{"active":true,"first_name":"Aaron","last_name":"Husbands","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"101 PCT","assignment_date":"2024-05-27","id":"101pct"},"shield_no":3802,"taxid":"965752","complaint_ids":[202511193,202504163,202502788,202501487,202401575,202310668,202305728,202305526,202305445,202302768,202300644,202207704,202203588,202202509,202202427,202103312,202105563,201900777],"command_history":[{"command":"079 PCT","id":"79pct"}],"appt_date":"2018-04-25","middle_initial":"L","shield_no_history":[4274],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Bowers, Daquan vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2026-05-28","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"512212/2026","court":"Supreme Court - Kings"},{"name":"Samuel, Clarence vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2026-02-26","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"530980/2025","court":"Supreme Court - Kings"},{"name":"Avilez, Mario vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-10-23","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"527315/2025","court":"Supreme Court - Kings"},{"name":"Childress, Larry vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-10-23","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"522186/2025","court":"Supreme Court - Kings"},{"name":"Mccoy, Michael vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-10-23","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"522195/2025","court":"Supreme Court - Kings"},{"name":"Campbell, Chad vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-04-08","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"511447/2025","court":"Supreme Court - Kings"},{"name":"Jones, Myquan vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-04-04","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"509560/2023","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On May 24, 2022, at approximately 11.45pm, Defendant officers unlawfully stopped and frisked plaintiff and unlawfuly arrested and handcuffed him without probable cause. Plaintiff's friend was at the time dropping him off at his residence and he was exiting his friend's vehicle. Defendant officers told him to get back in the vehicle. Plaintiff did not have is ID on him at the time but was at no time driving the vehicle in any event. Plaintiff was transported to the 79th precint against his will where he was unlawfully searched and detained. The next day he was transported to Kings County Central bookings where he was again searched and detained. Defendants used excessive use of force by seizing and tightly handcuffing him. Other defendant officers had a duty to and failed to intervene to prevent the above mentioned incidents. The police provided false and misleading information to the DA office denying his due process and attempting malicious prosecution. The denendant officers caused negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress by their actions and failure to act. On May 25, 2022, Plaintiff was released and all charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=4B3v40HyqLoBpnPeAQCL0A==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Azbel-Bedell, Adam vs Police, Dept Of, Nyc","start_date":"2021-10-28","disposition_date":"2023-08-30","payout_amount":195000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"21CV04961","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"On June 4, 2020 Plaintiff Adam Azbel-Bedell was attending a Black Lives Matter protest in Brooklyn. When Plaintiff was riding down the street on his bicycle to leave the protest just after 9pm, he was tackled by PO John Doe 1 and knocked off his bicycle. Plaintiff's bike was never returned to him. Extremely tight handcuffs were placed on Plaintiff and he was loaded onto a police van. PO Aaron Husbands also ignored Plaintiffs requests to loosen the cuffs, which were kept on for over an hour. Other arrestees told the police that Plaintiffs hands were swelling and turning purple. Officer Doe 2 used a wire cutter to cut the handcuffs off of him. Plaintiff suffered nerve damage and required surgery for his hand due to the tight handcuffs. PO Husbands issued Plaintiff a summons, but the NYPD never filed a legally acceptable accusatory instrument with the court and Plaintiff was told he had no cause to return to court on the summons.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.469057/gov.uscourts.nyed.469057.21.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60335430/azbel-bedell-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Douglas, Charles, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-04-15","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"153606/2021","court":"Supreme Court - New York","summary":"Charles Douglas: On May 31, 2020, at around 11:30 PM, Plaintiff  Douglas and his three friends arrived in Union Square, where a group protesting police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death had just departed. Plaintiff and his friends stood on the street to observe when Defendant Officer John Doe #1 approached them and told them to \"Go away\". Plaintiff and his friends complied. As Plaintiff walked away Defendant Doe #1 pushed him. Plaintiff asked not to be pushed. After this comment, Defendant Doe ordered Defendant Doe #2-7 to arrest him. The defendants forced Plaintiff to the ground. Defendant Doe #2 put Plaintiff in handcuffs. Plaintiff was then taken several blocks away and placed on the sidewalk with other protesters who had been arrested. Plaintiff would stay there for several hours. At 1:30 AM Defendant Ferreira then asked Charles for his name, date of birth, and for his identification. After providing the Information Plaintiff was placed in an unairconditioned van for 30 min before being transported to One Police Plaza at 2:10 AM.  Defendant Ferreira issued Plaintiff an appearance ticket for Disorderly Conduct,  the charge would later be dropped. \n\nJulian Gilbert: Plaintiff Gilbert attended a vigil at McCarren Park and participated in a peaceful march.  Police Officers had began to block off the area. While trying to find a safe path to leave, Plaintiff was ordered to leave. He complied and continued to make his way away from the march. Once a few blocks away Plaintiff went to get on his bike when four officers turned onto the street. An officer in white shouted, \"Grab him.\" Plaintiff felt Officers John Doe #8 and #9 hit his legs and the back wheel of his bicycle with their batons. While the officers were hitting Plaintiff, Defendant Doe #10, yanked him from his bicycle and threw him face down onto the ground. One of the officers threw Julian’s bicycle into a trash pile.  Defendant #11 then placed Julian in metal handcuffs. Defendant Does #12 and #13 escorted Plaintiff to a police van. He was later transported to Central Booking. Julian was confined in Central Booking until approximately 2:00 AM,  Defendant Husbands issued him an appearance ticket for violating the Curfew, a class B misdemeanor, and he was released. Julian’s charge never was docketed.\n\nJune 4, 2020 Protest in Mott Haven: Three of the Plaintiffs — Baron, Martin, and Moore — were arrested at about the same time during a peaceful protest in Mott Haven. Before 8:00 PM, police officers surrounded the Mott Haven protest and\n“kettled” the group to prevent protesters from leaving the area. \nDerek Baron: The pressure from officers moving in cause plaintiff to fall to the ground. While trying to stand up Defendant Doe #14 threw them to the ground face first. Defendant Doe  #15 put his knee on Plaintiffs neck while Defendant Doe #16 put on zip ties in an extremely tight manner. Defendant  Doe #17 hit Plainttiff in the temple. Defendant Doe #18 then picked Plaintiff up by the armpit and led Plaintiff to a van, where Defendant Doe #18 and Defendant Doe #19 searched Plaintiff's person.  Plaintiff was taken to central booking. Defendant Nieves then gave them an appearance ticket, specifying the charge against Plaintiff simply as violating “3108.” \nEmily Martin: The pressure from the crowd caused Plaintiff to fall. She was lying on the ground on top of Plaintiff Baron, with four or five people on top of her. Plaintiff felt a burning sensation in her throat and lungs that she believed was pepper spray or tear gas. After officers pulled the people on top of Emily away, Defendant  Jane Doe struck Emily in the torso with the baton multiple times.  Defendant Doe #22 then held Emily while Defendant Doe #21 used zip ties to restrain Emily’s hands behind her back. Defendant King held Emily by the arm for approximately thirty\nminutes.  Defendant King then ordered Emily to enter an unmarked van. Emily was taken to the 48th Precinct in the Bronx, and later she was transported to Brooklyn Central Booking. Early on June 5, 2020, she finally was given an appearance ticket issued by Defendant King, dated June 4, 2020, and released. The appearance ticket specified the charge against Emily as “violating the Curfew,” a class B misdemeanor.\nNicholas Moore: The officers pushed the crowd, causing Nicholas to fall to the ground. As he tried to get back up, Defendant Doe #24 forcefully pushed\nPlaintiff back down. Defendant Doe #24 immediately grabbed Nicholas’s hands and put them tightly in zip ties behind his back. Officer John Doe #24 made Nicholas stand up and handed him off to another officer, Defendant King. Nicholas was transported to the 48th Precinct. Around two hours later, Nicholas was sent to Brooklyn Central Booking.  Nicholas was held till 5:00 AM, at which time Police Officer Patrick King issued him an appearance ticket and he was released.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240722171015/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=wulW/YDXXWO6lfT77urlQg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Payne, Jarrett, et Al vs De Blasio, Bill, et al.","start_date":"2020-10-26","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"20CV08924","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Husbands, Aaron L.","summary":"During the protests in response to the killing of George Floyd in May and June 2020, Plaintiffs who were peacefully protesting against police violence and misconduct, were unlawfully arrested, subjected to excessive force including assault and battery with batons, pepper spray, and excessively tight handcuffs. NYPD Officers ignored requests for medical help, did not wear masks despite the Covid-19 pandemic, refused to acknowledge protestor pronouns, discriminated against protestors on the basis of race, stuck protestors in the head, referred to protestors as \"bodies\". This conduct was taken without giving protestors adequate notice or opportunity to disperse. Plaintiffs' civil rights were violated and Plaintiffs suffered physical and psychological injuries following the misconduct.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.546923/gov.uscourts.nysd.546923.1.0_3.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/18571382/in-re-new-york-city-policing-during-summer-2020-demonstrations/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2024-05-02","case_no":"2022-26978","recommendation":"No disciplinary action","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to prepare required reports."}]},{"disposition_date":"2024-04-13","case_no":"2023-29380","penalty":"C - Command Discipline, vacation days (5 days)","recommendation":"Charges and Specifications","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongfully used physical force."}]},{"disposition_date":"2023-10-16","case_no":"2023-28691","penalty":"A - Command Discipline","recommendation":"Command Discipline - A","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongfully frisked an individual known to the Department."},{"desc":"Wrongfully questioned an individual known to the Department."}]},{"disposition_date":"2023-01-03","case_no":"2022-26977","recommendation":"No disciplinary action","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongful threat of force."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21058349-husbands-965752-06-19-21","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22086390-seh_965752","type":"employment-history"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/9VK3-aaron-husbands.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"118056","regular":"117719","overtime":"20265","other":"17532","total":"155516"},"id":"9VK3","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/9VK3"}