{"active":true,"first_name":"Marcel","last_name":"Francis","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"DT2","command":{"command":"073 PCT","assignment_date":"2026-04-27","id":"73pct"},"shield_no":5943,"taxid":"948983","complaint_ids":[202204139,202107299,202101545,202000618,201901836,201900623,201710285,201508205,201408251],"command_history":[{"command":"INS TRN","id":"844"},{"command":"MELD","id":"MELD"},{"command":"PBBN SU"},{"command":"069 PCT","id":"69pct"}],"appt_date":"2010-07-06","age":43,"middle_initial":"A","shield_no_history":[5240],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Jackson, Melquan vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-08-02","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"515598/2018","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Francis, Marcel","summary":"On or about September 30, 2015, Melquan Jackson (Plaintiff) was unlawfully seized by NYPD police officers Denisha Pierre, Marcel Francis, Frank Wolf, Ricardo Otero, Adjie Headad, and David Mercado (Defendants), in a taxi in Kings County. The Defendants used excessive force to grab, handcuff, and physically restrain Plaintiff without legal cause, causing him significant physical pain and mental suffering. Defendants stopped the taxi, ordered the Plaintiff out, and conducted a search without consent or probable cause. The Plaintiff was then falsely arrested, detained for a week, and subjected to numerous unlawful strip searches.\n\nThe Defendants went on to maliciously prosecute the Plaintiff despite the absence of probable cause, leading to mental anguish and humiliation. The claims include excessive force, false arrest, unlawful imprisonment. \n\nNYPD failed to train the Defendants and created a culture where officers can act with impunity.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=/u2GQbAVFpo4i0gYOSRDRA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Williams, Terris vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-08-26","disposition_date":"2016-06-14","payout_amount":25001,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV04855","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Francis, Marcel","summary":"While Plaintiff was walking towards a subway station, defendant plainclothes officers drove by, stopped their car, approached Plaintiff, slammed him on the ground, assaulted him, tightly handcuffed him, and took him to the 79th Precinct.  Plaintiff was given a summons for Dis Con, which was dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920970-Williams-v-New-York-City-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.374284/gov.uscourts.nyed.374284.13.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13242769/williams-v-new-york-city/"},{"name":"Elliott-Owens, Denise as Adm of Owens, Na'im (deceased) vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-08-18","disposition_date":"2019-04-17","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"15CV04751","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Francis, Marcel","summary":"After public outcry over his brother death in 2007  at the hands of police, Naim Owens was repeatedly harassed by NYPD officers. In 2014,  Naim himself was shot at 18 times by police officers at hit in the torso. He died a week later because of the wound.  Plaintiff alleges that not only did the police lie and say that Naim was armed when he was shot, but that they also interfered with his physical recovery.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920947-Elliott-Owens-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.374083.14.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324676/elliott-owens-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-05-03","case_no":"2022-26855","recommendation":"Other","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to activate their body worn camera."},{"desc":"Failed to prepare required reports."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21023300-francis-49692a8860b906445f389c0ce5c11da5720de0b5","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21057761-francis-948983-12-11-19-1","type":"brady-giglio"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/DWQT-marcel-francis.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"134819","regular":"67376","overtime":"0","other":"16440","total":"83816"},"news":[{"title":"Mom links NYPD shooting deaths of her two sons in lawsuit","url":"https://nypost.com/2015/08/17/mom-links-nypd-shooting-deaths-of-her-two-sons-in-lawsuit/","source":"New York Post","date":"2015-08-17"}],"id":"DWQT","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/DWQT"}