{"active":false,"first_name":"Colby","last_name":"Wright","race":"Black","gender":"Female","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"TB DT30","assignment_date":"2021-09-20","id":"TB30"},"shield_no":4395,"ended_date":"2023-10-03","taxid":"933492","complaint_ids":[201604047],"command_history":[{"command":"013 PCT","id":"13pct"}],"appt_date":"2003-07-01","middle_initial":"G","shield_no_history":[2282],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Elsherif, Ahmed vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-02-23","disposition_date":"2017-12-05","payout_amount":50000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"151742/2017","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Wright, Colby","summary":"On February 23, 2016 Plaintiff called 911 to report a passenger had assaulted him. When POs (named POs are Damarr McBean, Christopher McDermott, Lt. Maria Salas, and Sgt. Wright) arrived they refused to arrest the passenger because she was a white female and Plaintiff appeared to be a Muslim or Arabic male. On or about August 16, 2016 Plaintiff arrived at the 13th Precinct to file a complaint against the passenger. Instead, POs arrested Plaintiff for attempting to follow through with the arrest of his passenger and subjected Plaintiff to a malicious prosecution, compelling Plaintiff to attend court proceedings until all charges against him were dismissed on October 11, 2016. Plaintiff was injured in mind and body and suffers and continues to suffer great mental pain as a result of this incident.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=js6Chexz7x2jOjPupUqqeQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Bostic, Jaiquan, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-09-23","disposition_date":"2018-07-17","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV03737","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Wright, Colby","summary":"The plaintiffs were enjoying a 4th of July barbecue, when defendant officers approached and began harassing plaintiffs. The officers began to arrest plaintiffs and without provocation, they beat plaintiffs repeatedly by punching them and using their batons. Plaintiffs were pepper sprayed, restrained and taken to the nearest precinct. The charges against the plaintiffs are unknown, but the criminal prosecution was terminated favorably regarding the plaintiffs.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.387893/gov.uscourts.nyed.387893.34.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7494506/bostic-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Torres, Wilfredo vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-07-07","disposition_date":"2021-03-31","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"16CV02362","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Wright, Colby","summary":"NYPD Officers and landlord broke down the plaintiffs door and entered into his apartment without a warrant or other legal justification on September 28, 2015. He was detained and questioned, and his apartment was searched. Then on April 26, 2016, firefighters and EMS broke down his door again without cause and NYPD officers handcuffed the plaintiff and forcefully hospitalized him.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.455565/gov.uscourts.nysd.455565.291.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6124454/torres-v-nyc-police-department/"},{"name":"Johnson, Lakisha vs Police Officer Alvarracin, Jazer, et al.","start_date":"2013-03-01","disposition_date":"2013-05-13","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV01039","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Wright, Colby","summary":"On April 28, 2012, PO  ALVARRACIN, RODRIGUEZ, ARMISTEAD, COLBY, and JOHN DOE patrolled inside Plaintiff’s Apartment and knocked on the door to turn the Plaintiff’s music down. Even though Plaintiff turned it down, PO  ALVARRACIN, RODRIGUEZ, ARMISTEAD, COLBY, and JOHN DOE forcibly entered Plaintiff’s apartment by kicking the Plaintiff’s door,  Defendant PO surrounded Plaintiff, forcefully stopped, violently seized Plaintiff and Plaintiff’s music reproduction system without probable cause, arrested, and searched then recovered no contraband or other evidence of crime. However, PO  ALVARRACIN, RODRIGUEZ, ARMISTEAD, COLBY, and JOHN DOE  kidnapped the plaintiff to the 73rd Precinct and maliciously prosecuted configured to administer punitive sanctions against the Plaintiff. PO ALVARRACIN, RODRIGUEZ, ARMISTEAD used unreasonable force while the plaintiff was not armed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.339686/gov.uscourts.nyed.339686.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12958364/lakisha-v-alvarracin/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2016-09-23","case_no":"2016-16230","penalty":"Instructions, vacation days (15 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Having become aware of an allegation of misconduct, wrongfully failed to report said allegation to the Internal Affairs Bureau.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Wrongfully failed to supervise a subordinate member of the service upon learning or suspecting that said subordinate was using or may have used illegal drugs or controlled substances.","disposition":"Guilty"}]}],"id":"AZG5","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/AZG5"}