{"active":true,"first_name":"Fernando","last_name":"Garcia","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"CPT","command":{"command":"083 PCT","assignment_date":"2026-08-24","id":"83pct"},"taxid":"943272","complaint_ids":[202207438,201205357],"command_history":[{"command":"PBBN","id":"PBBN"},{"command":"090 PCT","id":"90pct"},{"command":"088 PCT","id":"88pct"}],"appt_date":"2007-01-10","shield_no_history":[14517,4798],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Vale, Jason vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-06-19","disposition_date":"2020-03-12","payout_amount":60000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"18CV01866","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Garcia, Fernando","summary":"On March 2, 2017, around 8:30pm, Mr. Jason Vale was arrested at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens. NYPD Officer Casey Thomas arrested Mr. Vale. Mr. Vale was then shackled to his hospital bed for 20 before he was finally arraigned on March 22, 2017, and released on his own recognizance. Both of Mr. Vale's legs and one of his arms were shacked to the hospital bed, causing him discomfort and pain. While Mr. Vale was shacked to his bed, he was guarded by different NYPD Officers. Even though the NYPD, the Queens County District Attorney's Office, and the Long Island Jewish Medical Center have procedures that provide for hospital bedside arraignments, Mr. Vale was not arraigned within 24 hours as is required by New York State law.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.489515/gov.uscourts.nysd.489515.61.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6805899/vale-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Saunders, William vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-04-19","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"002577/2016","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Garcia, Fernando"},{"name":"Saunders, William vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-04-19","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"002877/2016","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Garcia, Fernando","summary":"On July 24, 2013, plaintiff was a passenger in the front seat of a car in Brooklyn. Defendant NYPD Officers Garcia, Kessba, and Ritchie stopped the vehicle and ordered plaintiff to exit the vehicle. When plaintiff complied, defendant Garcia searched him without probable cause or reasonable suspicion. Defendants did not find anything, and plaintiff objected to further searching. Defendant Garcia then struck plaintiff, knocking him to the ground.\n\nWhen defendants picked plaintiff up off the ground, they also picked up a firearm which had not been on plaintiffs person. Nevertheless, defendants arrested plaintiff, swore out a false complaint, and gave false testimony to charge defendant with criminal possession of a firearm and resisting arrest. After a two week jury trial, plaintiff was acquitted of all charges on March 13, 2015.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=XM7wstDEcHXR9/PWXD9mJA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Gordon, Javon vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-11-10","disposition_date":"2016-05-31","payout_amount":12500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV06365","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Garcia, Fernando","summary":"Defendant Officer pulled over Plaintiff's car that had 3 other passengers in it, ordered everyone out, and searched it.  Officers allegedly found heroin in one of the passengers clothes and then arrested everyone from the car.  Officers falsely told the DA the heroin was in plain view in the car. Plaintiff's charges were eventually dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921272-Gordon-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.377468.14.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324950/gordon-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Bussey, Dasean, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-05-06","disposition_date":"2014-10-02","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV02684","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Garcia, Fernando","summary":"On February 1, 2013, at approximately 11:15 p.m., Plaintiffs were walking on Graham Avenue near Moore Street in Brooklyn, New York when multiple NYPD Officers, including Defendants Mathew, Campbell, and Garcia, assaulted and arrested the Plaintiffs with excessive force. Plaintiffs were transported to the 90th Precinct where they were each issued a desk appearance for Disorderly Conduct and released on their own recognizance. As a result of the force used by the Defendants, Plaintiff Bussey suffered injuries including a fractured nose and Plaintiff Thomas suffered injuries including a concussion. Plaintiffs were treated for their injuries at Woodhull Hospital. All charges against the Plaintiffs were dismissed on April 16, 2013.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.342480/gov.uscourts.nyed.342480.11.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4322597/bussey-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/ABYX-fernando-garcia.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"154751","regular":"137755","overtime":"33908","other":"17408","total":"189071"},"id":"ABYX","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/ABYX"}