{"active":true,"first_name":"Paul","last_name":"Negersmith","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"INT CIS","assignment_date":"2022-02-01","id":"10"},"shield_no":4523,"taxid":"945263","complaint_ids":[202408757,202101267,202002737,201910973,202103883],"command_history":[{"command":"044 PCT","id":"44pct"}],"appt_date":"2007-07-18","middle_initial":"N","shield_no_history":[13099,4093],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Touray, Sekou vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-09-26","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"814540/2024E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On or about December 30, 2022 minor Plaintiff was seated in the rear of a vehicle when PO Hannah Cottignies, PO Angel Henriquez, PO Ramon Mejia, PO Miguel Sanchez, PO Melissa Negron, and POs John and Jane Doe 1-15 surrounded the vehicle and ordered the occupants to exit. Some of the POs had a history of misconduct prior to this incident. The occupants, including Plaintiff, exited the vehicle as ordered. Plaintiff had been recording since the initial stop and continued recording after exiting the vehicle. POs asked Plaintiff for identification and when Plaintiff asked why POs falsely arrested Plaintiff. Specifically, POs grabbed Plaintiff, slammed him against a vehicle, and placed excessively-tight handcuffs on Plaintiff. Plaintiff was taken to the 44th Precinct and wrongfully searched. POs kept Plaintiff detained for several hours before his release and provided false police reports to justify his detention. Plaintiff suffered physical injury, physical pain, emotional trauma, fear, embarrassment, humiliation, emotional distress, frustration, extreme inconvenience, anxiety, loss of liberty, and harm to reputation as a result of this incident.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=JTHk50GNkCUq09G4zDC12A==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Kamar, Ansumana vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-08-31","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"028607/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Negersmith, Paul","summary":"On or about August 6, 2019, in the Bronx, Plaintiff Ansumana Kamar was on his way home from getting some food from a local eatery when, in the process of being falsely arrested, he was grabbed, slammed to the ground, punched, and tased by Defendants NYPD Officers by Negersmith, Modica, Does. At no time prior did Plaintiff engage in any criminal or unlawful conduct.\nEventually, charges against Plaintiff of Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest were dropped.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=C2/gILVSe9ePGlmY3s5PoA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Simpson, Calvin Jr. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-07-02","disposition_date":"2016-04-26","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"023022/2014E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Negersmith, Paul"},{"officer_name":"Negersmith, Paul","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-04-17","disposition_date":"2020-06-29","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"301110/2012","name":"Hanson, Monica vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":125000}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2022-07-26","case_no":"2022-24826","recommendation":"Command Discipline - B","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongfully arrested an individual known to the Department."}]},{"disposition_date":"2022-07-23","case_no":"2022-26113","recommendation":"Command Discipline - B","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongfully searched a vehicle."}]},{"disposition_date":"2022-04-27","case_no":"2022-24700","recommendation":"Command Discipline - A","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongfully discourteous to an individual known to the Department."}]},{"disposition_date":"2022-04-27","case_no":"2022-24701","recommendation":"Other","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22085546-seh_945263","type":"employment-history"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/D43P-paul-negersmith.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"118056","regular":"117719","overtime":"41177","other":"25100","total":"183997"},"id":"D43P","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/D43P"}