{"active":true,"first_name":"Phillip","last_name":"Johnson","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"A&E","assignment_date":"2026-06-24","id":"538"},"shield_no":5533,"taxid":"947112","complaint_ids":[202404537,201901298,201805754,201702363,201602525,201012250,200913227],"command_history":[{"command":"QS IRT"},{"command":"101 PCT","id":"101pct"},{"command":"NARCBBS","id":"172"},{"command":"GVSD Z1","id":"236"}],"appt_date":"2008-07-08","age":39,"middle_initial":"L","shield_no_history":[7559],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Spencer, Darron vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-01-09","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"521823/2019","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Johnson, Phillip","summary":"On July 7, 2018, Darron Spencer was lawfully inside an apartment building in Brooklyn when defendant police officers Phillip Johnson (Shield No. 7559), Detective John Guerra (Tax No. 940223), Sergeant Abraham Badillo (Tax No. 936162), an unnamed undercover defendant police officer (Shield No. 363) and 10 unnamed New York City Police Officers unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, and falsely arrested plaintiff without probable cause or legal justification. Spencer did not resist arrest and no police officer found any drugs, weapons or illegal contraband on his person or in the vicinity. Spencer was handcuffed and transported to the 7st precinct. While in the police vehicle, the defendant officers repeatedly punched Spencer in the head. \n\nOnce Spencer arrived at the precinct, he requested medical treatment and paramedics arrived and transported him to the hospital to treat lacerations to his head. Spencer was then transported to booking. The defendant police officers falsely accused Spencer of taking part in an alleged drug sale. After 24 hours, Spencer was released and charged with marijuana offenses. All charges were subsequently dropped.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/DocumentList?docketId=iCW6bIRdswSw4GwdW7grHg==&display=all&courtType=Kings%20County%20Supreme%20Court&resultsPageNum=1","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Milton, Robert vs Police Department, Nyc, et al.","start_date":"2014-01-27","disposition_date":"2017-02-10","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Order/Judgment (Verdict)","docket":"13CV08046","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Johnson, Phillip","summary":"On September 22, 2012, at 1:00 AM, Plaintiff Robert Milton was walking with his girlfriend Delia Burks along the intersection of 32nd Street and Rockaway Freeway in Queens. A car came up and several officers (Officer Phillips and others) exited, aiming their guns and yelling at plaintiff to put his hands up. When he complied he was rushed and physically assaulted. He was so injured that an ambulance had to pick him up. from the precinct. His injuries included: concussion; one eye swollen shut; the other eye almost swollen shut; cuts on both wrists and nerve damage in both hands from excessively tight handcuffs; scarring on ankle from leg iron; recurring headache.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.420023/gov.uscourts.nysd.420023.2.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13346651/milton-v-johnson/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2018-01-27","case_no":"2017-18012","penalty":"Vacation days (10 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Interfered with the use of recording device.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Searched a vehicle without sufficient legal authority.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Spoke discourteously to a person known to the Department.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, frisked a person known to the Department without sufficient legal authority.","disposition":"Guilty"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21024680-johnson-28f341c2ad7d7181447eb71b94412f294e82c8df","type":"brady-giglio"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/8GT7-phillip-johnson.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115753","overtime":"55794","other":"22013","total":"193560"},"id":"8GT7","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/8GT7"}