{"active":false,"first_name":"Saul","last_name":"Delacruz","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"INT CIS","assignment_date":"2021-07-15","id":"10"},"shield_no":6598,"ended_date":"2022-12-05","taxid":"956572","complaint_ids":[202006386,201910166,201902362,201901422,201606282],"command_history":[{"command":"067 PCT","id":"67pct"}],"appt_date":"2014-07-09","middle_initial":"A","shield_no_history":[14948],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Albright, Shakeeth vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-05-17","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"512836/2022","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On May 3, 2019, P.O.s approached the Plaintiff, who was lawfully present on the second floor of the privately owned apartment in Brooklyn. Without factual basis that the Plaintiff violated the law; P.O.s asked the Plaintiff to cooperate with the NY City Police Dpt. The plaintiff was lawfully in the building as a guest of a tenant in the building. P.O.s unlawfully searched for the Plaintiff without probable cause. Without finding any, P.O.s transported the Plaintiff to the 67th Precinct against his will. P.O.s unlawfully searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and detained Plaintiff in holding cells with many other prisoners in each cell. Based on the fabricated allegations, Plaintiff was arraigned in Kings County Criminal Court on May 4, 2019, and falsely charged with Criminal Trespass in the Second degree.  As a result, on May 4, 2019, all charges against the Plaintiff were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Lsgg6QDfI6XdW3OCAYtpVA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Nicholson, Jamel vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-05-17","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"512835/2022","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On May 3, 2019, P.O.s approached the Plaintiff, who was lawfully present on the second floor of the privately owned apartment in Brooklyn. Without factual basis that the Plaintiff violated the law, P.O.s asked the Plaintiff to cooperate with the NY City Police Dpt. The plaintiff was lawfully in the building as a guest of a tenant in the building. Nonetheless, P.O.s unlawfully searched for the Plaintiff without probable cause. Without finding any, P.O.s transported the Plaintiff to the 67th Precinct against his will. P.O.s unlawfully searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and detained Plaintiff in holding cells with many other prisoners in each cell. Based on the fabricated allegations, Plaintiff was arraigned in Kings County Criminal Court on May 4, 2019, and falsely charged with Criminal Trespass in the Second degree.  As a result, on May 4, 2019, all charges against the Plaintiff were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=rxd3dcRI3r9oFN8a67bSqg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Baptiste, Richred vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-06-24","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"515081/2021","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On May 3, 2019, Plaintiff Richred Baptiste was lawfully present on the second floor of the privately owned apartment building when Defendants Police Officers unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched and falsely arrested/imprisoned\nPlaintiff for allegedly Trespassing into the apartment building where Plaintiff was lawfully visiting a friend. Defendants approached Plaintiff and ordered him to provide them with identification when Plaintiff was visiting a friend and was lawfully present with friends in the hallway on the second floor of the apartment building. Plaintiff complied with Defendants and provided them with his\nidentification. Defendants claim that they were not satisfied with Plaintiff’s explanation regarding why he was in the building but did not possess probable cause to arrest plaintiff for trespassing in the building or committing any other crime. Defendants never instructed Plaintiff that he must leave the building or be subject to arrest for trespass, as required by the New York City Police Department Patrol Guide Procedure Number 212-59. Defendants unlawfully searched Plaintiff without probable cause. Although Plaintiff provided defendants with the information they requested, defendants unlawfully handcuffed and falsely arrested Plaintiff for allegedly trespassing into the apartment building, without probable cause or legal justification. Plaintiff was transported to the 67th Precinct against his will, where Defendants unlawfully searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and detained Plaintiff in a holding cell for many hours at the 67th Precinct. Plaintiff was transported to Kings County Central Booking whereat the unlawful detention continued, and Plaintiff was unlawfully detained in several large holding cells with many other prisoners in each cell. Defendants falsely advised the Kings County District Attorney’s Office that Plaintiff was trespassing in the building and did not have authority to be there. Based upon the fabricated allegations made by the Defendants, Plaintiff was arraigned in Kings County Criminal Court and falsely charged with Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree (PL 140.15(1)), Criminal Trespass in the Third Degree (PL 140.10(A)), and Trespass (PL 140.05) without probable cause based upon the false allegations made against plaintiff by defendants. All criminal charges brought against Plaintiff terminated in Plaintiff’s favor and were dismissed. Plaintiff was released from custody at arraignment after he was unlawfully detained for approximately 25 ½ hours.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=RXwwdTOAhjcQgt0FqKwHMw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Decamp, Isaiah vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-02-11","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"503381/2021","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On May 3, 2019 at 10:00 PM, Plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, and searched by unnamed Defendant POs in a public hallway of a privately owned apartment complex at which Plaintiff was a resident. The Defendant POs did not ask Plaintiff to voluntarily cooperate and instead demanded Plaintiff's identification. Plaintiff informed Defendant POs that he was lawfully in the building and provided them with his identification card that showed that he was a resident of the apartment complex. Despite this information, Defendant POs falsely arrested Plaintiff for trespassing and detained Plaintiff in a holding cell for 25.5 hours prior to arraignment. Defendant POs failed to intervene to stop fellow Defendant POs from violating Plaintiff's rights. The criminal trespass charges against Plaintiff were dismissed at arraignment.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240711155847/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=xxqOfsrekaj4/p6yCfig1A==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Vazquez, Anthony vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-02-09","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"502535/2021","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On May 3, 2019, while lawfully present on the second floor of a privately owned apartment building at 3405 Foster Avenue in Brooklyn, NY, visiting a friend, the plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched, arrested, and detained by the defendants without legal justification. Despite providing identification and explaining that he was a guest of a tenant, the defendants unlawfully searched the plaintiff, yielding nothing illegal, and falsely arrested him for trespassing. The plaintiff was transported to the 67th precinct, where he was unlawfully searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and detained in a holding cell for many hours. He was then taken to Kings County Central Booking, where the unlawful detention continued. The defendants maliciously prosecuted the plaintiff by initiating a criminal prosecution without probable cause, making false allegations on arrest paperwork, and falsifying evidence provided to the Kings County District Attorney's office. The plaintiff was arraigned on May 4, 2019, and charged with crimes he did not commit. All charges were dismissed in his favor at the arraignment, and he was released after approximately 25.5 hours of unlawful detention.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=jHbCZkMg_PLUS_BO5J901NaFnbA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Johnson, Jayquan vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-01-09","disposition_date":"2021-11-22","payout_amount":22500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"523899/2019","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Delacruz, Saul A.","summary":"On August 18, 2018, plaintiff was falsely arrested by defendants for trespassing into a privately-owned apartment building located at 9720 Kings Highway where he was visiting his friend who was a tenant in the building and who invited plaintiff into the building as her guest. On the same day, plaintiff visited his friend for around 2 hours and then left her apartment to go home. As plaintiff was about to exit his friend's apartment building, he ran into two acquaintances in the lobby of the building and chat with each other. Defendant POs walked directly with plaintiff and two acquaintances and unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched and falsely arrested and imprisoned plaintiff and the two men. Defendants approached plaintiff and unlawfully subjected plaintiff to a frisk of his entire body. Defendants unlawfully handcuffed plaintiff and transported him to the 67th\nPrecinct and later transported to Kings County Central Booking. Plaintiff was released without being charged with a crime.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=vbtdcCWptrAqA67oJCJJkA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Oliviere, Christian vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-05-17","disposition_date":"2019-10-01","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"510288/2019","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Delacruz, Saul A.","summary":"On September 09, 2017, plaintiff was trying to sell a motorcycle. He was falsely arrested by defendant officer Delacruz who had posed as an interested buyer. Officer Delacruz falsely claimed that he had seen plaintiff ride the motorcycle without plates and that the bike was stolen. All charges against plaintiff were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=CJLD5PmGjRXbura8/Fg6AQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Lyons, Pearla vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-03-06","disposition_date":"2019-04-18","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"525816/2018","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Delacruz, Saul A.","summary":"On September 23, 2017, defendant police officers broke into and searched plaintiff's apartment without authority. They beat plaintiff's husband repeatedly and without provocation, causing him to suffer multiple broken ribs. Plaintiff was falsely arrested and charged.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=K0GHZAMiAsSywy/SZetCnw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Marsh, Steven G. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-04-09","disposition_date":"2022-08-19","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"18CV01883","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Delacruz, Saul A.","summary":"Defendant Officers falsely arrest Plaintiff at a community center for Reckless Endangerment in the Second Degree, Possession of Forged Instrument in the Third Degree, Operating an Unlicensed Bottle Club, Storing Alcohol Without A Permit and Criminal Nuisance in the Second Degree. All charges were later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.415111/gov.uscourts.nyed.415111.4.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/8387708/marsh-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Daniels, Kevin vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-12-28","disposition_date":"2019-05-07","payout_amount":125000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV09080","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Delacruz, Saul A.","summary":"The plaintiff was intentionally struck by a police vehicle operated by the defendant officer while the plaintiff was operating a motorcycle.  The defendant intended to stop the plaintiff, but did not alert the plaintiff he wanted to stop him and employed his RMP to strike the plaintiff.  The plaintiff was seriously injured.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.465590/gov.uscourts.nysd.465590.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6635448/daniels-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21022337-delacruz-849688aded22cd471099eacb77b8ab53e152b3a1","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21051982-delacruz-956572","type":"brady-giglio"}],"news":[{"url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-nypd-detective-sentenced-75-months-prison-violent-racketeering-conspiracy","title":"Former NYPD detective sentenced to 75 months in prison for violent racketeering conspiracy","source":"U.S. Department of Justice","date":"2026-05-29"},{"url":"https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-fbi-investigation-nypd-detective-saul-delacruz-20221123-q374qj2hbvhjrlhhvlcwylj27m-story.html","title":"NYPD detective suspended as FBI probes off-duty gunfight","source":"New York Daily News","date":"2022-11-23"}],"id":"AF8D","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/AF8D"}