{"active":true,"first_name":"Adan","last_name":"Munoz","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"CPT","command":{"command":"BX CT","assignment_date":"2026-05-11","id":"89"},"taxid":"935372","complaint_ids":[202410396,202403383,202403240,202305733,202301368,201509289,201506722,201407298,201403749,201403125,201108145,200904788,200903671,200818513,200816466,200707276,200706637,200510235,200505628,200504327],"command_history":[{"command":"MAN CT","id":"127"},{"command":"PBBN","id":"PBBN"},{"command":"BKLN CT","id":"36"},{"command":"SPL TRN"},{"command":"MELD","id":"MELD"},{"command":"103 PCT","id":"103pct"},{"command":"107 PCT","id":"107pct"},{"command":"TB ATER"},{"command":"NARCBBN","id":"92"},{"command":"NARCBQN","id":"177"},{"command":"NARCBQS","id":"132"},{"command":"075 PCT","id":"75pct"},{"command":"079 PCT","id":"79pct"}],"appt_date":"2004-07-01","age":45,"middle_initial":"R","shield_no_history":[11675,1313],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Jones, Jason vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-08-26","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"529270/2025","court":"Supreme Court - Kings"},{"name":"Johnson, George Jr. vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-04-04","disposition_date":"2025-01-24","payout_amount":75000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"509443/2024","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On April 25, 2023, the plaintiff observed an individual running up from behind him. Unable to identify the person and fearing for his safety, the plaintiff ran forward. He eventually stopped near some unmarked NYPD vehicles, where he felt safe and spoke with the officers. However, instead of assisting him, the defendant officers, including Christopher Meyer and Brandon R. Gentz, arrested the plaintiff, restraining him with metal handcuffs and subjecting him to an unlawful pat-down search. During the arrest, the officers slammed the plaintiff to the ground, pushed his face into the concrete, and bent his thumb backward, causing severe pain and physical injuries. Despite not committing any crime or resisting arrest, the plaintiff was unlawfully arrested and maliciously prosecuted. All charges against the plaintiff were dismissed on July 31, 2023.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=uQKilTxxsKSVK1Xyb7Yhlw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Summers, Irvin vs P.O. James, Cassandra, et al.","start_date":"2017-03-21","disposition_date":"2018-04-19","payout_amount":9000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"500176/2017","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Munoz, Adan R.","summary":"On or about January 4, 2014 at approximately 10:30 a.m. Plaintiff was lawfully walking along Lewis Avenue when POs Cassandra James, Ehtasham Khan, Dets. Andrew Prendergast, Spataro, and Sgt. Adan Munoz unlawfully approached, physically grabbed Plaintiff, and threw him against a wall without legal justification. POs then unlawfully searched Plaintiff without legal justification, and found no weapons or contraband. Nevertheless, POs handcuffed and arrested Plaintiff and took him to the 81st Precinct, where they forwarded false information to initiate a malicious prosecution. Plaintiff was wrongfully held for approximately 12 hours before his release. All charges against Plaintiff were ultimately dismissed on January 2, 2015. Plaintiff suffered severe physical, psychological, and emotional trauma as a result of this incident.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=1Kau2S4qJEbaKoZV5kD1OA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Payne, Markisha, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-02-15","disposition_date":"2018-08-09","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"17CV00717","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Munoz, Adan R.","summary":"Plaintiffs were located inside their home when a group of police officers came into the apartment with weapons drawn. Officers pointed the weapons at two young children, and searched the apartment. When Plaintiff Markish Payne asked to see a warrant, she was told to \"shut the fuck up\". Officers arrested Markisha and the two young children. When they were released at arraignment, they returned home to find that officers had urinated all over the walls and the floor of the bathroom. Furniture and photographs and other belongings had also been destroyed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5764744-Payne-2017-Polichron"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.396977/gov.uscourts.nyed.396977.65.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6088201/payne-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Beauzile, Amani vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-09-12","disposition_date":"2017-07-27","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV02820","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Munoz, Adan R.","summary":"On August 4, 2015, Plaintiff, a college student, accepted a ride to Jamaica Avenue from her former classmate. On the way, Plaintiff's former classmate stopped his car and stepped outside to speak with an unknown individual. A plainclothes PO approached the car and ordered Plaintiff out. Plaintiff complied. POs Munoz and Deida searched Plaintiff and asked if she had anything in her buttocks. She replied \"no\".  \n\nThe POs did not recover any drugs or contraband from Plaintiff. The PO's falsely arrested Plaintiff. Plaintiff was handcuffed and transported to a precinct. PO Dieda falsely informed the DA's office that they had observed Plaintiff committing various crimes. Plaintiff spent 26 hours at the precinct and another 17 hours at central booking. All charges against Plaintiff were false and later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.386198/gov.uscourts.nyed.386198.15.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4520934/beauzile-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Pearson, Rodney J., et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-08-30","disposition_date":"2017-03-14","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV04661","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Munoz, Adan R.","summary":"Plaintiff was driving when he saw his friend and picked him up to give him a ride. Defendant officers then pulled over the car, searched the individuals, and recovered a small amount of personal marijuana from on of the Plaintiffs.  Officers then arrested them, took them on a \"rough ride\" to the precinct, and charged them with marijuana sale.  Plaintiff 1 accepted an ACD'd but Plaintiff 2's case was dismissed after a judge determined that Det. Deida's testimony was not credible.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.390202.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4521175/pearson-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Brown, Amelia, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-07-07","disposition_date":"2016-11-10","payout_amount":37500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV03239","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Munoz, Adan R.","summary":"Plaintiff 1 was smoking outside his home when he saw several men running towards him and went back inside scared.  Plaintiffs later learned they were undercover Defendant Officers who then forcibly entered their home, asked them for ID, and then left.  Officers returned minutes later, arrested them, searched their home, took them to the 105th Precinct, and charged them with OGA and Dis Con.  Plaintiff 1 was also charged with resisting arrest. All charges were later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922931-Brown-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4325569/brown-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Campbell, Daville vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-04-20","disposition_date":"2019-05-13","payout_amount":50000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"500536/2016","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Munoz, Adan R.","summary":"On or about October 25, 2014, Plaintiff was lawfully present in the vicinity of 908 Dumont Avenue in Brooklyn. At approximately 6:28 p.m., Plaintiff was accosted by several NYPD officers, including Detective Evagelos Dimitrakakis, Detective Joel Polichron, Detective Paul Oritz, Detective Emrah Ates, Sargeant Adan Munoz, Undercover Officer C0259, Undercover Officer 304, and ten other unidentified NYPD officers. They forcibly seized, detained, arrested, and searched Plaintiff without justification or probable cause. The NYPD officers used excessive force, including affixing handcuffs on Plaintiff excessively tightly. Plaintiff was placed in the back of an NYPD police van, but the NYPD officers did not secure any seat belt to Plaintiff. The NYPD officers drove the van in such a way that Plaintiff was propelled from his seat and forcefully struck against the interior van in a way that caused injury. Plaintiff was held in custody for an extended period of time. The NYPD officers knowingly relayed false allegations against Plaintiff to the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, which used that information to charge Plaintiff with various offenses. On or about March 19, 2015, all charges against Plaintiff were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=tLtVTbmNk1KZhQI2fs58ug==","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922652-Campbell-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}]},{"name":"Damas, Randy vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-04-13","disposition_date":"2016-09-20","payout_amount":7501,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV01690","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Munoz, Adan R.","summary":"Plaintiff Randy Damas was parked outside of  his residence, listening to music and talking with a friend (Sylvester Wright, sitting front passenger seat) when they noticed an unmarked vehicle drive around twice. The officers ( street narcotics enforcement team) approached them with their guns drawn. Officers ordered them out of the vehicle and Mr. Damas was pat-frisked had his pockets searched and his vehicle searched, repeatedly. Although nothing was found and Mr. Damas had not done anything unlawful, was handcuffed, falsely claiming his license was suspended. Eventually, Mr. Samas was taken to the 105th precinct where he was strip searched and taken to central booking.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23686734-2016_damas_16cv01690","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4325385/damas-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Pacheco, Alfredo, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-09-11","disposition_date":"2016-01-29","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"010828/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Munoz, Adan R."},{"name":"Whitney, Rufus vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-09-10","disposition_date":"2016-04-21","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV05176","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Munoz, Adan R.","summary":"On two occasions, Defendant Officers broke down the door to Plaintiff's apartment, searched, ransacked and damaged it.  The Officers threatened Plaintiff with drug charges and although they found no contraband, took him to the 81st Precinct, and alleged that they found crack cocaine and marijuana in his possession. All charges were dismissed against Plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921025-Whitney-v-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324751/whitney-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Cayemittes, Emmanuel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-04-28","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"15CV02364","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Munoz, Adan R.","summary":"Defendant Officers approached, searched, and assaulted Plaintiff resulting in an orbital wall fracture and multiple hematomas. Plaintiff falsely charged with 215.40(2) Attempted tampering with physical evidence and 205.30 Resisting Arrest, which resulted in ACD.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920623-Cayemittes-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324321/cayemittes-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Giles, Duane, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-02-23","disposition_date":"2017-06-16","payout_amount":37500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV00893","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Munoz, Adan R.","summary":"Plaintiff were in a multi-apartment home when Defendant Officers unlawfully gained entry, searched the apartments, and falsely claimed to find loose crack-cocaine. 3 Plaintiffs were charged with crimes that were all dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.366448/gov.uscourts.nyed.366448.13.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920481-Giles-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920482-Giles-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920483-Giles-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/47846841/giles-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Rodriguez, Alex vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-02-19","disposition_date":"2017-03-09","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"15CV00793","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Munoz, Adan R.","summary":"Plaintiff parked his car in front of his house and then was arrested by defendant officers. Defendant officers then conducted a search of plaintiff's car. Not finding anything, defendant confiscated plaintiff's car key, and other property. Plaintiff was then brought to a police precinct where he was strip searched. Plaintiff was then taken to a different precinct where he was search again. Plaintiff was then taken to the central booking where he was told that he could leave.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.366267/gov.uscourts.nyed.366267.19.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4520411/rodriguez-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Berry, Lacey vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-01-22","disposition_date":"2018-03-05","payout_amount":500000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"000728/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Munoz, Adan R.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923079-Berry-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}]},{"officer_name":"Munoz, Adan R.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2014-12-03","disposition_date":"2018-03-05","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","docket":"016528/2014","name":"Brown, Joe vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":50000},{"name":"Dunn, Shirley vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-10-29","disposition_date":"2015-05-27","payout_amount":10000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV05911","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Munoz, Adan R.","summary":"On January 29, 2014, at approximately 5:45 A.M, more than 10 Officers of the 77th Precinct smashed open the front door of Plaintiff’s apartment and entered with guns drawn, shields and raised batons.  Plaintiff is a 72 year old retired woman.  Officers slammed Plaintiff against a wall, twisted her arms to apply handcuffs and then threw her to the floor.   The Officers ransacked her apartment, causing damage to personal items and taking other items.  Plaintiff was searched and held on the floor for over 2 hours.  At that time, the officers released the Plaintiff and left.  The complaint does not allege that Plaintiff was ever arrested or charged with a crime.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4926486-Dunn-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.361582/gov.uscourts.nyed.361582.16.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4926492-Dunn-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13139888/dunn-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Meyer, Jennifer vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-06-13","disposition_date":"2017-06-13","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"008649/2014","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Munoz, Adan R."},{"name":"Morales v. 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The other plaintiff plead guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920201-Morales-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920200-Morales-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920202-Morales-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"14CV04585","officer_name":"Adan R. 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