{"active":false,"first_name":"Salvatore","last_name":"Giardina","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT1","command":{"command":"049 DET","assignment_date":"2006-07-18","id":"49det"},"shield_no":7127,"ended_date":"2022-12-05","taxid":"919102","complaint_ids":[201608354,200206436,200202612,200007149],"command_history":[{"command":"077 PCT","id":"77pct"},{"command":"049 PCT","id":"49pct"}],"appt_date":"1997-04-15","shield_no_history":[29254],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Mcqueen, Pia vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-01-18","disposition_date":"2023-01-25","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"800756/2022E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On December 15, 2014, plaintiff PIA McQUEEN, a black or African American, female, was unlawfully stopped, searched and arrested by Defendant NYPD Officers, SALVATORE GIARDINA and JOHN or JANE DOE 1-10. Defendants physically restrained the Plaintiff while violently contorting her arms behind her back before finally affixing metal handcuffs to Plaintiff’s wrists in an excessively tight fashion, which caused Plaintiff to sustain substantial physical pain and injuries to her back, neck, arms, hands and wrists. Plaintiff complained to defendants, including GIARDINA, that the handcuffs were too tight and causing to Plaintiff suffer substantial pain but said defendants either ignored or outright refused Plaintiff’s requests to loosen the handcuffs. \n\nPlaintiff was caused to be unlawfully detained over the course of approximately fifteen (15) months, until her eventual release from the physical custody of defendants on, or about, March 24, 2016. On May 29, 2018, all charges were summarily and unconditionally dismissed and sealed upon consideration of the merits.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=zfvMwgXLQ1Nemu0WJKCbww==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Mcqueen, Pia vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-11-19","disposition_date":"2022-10-11","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"032872/2018E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Giardina, Salvatore","summary":"On December 15, 2014, around 1:00 a.m., Plaintiff went to the 49th Precinct located at 2121 Eastchester Road, Bronx, following a request by a friend. Plaintiff arrived without resistance but was immediately handcuffed by Detective Salvator Giardina and other unidentified officers. Despite Plaintiff’s protests, claiming innocence regarding an incident on June 16, 2012, the officers proceeded with the arrest without probable cause.\n\nPlaintiff was transported to Central Booking, where she was subjected to an invasive strip search. Plaintiff was handcuffed tightly. Over approximately 15 months in custody, she was detained in various locations, including Rikers Island, where she faced weekly strip searches. Plaintiff endured multiple court appearances before the charges were dismissed on May 29, 2018 by Judge S. Barrett in Bronx County Criminal Court, marking a favorable termination.\n\n\nThe complaint alleges that officers, led by Detective Giardina, acted with malice, fabricating evidence to sustain the case, which caused Plaintiff significant psychological and physical harm​.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=MbDVYm5wTo6_PLUS_sJJsECvECQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Dava, Madhu vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-11-04","disposition_date":"2016-08-29","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"15CV08575","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Giardina, Salvatore","summary":"Plaintiff was arrested after being accused by girlfriend of domestic violence","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23607995-2016_dava_15cv08575","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/5581765/dava-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Giardina, Salvatore","disposition":"Zero Disposition","start_date":"2011-03-09","disposition_date":"2013-08-23","court":"Supreme Court - New York","docket":"400269/2011","name":"Valle, Oscar vs Nypd, et al.","payout_amount":0}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"id":"877Z","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/877Z"}