{"active":true,"first_name":"Kevin","last_name":"Morris","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"TB DT04","assignment_date":"2010-04-10","id":"TB4"},"shield_no":30738,"taxid":"944832","complaint_ids":[202309863,202206273,201904740],"appt_date":"2007-07-09","middle_initial":"D","shield_no_history":[17370],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Alston, Clifton vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-10-28","disposition_date":"2018-12-31","payout_amount":2000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"160448/2015","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Morris, Kevin D.","summary":"On July 12, 2024, Plaintiff was exiting an affair held at Taino Towers, a building located at 240 East 123rd Street, New York County, when Defendant unnamed police officers #1, #2, and #3 approached Plaintiff on the walkway and ordered him to \"freeze\" and \"put his hands up\", which he complied.  Plaintiff's head was violently slammed into a nearby pole causing serious injury.  Plaintiff was dragged to a security booth where he was struck in the eye, face, and mouth.  Plaintiff was forced to send up and searched and as a result of the frisk and search had both of his cellphones a money confiscated from him.  Defendant unnamed officers expressed that he \"was bleeding too much\" and proceeded to uncuff him and let him go, without returning his cash or cell phones. In an effort to receive aid, Plaintiff proceeded to the nearest metro subway station and asked Defendant officer \"John\" Morris (first name unknown) for aid to which he was denied. Defendant PO Morris advised Plaintiff that he \"was bleeding too much and could not come down into the station, that he had to go to another station\". Upon information and belief, Defendant officer Morris was especially committed against Plaintiff due to race, color, and national origin. No criminal charges were filed against Plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=TwgbblLVBP6JKSHMduom3Q==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Francis, John vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-08-14","disposition_date":"2014-04-24","payout_amount":12500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV05598","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Morris, Kevin D.","summary":"On July 16, 2012, at 1:25 AM, Plaintiff John Francis was lawfully present inside the 125th Street Subway Station. Defendant NYPD Officer Kevin Morris, as well as Defendant NYPD Officer John Does, approached and searched Plaintiff with no legal justification. They found no contraband of any kind. Nonetheless, the Defendant Officers formally arrested Plaintiff and applied excessively tight handcuffs. Plaintiff suffered an asthma attack shortly after being transported to the detention area of the NYPD's Transit Division District 4. After receiving treatment at Bellevue Hospital, Plaintiff was transferred to Central Booking. The Defendant Officers then swore to false allegations against Plaintiff, and he was arraigned. Plaintiff was held in custody for until July 25, when the charges against him were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.416084.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4927945-Francis-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6153107/francis-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"case_no":"2009-2314","disposition_date":"2012-06-05","penalty":"Forfeiture of fifteen (20) vacation days","opened_date":"2009-10-26","charges":[{"desc":"While off duty wrongfully impeded a Department investigation of a police incident","disposition":"Guilty"}],"documents":[{"name":"Document","url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4419012-nypd-cases-390.html"}]},{"case_no":"2011-4509","disposition_date":"2012-06-05","penalty":"See case # 2009-2314 for penalty","opened_date":"2011-11-08","charges":[{"desc":"Failed to notify Commanding Officer of changes to residential address","disposition":"Guilty"}],"documents":[{"name":"Document","url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4419012-nypd-cases-390.html"}]}],"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/9AVK-kevin-morris.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"108510","overtime":"44551","other":"25756","total":"178817"},"id":"9AVK","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/9AVK"}