, improper, or acting suspicious in any way. Defendant police officers, including officer Calloway approached Plaintiff for no reason and summarily stopped, searched, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner without a warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause, or legal justification. Plaintiff was subject to a strip search while in custody of defendants without any legal reason or justification, as wells as intentionally touched, pushed, assaulted, battered, violated, humiliated, photographed, and handcuffed by the defendants. Plaintiff was arraigned after his arrest and falsely, and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime. Plaintiff remained incarcerated for over 24 hours and then was required to make numerous court appearances over an extended amount of time, until all charges were terminated favorably. Plaintiff sustained physical and emotional pain and injuries as a result of this incident. He suffered great and permanent bodily injury in and about his head, neck, body, and limbs and was rendered sick, sore, lame and disabled. He also suffered loss of liberty and companionship, forced to ensure pain and suffering, emotional distress, and sever and significant damages to standing and reputation in the community.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=vuDH/prW8KOfB2p8gG5QKA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Jeffries, Curtis vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-12-05","disposition_date":"2015-04-30","payout_amount":40000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV08194","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Calloway, Michael A.","summary":"On January 28, 2013, Plaintiff was leaving his family's home in Manhattan when Defendant Officers Michael Calloway, Nicole Tirado, James South, Keith Cummings and Guillermo Gil in plainclothes stopped him stating that they were looking for a man with a gun and that he matched his description. Defendant Officer John Doe, without a warrant, probable cause or reasonable suspicion then illegally searched the Plaintiff and subsequently arrested the plaintiff for a sale of drugs knowing that Plaintiff had not taken part in any sort of drug sale. No contraband or weapons were found on the Plaintiff. At the precinct, Defendant Officer John Doe stripped searched the Plaintiff, including by inspecting the Plaintiff's genitals. Plaintiff was then falsely charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance in the 3rd degree and with criminal facilitation in the 4th degree. Defendant Officer Michael Calloway made a false statement to the Criminal Court, stating that undercover agents had related to him that Plaintiff was involved in a drug deal that took place in the lobby of his family's residence. As a result of these actions, the Plaintiff was held at the precinct for approximately 5 to 6 hours and subsequently held in custody at \"the Tombs\" for 3 days because he was unable to post bail.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920354-Jeffries-v-City-of-New-york-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.433675/gov.uscourts.nysd.433675.22.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13144843/jeffries-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Hunter, Parrish vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-10-08","disposition_date":"2014-04-17","payout_amount":20652,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV06637","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Calloway, Michael A.","summary":"On or about May 18, 2012, PO James South falsely claimed to have observed Plaintiff's participation in a hand-to-hand drug transaction. At no time on May 18, 2012 was Plaintiff in possession of any narcotics or engaged in any narcotics transaction. PO South along with PO Madeline Melendez, Keith Cummings, Chris Calloway, Freddy Dominguez, and 10 additional unknown officers falsely arrested Plaintiff without probable cause. PO Melendez signed the criminal complaint containing PO South's claim of observing Plaintiff in a drug transaction, despite knowing or having reason to know PO South's claims were false. Plaintiff spent approximately 7 days in custody as a result his arrest. At trial, Plaintiff was found not guilty of all crimes of which he was accused.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.417689.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4352721/hunter-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Griffin, Anthony vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-05-07","disposition_date":"2014-03-10","payout_amount":130000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV02773","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Calloway, Michael A.","summary":"On December 20, 2011, Anthony Griffin was arrested under allegations of drug sales in Manhattan, leading to a series of legal and procedural missteps by law enforcement. Despite the claim that Griffin sold drugs to Ruth Bennette, evidence and timelines provided in court documents and surveillance footage contradicted these allegations. Griffin underwent a humiliating strip search, including a humiliating and degrading strip and visual body cavity search, in which he was forced against his will to take all his clothes off, squat, spread his buttocks and cough. Griffin was brought before a judged and arraigned on a felony complaint which charged him with Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in Third Degree, and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substanced on or NEar School Ground. In the respective complaint, Detective HIller, who was designated as the arresting officer, stated that he was informed by an undercover detective that the latter observed Mr. Griffin and Xavier Jackson \"acting in concert, hand separately charged Ruth Bennette Crack cocaine in exchange for U.S. currency. \n\nOn information and belief, based on the New York District Attorney’s Voluntary Disclosure Form prepared by Assistant District Attorney Craig Ascher, and the questions asked of Mr. Griffin by ADA Ascher in the grand jury, Detective Hiller and/or other of the Individual Defendants told ADA Ascher that they observed Mr. Griffin selling drugs on West 114th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. Any such information implicating Mr. Griffin in the sale of drugs to Ms. Bennette was false. Griffin was arraigned and remained incarcerated until his release on January 18, 2012, with his case dismissed on December 18, 2012. Griffin neither posessed nor sold crack cocain or any other controlled substance on December 20, 2011.\n\nThe lawsuit alleges misconduct and false testimony by Detective Hiller and other officers involved, challenging the NYPD's strip search practices and the accuracy of their drug sale accusations.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.411073.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919839-Griffin-v-The-City-Of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4352107/griffin-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Calloway, Michael A.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2011-06-30","disposition_date":"2013-04-24","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","docket":"11CV04366","name":"Garrison, Michael, et Al vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":30000,"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4349248/garrison-v-wilson/"}],"id":"7GCF","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/7GCF"}