{"active":true,"first_name":"Shawn","last_name":"Morris","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"F.T.S.","assignment_date":"2025-05-08","id":"79"},"shield_no":3849,"taxid":"955222","complaint_ids":[202410487,202304785,201905046,201706855,201700410,201604815,201602931],"command_history":[{"command":"052 PCT","id":"52pct"},{"command":"049 PCT","id":"49pct"},{"command":"047 PCT","id":"47pct"}],"appt_date":"2013-07-09","middle_initial":"E","shield_no_history":[10616],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Cedeno, Frachis vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-12-18","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"826158/2025E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx"},{"name":"Almonte Espinal, Erick et Al vs O'connor, John Doe et al.","start_date":"2025-07-17","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"25CV05089","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","documents":[{"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.644469/gov.uscourts.nysd.644469.10.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70563143/almonte-espinal-v-oconnor/"},{"name":"Joseph, Christopher vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-01-31","disposition_date":"2024-06-06","payout_amount":50000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"801534/2023E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On June 22, 2022, Plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of 1744 Watson Ave, Bronx, NY, in his vehicle, circling his block looking for a parking spot. An unmarked police vehicle turned its lights and sirens on to signal the plaintiff to pull over. Plaintiff immediately complied and pulled over. Plaintiff exited the car in compliance with defendant officers orders and they immediately slammed plaintiff against the side of the car, pinned his arms behind his back and placed metal handcuffs on his wrists. Plaintiff was arrested and brought to the 43rd Precinct, subjected to an\ninvasive cavity search and placed in a holding cell for approximately 12 hours. The next day, Plaintiff was brought to the 47th Precinct, then to Bronx Central Bookings. Defendant officers provided the Bronx County DA with false and misleading information that Plaintiff committed a crime. On June 25, 2022, Plaintiff was arraigned in Bronx Criminal Court, charged with crimes he did not commit, and bail was set. Plaintiff was able to post bail and was released from custody. On July 29, 2022, all charges against the plaintiff were dismissed and sealed for lack of sufficient evidence.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=o3U7MC1SJuaplDkGtlUApA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Rodriguez, Ramon vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-07-26","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"027056/2018","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Morris, Shawn","summary":"On July 3, 2016, Plaintiff Ramon Rodriguez was in a taxi with three others when the taxi was pulled over by Police Officer James Tobin and three other unnamed officers. The officers approached the taxi with guns drawn, and pulled Plaintiff Rodriguez out of the car. HE was then searched intimately in public, including touching his private organs and his buttocks. A different occupant of the vehicle was searched and the police officers found a bag of marijuana. Instead of charging that passenger, the police officers chose to charge Plaintiff Rodriguez with possession of marijuana. They handcuffed Plaintiff Rodriguez and placed him in the back of the squad car, and Officer James Tobin called Plaintiff a “piece of shit”. He was driven to the precinct and during the trip, the police officers continued their verbal assault of Plaintiff Rodriguez. At the precinct, Plaintiff Rodriguez was subjected to a strip search and was called “fucking stupid”. He was held for eight hours in an unsanitary cell. Plaintiff was charged with possession of marijuana and resisting arrest. \n\nOn October 15, 2016, Plaintiff Rodriguez was driving when he was stopped without cause by Police Officer Shawn Morris. As Officer Morris approached the driver’s side window, Plaintiff Rodriguez attempted to call his attorney Officer Morris took the phone out of Plaintiff Rodriguez’s hand and pulled him out of the vehicle. He was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of marijuana, unlawful possession of marijuana, and resisting arrest. On February 14th, 2018, all criminal charges against Plaintiff  Rodriguez from July 3 and October 15, 2016 were dismissed without trial.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=r7bBlu2MPWEU54rR6kAzrw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Hale, Steven D. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-10-03","disposition_date":"2015-06-26","payout_amount":50000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"305222/2014","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Morris, Shawn"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/8TCZ-shawn-morris.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"118056","regular":"117719","overtime":"19000","other":"22510","total":"159229"},"email":"shawn.morris@nypd.org","id":"8TCZ","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/8TCZ"}