{"active":true,"first_name":"Robert","last_name":"Houston","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"IAB","assignment_date":"2025-11-24","id":"IAB"},"shield_no":5150,"taxid":"962483","complaint_ids":[202409253,202402223,202400403],"command_history":[{"command":"RTCC","id":"375"},{"command":"SRG 3","id":"SRG3"},{"command":"081 PCT","id":"81pct"}],"appt_date":"2016-10-11","middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[22760],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Castanon, Michael vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-07-21","disposition_date":"2022-05-10","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"506653/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Houston, Robert","summary":"On June 23, 2018 at 1:00 a.m., Mr. Castanon was exiting a cab at W. 24th Street, Coney Island, when police officers arrived. He was arrested for robbery, grand larceny, menacing, petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and harassment. The arrest stemmed from an altercation that occurred between Mr. Castanon and a cab driver. Mr. Castanon was incarcerated for approximately 5.5 days, and charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=UEdQVJGfMmrugNfKdJc1AA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Kassim, Habeeb vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-10-19","disposition_date":"2020-02-14","payout_amount":45000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"18CV05614","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Houston, Robert","summary":"On July 27, 2017 at approximately 5pm, Mr. Kassim purchased a water bottle at a market to clean a cut on his forehead. As he left the market, he was seized by a number of NYPD officers, including Cpt. Ceparano, Houston, Calemine, and Doe. They ordered him to remain in their custody despite his request to leave and made him await an ambulance. At the hospital, while waiting to see a doctor, Cpt. Ceparano, Houston, and Calemine began harassing him and took his photo without his consent. After leaving the hospital with his sister to go home, an NYPD vehicle blocked their exit by parking behind her car. Houston and Calemine arrested Mr. Kassim, under the orders of Cpt. Ceparano and Sgt. Paulik. They claimed he was arrested for jaywalking, which he did not do. Mr. Kassim was brought to the precinct, searched, and spent 17 hours in custody overnight. Weeks later, Mr. Kassim continued to see the officers around his neighborhood, who provoked him by pretending they do not know him and asking \"if something had happened to him.\"","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.423339/gov.uscourts.nyed.423339.19.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/8164127/kassim-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/DRAF-robert-houston.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"118056","regular":"117719","overtime":"35127","other":"17713","total":"170559"},"email":"robert.houston@nypd.org","id":"DRAF","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/DRAF"}