{"active":false,"first_name":"Zhan","last_name":"Chen","race":"Asian","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"020 PCT","assignment_date":"2006-07-10","id":"20pct"},"shield_no":30519,"ended_date":"2025-07-01","taxid":"937862","complaint_ids":[202309208,201505554,201309176,201102849,201100354],"appt_date":"2005-07-11","middle_initial":"F","lawsuits":[{"name":"Kennedy, Gretchen vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-02-02","disposition_date":"2019-12-23","payout_amount":1750000,"disposition":"Order/Judgment (Verdict)","docket":"150284/2015","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Chen, Zhan","summary":"On or about April 12, 2014, New York City Police Officers Eric Lee, Brian Mulkern, Chen Zhan, and John/Jane Does 1-20, Sergeants Barbara Arroyo and Siobhan O'Keefe, Lieutenant Steven Chantel, and Captain James F. Dennehy III (hereinafter \"Defendant-officers\") individually and collectively wrongfully touched, grabbed, tasered, punched, kicked, searched, and handcuffed Plaintiff. In particular, Defendant-officers were not following a proper policy for use of tasers in situations involving Emotionally Disturbed Persons. Plaintiff was transported against her will to New York Presbyterian Hospital and confined there for approximately 14 hours because Defendant-officers said she was on PCP, physically violent, and an Emotionally Disturbed Person. There, Plaintiff was injected with an unknown substance and interviewed multiple times. Throughout the entire incident, Plaintiff was wearing only a shirt and was naked from the waist down. Plaintiff suffered physical, emotional, and psychological injuries.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=fWkh0R65FycEamQBaPltuw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Twitty, Anthony vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-03-11","disposition_date":"2014-08-07","payout_amount":7500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"151907/2014","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Chen, Zhan","summary":"On January 17, 2023 Plaintiff was a lawful pedestrian when PO Zhan Chen and other unnamed officers assaulted and battered him without legal justification. Plaintiff was then falsely arrested, unlawfully imprisoned, and maliciously prosecuted. All charges were ultimately dismissed. Plaintiff suffered mental shock, anguish, psychological trauma, and humiliation as a result of this incident.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=X89Iu4pilG8QyTR/dgjb8w==","type":"complaint"}]}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/A8G5-zhan-chen.jpg","id":"A8G5","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/A8G5"}