{"active":true,"first_name":"Edgar","last_name":"Rivera","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DTS","command":{"command":"052 DET","assignment_date":"2026-08-06","id":"52det"},"shield_no":1542,"taxid":"955381","complaint_ids":[202508450,202308764,202300217,202104268,202102541,202007946,201909592,201909958,201905320,201806414,201703447,201703383,201702768,201608371,201410158],"command_history":[{"command":"PBBX SU NST","id":"889"},{"command":"PBBX","id":"PBBX"},{"command":"052 PCT","id":"52pct"},{"command":"PBBX SU PST"}],"appt_date":"2013-07-09","age":38,"middle_initial":"H","shield_no_history":[5576],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Vargas, Hector vs City of Ny","start_date":"2022-06-03","disposition_date":"2022-12-21","payout_amount":85000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"808323/2022E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On November 2, 2021, around 6:00 PM, Plaintiff Hector Vargas was racially profiled and stopped near West Fordham Road and Andrews Avenue, Bronx, by Defendant Officers Ariel Guzman, Amadeo Oktrova, Edgar Rivera, John Doe, John Roe, and Gina Mestre. Defendant Officers assaulted Plaintiff in the head, neck, back, body, and limbs. Plaintiff was taken to the 52nd precinct and strip searched before his arraignment.  Plaintiff was incarcerated for over 24 hours before he was released (unclear if pre-arraignment), and the charges were eventually terminated.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=EMhBOd_PLUS_Fx8/gMnsH9zpK9w==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Perez, David vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-10-05","disposition_date":"2025-03-28","payout_amount":80000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"813106/2021E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On the evening of October 7, 2020, at approximately 9:30 pm, Plaintiff David Perez left his residence in Bronx County, began walking to his son's birthday party at his child's mother's house located at 170th Street, and received a ride from his friend; after 5-10 minutes in the car, an unmarked NYPD vehicle pulled them over, Defendant NYPD Police Officers including Edgar Rivera searched the vehicle and them, and arrested them. Plaintiff was charged with gun possession which was allegedly recovered from the vehicle's trunk, had bail set for $25,000, and was sent to Riker's Island, where plaintiff was assaulted and battered.\n\nPlaintiff brings claims of: false arrest, false imprisonment, abuse of process, malicious prosecution, violation of 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 and 1988, negligence, negligent supervision, and negligent hiring.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=rxVrfYuo/vFFulj5tCZ8Ig==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Pizarro, Lakita vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-10-16","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"027734/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Rivera, Edgar","summary":"On June 30, 2017 at approximately 11:30 p.m. POs Christopher Hansen, Brian Doherty, James Lindquist, Thomas O'Connell, Edgar Rivera, John Telesca, and John Does 1-4 unlawfully stopped Plaintiff in front of her apartment and unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched, seized, falsely arrested, and falsely imprisoned Plaintiff. POs did this solely to pressure Plaintiff into providing information regarding her brother who was involved in narcotics sales, not because they reasonably believed Plaintiff had committed a crime. POs then unlawfully entered and search Plaintiff's apartment. Plaintiff was unlawfully handcuffed and taken to the 52nd Precinct where she was criminally processed and held for several hours then taken to Central Booking. POs provided false information to initiate a malicious prosecution against Plaintiff, again in an attempt to gain information regarding Plaintiff's brother. Plaintiff was forced to attend court on 7 occasions to fight the false charges, which caused her to lose 3 jobs, until the charges against her were dismissed in their entirety on April 4, 2018.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=EwBihroCxbI71k9vjbxhuA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Rapanakis, Stamatios, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-05-09","disposition_date":"2019-01-31","payout_amount":40000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"025369/2018E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Rivera, Edgar","summary":"On March 1, 2017 Plaintiffs Rapanakis AND Mayorga were lawfully in the vicinity of Hull Avenue and East 204th Street when, absent probable cause, POs Edgar Rivera, John Doe, and John Roe approached Plaintiffs and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, detained, and arrested them in an excessive manner without legal justification. Plaintiffs were taken to a police station and criminally processed. POs caused malicious prosecutions to be undertaken against Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs were incarcerated for over 24 hours and were required to make numerous court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against them were terminated favorably. Plaintiffs sustained physical and emotional pain and injuries as a result of this incident.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=2zJd8WgX1jNw07mGKwsS6A==","type":"complaint"}]}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-11-16","case_no":"2022-26897","penalty":"B - Command Discipline, vacation days (8 days)","recommendation":"Charges and Specifications","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules - failed to provide a business card"},{"desc":"Wrongfully discourteous to an individual known to the Department."},{"desc":"Wrongfully frisked an individual known to the Department."}]},{"disposition_date":"2023-04-10","case_no":"2022-26898","recommendation":"Other","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to make required entries in Department logs."},{"desc":"Failed to prepare required reports."}]},{"disposition_date":"2022-06-29","case_no":"2020-22457","penalty":"A - Command Discipline","recommendation":"Command Discipline - A","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to prepare a stop and frisk report"},{"desc":"Failed to provide a business card"},{"desc":"Improper stop"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"108510","overtime":"31096","other":"27569","total":"167176"},"news":[{"title":"Exclusive: Cop who drew offensive scrawl on ticket gets disciplined, all charges against arrestee dropped","url":"https://pix11.com/2018/02/15/exclusive-cop-who-drew-offensive-scrawl-on-ticket-gets-disciplined-all-charges-against-arrestee-dropped/","source":"Pix 11","date":"2018-02-15"}],"id":"7MA9","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/7MA9"}