{"active":false,"first_name":"Brian","last_name":"Depalo","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT2","command":{"command":"DB CEIS","id":"94"},"shield_no":1737,"ended_date":"2020-08-05","taxid":"923752","complaint_ids":[200714330,200408890,200400740,200307546,200306613,200302699,200208135],"command_history":[{"command":"NARCBBN","id":"92"}],"appt_date":"1999-07-07","age":55,"lawsuits":[{"name":"Rivera, Richard vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-12-05","disposition_date":"2020-07-06","payout_amount":800000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"524341/2018","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"DePalo, Brian","summary":"On May 3, 2017, Richard Rivera (plaintiff) was lawfully present at an apartment in the Bronx.\n\nDetective Brian Depalo, John Doe 1 and 2 (defendants) entered plaintiff's home pursuant to a search warrant issued based on intentionally and/or recklessly false information provided to the Court by the defendants.\n\nThe defendants arrested the plaintiff without probable cause, no crime had been committed. Plaintiff was brought by the defendants to the Criminal Court where he was arraigned. Based on intentionally and/or recklessly false\ninformation provided by the defendants, an ADA requested the plaintiff be held without bail, this was granted. \n\nPlaintiff was then indicted and held without bail until December 5, 2017.\n\nOn February 17, 2018, the plaintiff was released and on August 29, 2018, all criminal charges were dismissed.  The information upon which the King's County District Attorney's Office relied upon in deciding to move to dismiss the indictment against plaintiff should have been known by the defendants prior to plaintiff's arrest, incarceration and prosecution, and defendants recklessly ignored or disregarded such evidence.\nCity of NY (defendant 2)","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=BgnrWvZc0SF8uVN3HSJ2ZA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Wynn, Dennis vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-04-12","disposition_date":"2018-07-10","payout_amount":32500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"17CV03009","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"DePalo, Brian","summary":"On April 29, 2015, plaintiff was visiting his girlfriend at a private residence in Brooklyn, New York. NYPD officers—including Detective Depalo and Detective Walsh—broke down the front door of the residence. Defendant officers had obtained a search and/or arrest warrant to enter the premises. The subject of the warrant was the brother of plaintiff’s girlfriend. Plaintiff was placed in handcuffs and searched. Defendant officers claimed to recover illegal narcotics within the premises. Plaintiff was transported to a police precinct for processing and then to central booking. Plaintiff was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal use of drug paraphernalia. These charges were based in part on testimony by Detective Walsh that the illegal narcotics were recovered in plain view from a room plaintiff was in. Plaintiff alleges this was a fabrication. All charges against plaintiff were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.401870/gov.uscourts.nyed.401870.1.2.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7407322/wynn-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Wright, Kendall vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-03-13","disposition_date":"2015-07-14","payout_amount":120000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV01376","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"DePalo, Brian","summary":"On March 1, 2011, PO DELMONICO chased after two individuals when Plaintiff exited his home located at 418 Chester Street, Brooklyn. Two POs approached the Plaintiff when the Plaintiff laughed after observing the officer’s chase. Seargent RINALDI and POs arrested and transported Plaintiff to an NYPD precinct without reasonable reason. Due to PO’ DELMONICO’s false allegations and false evidence, Plaintiff was prosecuted and imprisoned. \nOn March 13, 2012, PO ALTRECHE and ERWIG arrested Plaintiff without probable cause when Plaintiff was at his home. PO ALTRECHE and ERWIG personally transported Plaintiff to an NYPD precinct station house and imprisoned him. The Plaintiff was arrested based on false allegations that, on separate dates in July 2010, the Plaintiff had sold narcotics to UNDER COVER OFFICER 209. POs imprisoned Plaintiff until March 15, 2011. As a result of the POs’ false allegations, bail was set on the Plaintiff’s criminal case, which caused him to be imprisoned on Rikers Island for 3.5 months. PO DEPALO, UNDERCOVER OFFICER 209, MULLDAY, Sergeant LOGAN, ALTRECHE, ERWIG, JOHN, and JANE DOE 1-10 directly participated in the Plaintiff’s arrest, investigated the Plaintiff’s arrest and failed to intervene. As a result, on December 19, 2012, all charges against Plaintiff were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.353187/gov.uscourts.nyed.353187.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13138958/wright-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"id":"9VBK","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/9VBK"}