{"active":true,"first_name":"Daniel","last_name":"Leboff","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"F S S","assignment_date":"2024-09-05","id":"FSS"},"shield_no":1618,"taxid":"958803","complaint_ids":[201910985,201909018,201908620,201903390,201808390],"command_history":[{"command":"GVSD Z1","id":"236"},{"command":"113 PCT","id":"113pct"}],"appt_date":"2015-07-08","middle_initial":"P","shield_no_history":[20892,1520],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Morning, John vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-07-13","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"707803/2023","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","summary":"On April 13,2020, plaintiff was a lawful passenger in the third row of a minivan driven by another individual in Queens, at which time the defendant police officers unlawfully stopped the vehicle, without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or any legal justification. The defendants are JHOAN LOZANO,  CHRISTOPHER CAPATANO,  BRYAN CULLEN, DANIEL SCALCIONE,  DANIEL LEBOFF, CHRISTOPHER SANABRIA, DANIEL CONNORS, and unknown officers JOHN DOES #s 1-10.When the defendant officers approached the vehicle, they falsely claimed they\nsmelled marijuana and they ordered everyone to exit the vehicle. The defendant officers unlawfully searched a purse owned by the driver's girlfriend and found a firearm. The defendants recovered another firearm from the floorboard of the vehicle belonging to the driver. Without probable cause that the plaintiff was involved with any crime, he was still charged with criminal possession of both firearms and was detained in inhuman conditions during Covid. No evidence was ever presented that remotely suggested that plaintiff\nunlawfully possessed a firearm or had any knowledge that the firearms, therefore he was acquitted by a jury after trial on November 4, 2022, and all charges were dismissed and sealed in their entirety.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=IPjvNekfZsh2gaPIM/XOhg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Hyde, Bobby vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-04-14","disposition_date":"2021-10-14","payout_amount":27500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"708153/2021E","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","summary":"On April 26, 2020, Plaintiff Bobby Hyde was sitting in his car in the vicinity of 163-18 115 Avenue, Queens County. Defendants, Officers Scalcione, Leboff, and John Does, arrived and unlawfully ordered plaintiff to exit the car, handcuffed him, and arrested him. After arresting plaintiff, they transported him to the 113 police precinct, subjected him to a strip search, confined him to a cell, and charged him falsely with unlawful possession of marijuana.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=/B6DareWOo0RymQDc0yt8g==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Howell, Damion vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-12-22","disposition_date":"2022-02-11","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"724894/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","officer_name":"Leboff, Daniel P.","summary":"On or about January 25, 2019, at approximately between 3:48 a.m. and 4:01 a.m. in the County of Queens, City, and State of New York, plaintiff Howell was lawfully driving in the vicinity of 135th Ave. and Laurelton Parkway and had not committed any traffic violations and/or equipment infractions, when he was pulled over by defendant NYPD officers Robert Sabella, Lawrence Sloan, and/or other unnamed officers. The officers asked for identification and ordered Plaintiff out of the vehicle. Without legal justification, they searched his persons. They ordered him back into his vehicle, then returned and ordered him out for a second time, this time arresting him and handcuffing him tightly behind his back. Plaintiff was transported to a precinct where he was searched, confined in a cell, and charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon, Criminal Possession of Marijuana, Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, Driving by Unlicensed Operator, and Violating a Red Traffic Signal Light. Officers Sabella and Sloan filed a false police report alleging that they observed Plaintiff make a turn at a steady red light, that they smelled a strong odor of marijuana emanating from Plaintiff's vehicle, that they recovered a gravity knife from Plaintiff, that they recovered a burnt marijuana cigarette from the front passenger floor of Plaintiff's vehicle, that they observed and recovered a bag containing marijuana from the rear passenger seat of Plaintiff's vehicle, and that Plaintiff was unable to produce a valid license. All of these allegations were untrue. Plaintiff spent approximately 24 hours in custody and made multiple court appearances before all charges against him were dismissed on or about April 28, 2020. \n\nOn or about July 1, 2019, at approximately 10:30 p.m. in the County of Queens, City, and State of New York, Plaintiff Howell was a passenger in a vehicle, which was lawfully parked in the vicinity of 119th Road between 153rd Street and Sutphin Blvd. NYPD Officers Brendan Langenfeld, Daniel Leboff, and other unnamed officers approached the vehicle, ordering the occupants out. When Plaintiff complied, he was handcuffed tightly, searched, and placed into a police vehicle without any legal justification. Plaintiff was transported to a police precinct and charged with Obstructing Governmental Administration and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana. Officers Langenfeld and Leboff filed a false police report alleging they smelled an odor of marijuana emanating from the vehicle, observed plaintiff with an unlit marijuana cigarette, and refused to provide identification upon request. Plaintiff spent approximately 24 hours in custody and made multiple court appearances before all charges against him were dismissed on or about December 9, 2019.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240918220047/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=QuUAsR1eOMgCkID/xLO1/Q==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Bey, Meshach vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-05-13","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"708024/2019","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","officer_name":"Leboff, Daniel P.","summary":"On June 20, 2018 Plaintiff was lawfully present in the area of 134th Avenue and Guy Brewer Boulevard when POs Daniel Leboff and John Does assaulted, battered, and threatened Plaintiff with a taser. To cover up their actions, POs initiated a malicious prosecution against Plaintiff. Plaintiff suffered serious permanent personal injuries along with humiliation, shame, indignity, and damage to reputation as a result this incident.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=V8ziSV_PLUS_o6NkX93p8EIUacA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"officer_name":"Leboff, Daniel P.","disposition":"Zero Disposition","start_date":"2016-09-01","disposition_date":"2017-07-13","court":"Small Claims Court - Queens","docket":"002540/2016","name":"O'connell, Scott vs Leboff, Daniel","payout_amount":0}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2022-12-01","case_no":"2022-24876","recommendation":"Charges and Specifications","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongful threat of force.\r\nwrongfully unholstered/displayed a taser."},{"desc":"Wrongful threat of force."}]},{"disposition_date":"2022-08-29","case_no":"2020-22797","penalty":"Training","recommendation":"Training","allegations":[{"desc":"Improper search."},{"desc":"Improper vehicle search."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22085996-seh_958803","type":"employment-history"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/BFMV-daniel-leboff.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115444","overtime":"40519","other":"13425","total":"169389"},"id":"BFMV","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/BFMV"}