{"active":false,"first_name":"Thomas","last_name":"Cozart","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"DBMS OP","assignment_date":"2023-03-10","id":"346"},"shield_no":1622,"ended_date":"2025-07-01","taxid":"938283","complaint_ids":[202104608,201903261,201501356,201010937,201010353,201009429,201004063,200710853],"command_history":[{"command":"032 PCT","id":"32pct"},{"command":"PBMN SU","id":"178"},{"command":"WARRSEC","id":"118"}],"appt_date":"2005-07-11","age":49,"middle_initial":"M","shield_no_history":[28181],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Heredia, Diego vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-08-15","disposition_date":"2024-03-29","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"19CV05227","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Cozart, Thomas M.","summary":"On February 2, 2017, Plaintiff was falsely arrested and taken into custody for charges of burglary and damage to property.  The evidence Defendants relied on for the warrant and charges were falsities by Defendant ADA Weintraub. Despite having no credible evidence against Plaintiff nor probable cause to believe Plaintiff committed any crime, Defendants arrested and charged Plaintiff. During trial commenced on or about June 4, 2018, Defendant ADA Weintraub knowingly elicited false testimony from witnesses, failed to disclose exculpatory evidence, presented evidence that was illegally obtained pursuant to a search warrant that was obtained by false representations by ADA Weintraub. Plaintiff was acquitted of all charges on or about June 18, 2018.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.438611/gov.uscourts.nyed.438611.1.1.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16190038/heredia-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Cozart, Thomas M.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-05-01","disposition_date":"2014-02-05","court":"Supreme Court - New York","docket":"152068/2012","name":"Brown, Antoine vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":60000},{"officer_name":"Cozart, Thomas M.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2010-11-12","disposition_date":"2014-02-05","court":"Supreme Court - New York","docket":"114782/2010","name":"Garlick, Larry vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":375000},{"name":"Alvarez v. City of New York et al.","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"Plaintiff was attending a block party when Plaintiff became engaged in an altercation. His opponent pulled out a firearm and shot him. Defendant Officers Brightman, Cozart, Kerrigan, and Tedeschi pointed their guns at plaintiff and fired 46 rounds into him and others present at the party. Plaintiff had sustained 27 bullet wounds. Defendant officer Terpos then handcuffed plaintiff and transported him to Harlem Hospital. In a second incident, on August 9, 2010, Police searched the residence of the plaintiff's family. Officers Hull and Gibbons alongside others seized $87,000 from the residence. After hospitalization, plaintiff was charged with attempted murder of a police officer. Plaintiff was sent to the 33rd precinct and denied medical attention. Plaintiff was also charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree and one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree. A special grand jury convened and refused to charge plaintiff with a crime. After 200 days in jail plaintiff was released.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919372-Alvarez-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"11CV05464","officer_name":"Thomas M. Cozart"},{"name":"Taylor v. City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","payout_amount":40000,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4928449-Taylor-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"07CV04129","officer_name":"Thomas M. Cozart"}],"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/21031393-df-cozart-938283","type":"brady-giglio"}],"id":"DPVR","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/DPVR"}