{"active":true,"first_name":"John","last_name":"Garcia","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"116 PCT","assignment_date":"2024-12-14","id":"116pct"},"shield_no":11965,"taxid":"960573","complaint_ids":[202408869,202308828,202302922,202103427,202003338,202001862],"command_history":[{"command":"084 PCT","id":"84pct"}],"appt_date":"2016-01-06","middle_initial":"C","lawsuits":[{"name":"Nelson, Cedric vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-12-03","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"532315/2024","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On September 6, 2023, Plaintiff, Cedric Nelson, was about to meet up with his girlfriend when several police officers, including Defendants, POLICE OFFICER ANDREW GENAO and POLICE OFFICER JOHN GARCIA (\"Defendants\") without justification or provocation, and without an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification, Defendants for no reason, and based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations, illegally stopped, confined, unduly restrained, falsely arrested, and\nfalsely imprisoned Plaintiff, in an aggressive and excessive manner, and further chased and tackled Plaintiff using excessive force. Defendants intentionally touched, assaulted, battered, violated, searched, humiliated, photographed and handcuffed Plaintiff. \n\nPlaintiff was held at the 84th Precinct for approximately four hour before he was transferred to Brooklyn Hospital Center and\nheld for approximately 6 hours. Thereafter, Plaintiff was then held at Central Booking for approximately 25 hours then released on September 8, 2023. Cedric Nelson was forced to attend court approximately 4 times before all charges were dismissed on December 12, 2023 in his favor.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=/gzXkzXmEzrpXei0zsDZzA==","type":"complaint"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21023485-garcia-c51ce756e61c73e4974543dbb7f8d8ba9dbbf4d1","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21056047-garcia-960573-04-19-21-1","type":"brady-giglio"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/DGAX-john-garcia.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"108510","overtime":"56733","other":"25891","total":"191135"},"id":"DGAX","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/DGAX"}