{"active":false,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Gaine","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT1","command":{"command":"DBQS OP","assignment_date":"2016-09-21","id":"268"},"shield_no":7763,"ended_date":"2026-08-03","taxid":"917653","complaint_ids":[201606801,200806997,200201593,200101185,200100356,200008986,9904521],"command_history":[{"command":"PSA 6","id":"PSA6"},{"command":"114 DET","id":"114det"}],"appt_date":"1996-07-18","age":55,"middle_initial":"E","shield_no_history":[10149],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Hall, Barry, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-10-27","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"722094/2022","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","summary":"On February 13, 2018, Defendant NYPD officers, including Detective Kevin Warmhold and Michael Gaine, surreptitiously surrounded Plaintiff HALL’S home and waited from him to exit his residence. When Plaintiff HALL walked out of his home, myriad Defendant officers descended upon him and had their firearms drawn and pointed directly at Plaintiff HALL. The officers then grabbed Plaintiff HALL and shoved him onto the ground.  The officers then tightly handcuffed Plaintiff HALL. Defendant officers then knowingly submitted inaccurate information to the DA's office.  At Central Booking, Defendant officers illegally searched Plaintiff HALL. Despite being served with alibi notice, the Defendants refused to properly and timely investigate both the alibi witnesses and the exculpatory video evidence. After approximately 3 years, Plaintiff HALL  was released. All criminal charges against Plaintiff HALL were dismissed. \n On February 1, 2018, Defendant NYPD officers, including Detective Kevin Warmhold and Michael Gaine, surrounded Plaintiff FERGUSON’S home and waited from him to exit his residence. When Plaintiff FERGUSON walked out of his home, myriad Defendant officers descended upon him and had their firearms drawn and pointed directly at Plaintiff FERGUSON. The officers then grabbed Plaintiff FERGUSON and shoved him onto the ground.  The officers then tightly handcuffed Plaintiff FERGUSON. Defendant officers then knowingly submitted inaccurate information to the DA's office. After approximately 3 years, Plaintiff FERGUSON was released. All criminal charges against Plaintiff FERGUSON were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=3/6vJeRWpP/9BemGOZ51jw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Douglas, Julian and Green, Sahel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-05-31","disposition_date":"2021-04-20","payout_amount":2000000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"709207/2019","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","officer_name":"Gaine, Michael","summary":"On March 31, 2015, two people acting in concert killed a woman at her Jamaica, Queens home.  On April 24, 2015, Plaintiff Douglas was charged with the woman's murder, and later, on October 6, 2015, Plaintiff Green was similarly charged with the woman's murder.  The plaintiffs spent a combined 5.5 years incarcerated on Rikers Island.  Meanwhile, the NYPD possessed exculpatory evidence for years.  The plaintiffs were released on March 9, 2018.  The exculpatory evidence showed that the plaintiffs were not at the victim's home when the murder occurred.  \n\nMoreover, the key evidence against the plaintiffs was the result of NYPD coercion.  In particular, Detective Donnell Myers, Detective Stephen Lalchan, and Sergeant Diego Vivar, along with Detectives Daniel Gallagher, Keith Erhart, Anthony Faranda, and Patrick Roach, coerced incriminating testimony against the plaintiffs out of a witness, telling the witness that fabricating evidence against the plaintiffs would allow the witness to keep custody of her daughter.  Sometime before June 14, 2017, the witness recanted her statements, saying that, in reality, she had no reason to think that Plaintiffs Douglas and Green murdered the victim.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ivj5Gb5ngoTbaVE8F97CRQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"officer_name":"Gaine, Michael","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-07-02","disposition_date":"2013-10-02","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","docket":"013779/2012","name":"Rodas, Asdrubal vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":10000}],"discipline":[{"case_no":"2011-4419","disposition_date":"2012-04-24","penalty":"Dismissal from the New York City Police Department; however, judgement is suspended and respondent will be placed on dismissal probation for a period of one (1) year. Forfeiture of thirty (30) pre-trial suspension days, twenty (20) vacation days, ordered breath testing.","opened_date":"2011-04-06","charges":[{"desc":"While off duty wrongfully operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While off duty wrongfully operated a motor vehicle while said member's ability was impaired by the consumption of alcohol","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While off duty refused to submit to a breathalyzer test","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While off duty wrongfully consumed an intoxicant to the extent that said member was unfit for duty","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While off duty wrongfully consumed an intoxicant to the extent that said member was unfit for duty while armed.","disposition":"Guilty"}],"documents":[{"name":"Document","url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4419248-nypd-cases-265.html"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"news":[{"url":"https://hellgatenyc.com/the-queens-district-attorneys-office-has-an-exonerating-evidence-problem","title":"The Queens District Attorney's Office Has an Exonerating Evidence Problem","source":"Hellgate","date":"2022-12-04"}],"id":"CWDH","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/CWDH"}