{"active":false,"first_name":"Jennifer","last_name":"Caparatta","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Female","rank":"DTS","command":{"command":"071 PCT","assignment_date":"2022-10-21","id":"71pct"},"shield_no":4973,"ended_date":"2022-11-01","taxid":"961553","complaint_ids":[201906324],"command_history":[{"command":"MELD","id":"MELD"}],"appt_date":"2016-04-06","middle_initial":"M","shield_no_history":[6626],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Velez, Benjamin vs City of New York","start_date":"2020-09-30","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"518429/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Caparatta, Jennifer M.","summary":"On March 29, 2019, at approximately 10:40 p.m., Benjamin Velez was legally driving in the vicinity of President Street and Rochester Avenue, within the County of Kings, City and State of New York, when the Defendants, including NYPD Police Officers Daphne Fandal (shield #27415, Jennifer Caparatta (shield #6626), Viktoria Bibolova (shield #12818), Mario Altilio (shiled #653), Hajar Lakhovili proceeded to unlawfully question Mr. Velez, despite possessing no valid reason to inquire, as no criminal activity was present or even reasonably suspected. The defendants then proceeded to unlawfully enter Mr. Velez's motor vehicle and without consent, a judicially authorized search warrant or any other legal authority to do so. The defendants illegally targeted Mr. Velez, because of his race, for adverse police action. The defendants forcibly grabbed and proceeded to violently\ncontort Mr. Velez's arms behind his back so that they could apply metal handcuffs.\nMr. Velez repeatedly requested that  the defendants loosen the handcuffs,\ncausing substantial pain and discomfort due to their excessive tightness.\n\nThe Defendants then transported Mr. Velez to 71st NYPD precinct against his will,\nwhere he was fingerprinted, photographed, searched, strip searched, subjected to a cavity inspection and illegal interrogation tactics in the absence of counsel without being informed of his Miranda rights, and then confined Plaintiff to a cell. Mr. Velez was eventually transported to Central Booking, where he was unlawfully detained in various cells, until his arraignment. Defendant officer Lakhovili signed a criminal complaint against Mr. Velez, in which he knowingly affirmed  fabricated allegations against Mr.. Velez. After his arraignment, Mr. Velez was compelled to return to court multiple times to contest egregiously false criminal charges alleged against him.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ShdDkEbBrt80i9R4RGKSgQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Patterson, James A., et Al vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-08-27","disposition_date":"2024-06-14","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"20CV03972","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Caparatta, Jennifer M.","summary":"On May 23, 2019, Defendant NYPD Officers executed a no-knock warrant by breaking down the front door of Plaintiff's home with a battering ram. Defendant Officers entered the home with guns drawn, entered Plaintiff's bedroom and pointed the guns at Plaintiffs and their children and ordered them to 'get down.' Defendant Officer pushed Plaintiff face down on the floor, tightly handcuffed him and forcibly removed him from the bedroom and put him into a police vehicle. Officers kept the gun pointed at Plaintiff's spouse who was in her underwear and their children. Plaintiff's spouse was searched including her scalp and hair bonnet and was not allowed to put on her clothes or to dress her children until after the search. The Officers conducted a destructive search of their home. The Driver of the police vehicle in which Plaintiff was illegally seized received a call after which the Defendant Officers brought Plaintiff back to his home, pulled him out of the car, uncuffed him, and told him to tall 311 about the battered door and other destroyed property. Defendant Officers unreasonably believed based on false and unreliable information that Plaintiff's home was where evidence or instrumentalities of crimes would be found and deployed 17 armed and outfitted officers to forcibly enter, seize, and search Plaintiff's apartment. As a result of the Officers misconduct, Plaintiff suffered loss of liberty, mental anguish, emotional distress, physical pain, embarrassment, humiliation, loss of services, interference with employment and relationships. Plaintiff's wife suffered loss of liberty, mental and emotion distress, shame, anxiety, and fear.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.452157/gov.uscourts.nyed.452157.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17481470/patterson-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21053990-caparatta-961553-01-03-20","type":"brady-giglio"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/CUV3-jennifer-caparatta.jpg","id":"CUV3","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/CUV3"}