{"active":true,"first_name":"Daniel","last_name":"Connors","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT2","command":{"command":"DBQS OP","assignment_date":"2026-05-29","id":"268"},"shield_no":2401,"taxid":"952612","complaint_ids":[202307477,202201339,202103309,201808996,201800974,201503953,201308117],"command_history":[{"command":"PBBN","id":"PBBN"},{"command":"113 PCT","id":"113pct"},{"command":"113 DET","id":"113det"}],"appt_date":"2012-07-11","middle_initial":"C","shield_no_history":[9778],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Morning, John vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-07-13","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"707803/2023","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","summary":"On April 13,2020, plaintiff was a lawful passenger in the third row of a minivan driven by another individual in Queens, at which time the defendant police officers unlawfully stopped the vehicle, without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or any legal justification. The defendants are JHOAN LOZANO,  CHRISTOPHER CAPATANO,  BRYAN CULLEN, DANIEL SCALCIONE,  DANIEL LEBOFF, CHRISTOPHER SANABRIA, DANIEL CONNORS, and unknown officers JOHN DOES #s 1-10.When the defendant officers approached the vehicle, they falsely claimed they\nsmelled marijuana and they ordered everyone to exit the vehicle. The defendant officers unlawfully searched a purse owned by the driver's girlfriend and found a firearm. The defendants recovered another firearm from the floorboard of the vehicle belonging to the driver. Without probable cause that the plaintiff was involved with any crime, he was still charged with criminal possession of both firearms and was detained in inhuman conditions during Covid. No evidence was ever presented that remotely suggested that plaintiff\nunlawfully possessed a firearm or had any knowledge that the firearms, therefore he was acquitted by a jury after trial on November 4, 2022, and all charges were dismissed and sealed in their entirety.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=IPjvNekfZsh2gaPIM/XOhg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Hines, Stanley vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-11-06","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"032079/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Connors, Daniel"},{"name":"Hines, Stanley vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-11-06","disposition_date":"2023-04-12","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"703100/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","officer_name":"Connors, Daniel","summary":"On October 27, 2016, Stanley Hines was unlawfully detained by NYPD officers, including Alicia Commisso and Patrick Nozdrovicky, at 167-02 Baisley Boulevard in Queens. The officers were executing a search warrant at a different location but wrongfully accused Hines of possessing illegal firearms. Officer Commisso allegedly fabricated evidence, claiming she had seen Hines leaving the site of the warrant and that he admitted to living there. As a result, Hines was held in custody for nearly two weeks at the Veronica C. Bain Correctional Center before all charges against him were dismissed on January 15, 2019. His lawsuit asserts multiple civil rights violations, including unlawful search and seizure, false arrest, and excessive force.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=G1qfAwYuBn1shD1Z6yPgxw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Rankine, Dean vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-09-16","disposition_date":"2017-05-17","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV04855","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Connors, Daniel","summary":"Plaintiff was dj'ing at a backyard barbecue when Defendant Officers approached him, asked him for his ID, and then threw him on the ground as he was reaching in his pocket.  Officers assaulted him, arrested him, brought him to the 113th Precinct and then the hospital, and charged him with 120.05, 195.05, 205.30, and 265.01. Plaintiff pled guilty to disorderly conduct.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.390649.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4521234/rankine-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/8M85-daniel-connors.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115753","overtime":"55313","other":"17721","total":"188787"},"is_credibility":true,"news":[{"url":"https://www.qchron.com/editions/eastern/nypd-releases-body-cam-footage-in-dent-shooting/article_9d4393a6-2b7c-11eb-b4b3-ab6c40a0753e.html","title":"NYPD releases body cam footage in Dent shooting","source":"Queens Chronicle","date":"2020-11-20"}],"id":"8M85","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/8M85"}