{"active":true,"first_name":"Douglas","last_name":"Soriano","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"CPT","command":{"command":"PBXN SU","assignment_date":"2026-05-19","id":"957"},"taxid":"949682","complaint_ids":[202502769,202408777,202303222,202208045,202201472,202104633,201409875,201305752,201207555],"command_history":[{"command":"PBBX SU"},{"command":"PBBX","id":"PBBX"},{"command":"026 PCT","id":"26pct"},{"command":"043 PCT","id":"43pct"},{"command":"050 PCT","id":"50pct"},{"command":"052 PCT","id":"52pct"},{"command":"048 PCT","id":"48pct"},{"command":"046 PCT","id":"46pct"}],"appt_date":"2010-07-06","shield_no_history":[1711,2672],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Kendall, Jeremiah vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-02-24","disposition_date":"2023-07-17","payout_amount":10000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"022664/2020E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Soriano, Douglas","summary":"On October 4, 2019, NYPD officers Angel Perez, Douglas Soriano, and unnamed officers grabbed, handcuffed and searched Plaintiff. The officers found no contraband on Plaintiff then transported him to 41st Precinct, where Plaintiff was fingerprinted, photographed, and unlawfully detained. The officers falsely stated to the Bronx County DA Office that Plaintiff had committed the crime of Promoting Gambling despite knowing that they lacked a legal and factual basis to allege that Plaintiff committed any crime. On October 25, 2019, after 24 hours in police custody, Plaintiff was arraigned in Bronx County Criminal Court and was charged with crimes, which were all subsequently dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240810212512/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=k2Ksn9xZ2KFu_PLUS_mtFv_PLUS_EuhA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Diaz, Franklin vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-07-16","disposition_date":"2022-07-13","payout_amount":45000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"025492/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Soriano, Douglas","summary":"On March 5, 2016, around 4:30 AM, Plaintiff Franklin Diaz was inside a livery cab near Olmstead Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard, Bronx, when Defendant Officers Douglas Soriano and [Unidentified First Name] Kennedy grabbed, touched, handcuffed, and seized Plaintiff with excessive force to make a false arrest for criminal possession of a weapon (second). Plaintiff was held for 3 days, until he posted bail of $2,500.00 and was released on March 8, 2016. On July 16, 2018, all charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=xSXL0he0BvypZ9EphKlNrw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Sessoms, Kyle vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-08-02","disposition_date":"2019-02-27","payout_amount":12500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"025124/2017E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Soriano, Douglas","summary":"On April 10, 2016, plaintiff was falsely arrested and imprisoned in the 43rd Precinct.  Without any legal or probable cause for said arrest, defendant officers (including officer Sarrano) wrongfully touched, grabbed, handcuffed and punched the plaintiff, using excessive force during the unlawful arrest, which resulted in both physical pain and mental suffering to the plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=X2DvCrNKYd4WSLgQFeZ3_PLUS_w==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Franks, Nkenijika, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-01-05","disposition_date":"2018-04-16","payout_amount":18000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV09938","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Soriano, Douglas","summary":"Defendant Officer stopped Plaintiffs in their car with no probable, claiming he had found two guns in their car during a prior stop. Defendant Officers unlawfully searched Plaintiff's car, arrested Plaintiff, and transported to 47th Precinct, then Central Booking, and remained in custody for 24 hours.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.466917/gov.uscourts.nysd.466917.19.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4612362/franks-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Taveras, Katherine vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-11-01","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"303347/2016","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Soriano, Douglas"},{"name":"Ospina, Daniel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-08-23","disposition_date":"2018-01-04","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"025614/2016E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Soriano, Douglas"},{"name":"Wells, Trovon vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-07-08","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"300539/2016","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Soriano, Douglas"},{"name":"Benjamin, Daysha vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-10-20","disposition_date":"2016-04-21","payout_amount":5001,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV08160","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Soriano, Douglas","summary":"While Plaintiff was a passenger in a car her friend was driving, defendant officers stopped the car and allegedly found a gun, ammunition and marijuana in Kiture's possession and arrested him.  Plaintiff was arrested as well, taken to the 43rd Precinct, and charged with possession of a weapon, ammunition and marijuana. Plaintiff was sent to Rikers because she couldn't post bail and strip-searched. All charges were eventually dismissed","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921508-Benjamin-v-City-Of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13247518/benjamin-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2024-06-14","penalty":"A - Command Discipline, vacation days (5 days)","recommendation":"Charges and Specifications","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongfully discourteous to an individual known to the Department."}]},{"disposition_date":"2024-05-12","case_no":"2024-30333","recommendation":"Command Discipline - B","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules."},{"desc":"Wrongfully searched a vehicle."}]},{"disposition_date":"2017-12-05","case_no":"2017-17565","penalty":"Vacation days (10 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Failure to notify radio dispatch.","disposition":"Nolo contendre"},{"desc":"Failure to supervise.","disposition":"Nolo contendre"},{"desc":"Failure to terminate a vehicle pursuit.","disposition":"Nolo contendre"}],"documents":[{"name":"Employment History Summary","url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22085680-seh_949682","type":"employment-history"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/AS97-douglas-soriano.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"157537","regular":"155643","overtime":"13274","other":"24838","total":"193755"},"id":"AS97","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/AS97"}