{"active":true,"first_name":"Douglas","last_name":"Kautter","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"LT","command":{"command":"MAN CT","assignment_date":"2025-05-05","id":"127"},"taxid":"935093","complaint_ids":[202207547,202205469,202000881,201803474,201602041,201309576],"command_history":[{"command":"040 PCT","id":"40pct"},{"command":"070 PCT","id":"70pct"}],"appt_date":"2004-07-01","middle_initial":"L","shield_no_history":[10162,4219],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Andre, Charles vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-10-31","disposition_date":"2024-06-27","payout_amount":50000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"23CV08009","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"On August 24, 2022, plaintiff was standing on the sidewalk waiting to hail a cab. Another unrelated individual threw a bottle toward a garbage can but missed, causing defendant Zubair to begin chasing that individual and to call for backup. Backup officers—including defendants Kauttner, Chow, Elrowmeim, Dominguez, Murukkuwadura, and Campos—arrived at the scene and began to harass plaintiff. They then forcibly grabbed him, handcuffed him, and placed him in the back of a police car. They left him in the hot car without an open window or air conditioning for an excessive amount of time. They then kept him in custody, and ddefendant Zubair made false statements to the Kings County District Attorney, causing plaintiff to be arraigned on false charges. Plaintiff had to appear in court before the charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.505042/gov.uscourts.nyed.505042.13.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67919141/andre-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Tess, Clint vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-12-19","disposition_date":"2021-05-03","payout_amount":55000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"18CV06542","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Kautter, Douglas L.","summary":"On or about June 16, 2016, in the vicinity of Surf Avenue and West 5th Street in Brooklyn, NY, plaintiff was driving with two friends. Plaintiff was pulled over by Police Officer Francis Jackson and L.t. Kautter. These officers falsely told plaintiff that he had two suspended licenses and two warrants. Plaintiff was taken behind the police car and handcuffed. Police Officer Eltabib and Police Officer John Sanchez arrived on the scene. Eltabib, without cause, shoved plaintiff, causing him to fall backwards. The other officers failed to intervene. Plaintiff, who has sickle cell anemia, was in severe pain and breathing heavily after the hit and asked to be taken to the hospital 15-20 times but was denied. Plaintiff was taken to the precinct but was not immediately taken to the hospital after telling the officers he suffered from sickle cell anemia. Later, he was eventually taken to Coney Island Hospital. \n\nPlaintiff was hospitalized from June 16 to June 27. For his entire stay in the hospital, plaintiff was handcuffed to the bed with his feet shackled together. During his stay in the hospital, plaintiff was mistreated by the officers. For example, they often made his handcuffs too tight and did not loosen them when he asked, they made him wait up to 45 minutes after he had said he needed to go to the bathroom, and they interfered with his treatment in the hospital. At the hospital, plaintiff was informed that he did not actually have a suspended license, and instead of two warrants, there was only one for open container.  Further, the officers failed to arraign the plaintiff until 11 days after he was taken into custody. After getting out of the hospital, plaintiff was taken to Central Booking, where he was released without seeing a judge.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.425357/gov.uscourts.nyed.425357.15.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/8201631/tess-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Cazeau, Winshey vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-04-19","disposition_date":"2017-12-26","payout_amount":45000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"17CV02294","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Kautter, Douglas","summary":"On October 16, 2016, officer Michael Difede, sergeant Timothy Glant, officer Elvis Alcivar, officer Kevin Lafontant, lieutenant Douglas Kautter, and sergeant  Gordon Frasier, as well as five unidentified officers, approached the plaintiff and pushed him to the ground. They smashed his head against the concrete ground, resulting in injuries and disfigurement. They sat on plaintiff’s back as he lay on the ground, with his face bleeding; another defendant pulled the plaintiff by his hair and smashed his face into the concrete, causing substantial pain.\n\nThe plaintiff was then taken to the hospital and treated. The next day, he has severe wrist pain and bled from his head; upon return to the hospital, he was found to have a hand fracture. The complaint states that defendants attempted to cover up their use of excessive force by lying and otherwise not reporting their acts. The complaint also states that the plaintiff was placed under arrest though it does not say exactly when.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.400287/gov.uscourts.nyed.400287.12.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13440382/cazeau-v-difede/"},{"name":"White, Marlow vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-08-31","disposition_date":"2016-09-12","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"15CV06696","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Kautter, Douglas","summary":"Plaintiff is a man of trans experience and was the victim of numerous hate crimes, chosen as a victim because of his gender identity. When the New York City Police Department was called to the scene of the first attack on Plaintiff's family by the assailant the responding officers witnessed Assailant's criminal behavior. The NYPD's officers refused to restrain or arrest Assailant and refused to take Plaintiff's criminal complaint against Assailant. To the contrary, the NYPD's officers joked with Assailant and indicated to witnesses, within earshot of Plaintiff and Assailant, that they preferred to return to clean up the mess after Assailant had murdered Plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921319-White-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.446607.68.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4355712/white-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Odutola, Orunmila vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-03-20","disposition_date":"2014-12-30","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"020794/2013E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Kautter, Douglas","summary":"On or about December 29, 2011 Plaintiff was lawfully present in an apartment when he was accosted by PO Edwin Ayala, PO Julio Nunez, PO Jose Rodriguez, and Sgt. Douglas Kautter, who maliciously assaulted, attacked, and verbally abused Plaintiff without legal justification. Plaintiff was handcuffed and arrested, after which POs continued their unprovoked assault. Each PO should have intervened to prevent or reduce the violation of Plaintiff's rights but none of them did. Plaintiff suffered physical pain, mental anguish, shock, fright, apprehension, embarrassment, and humiliation as a result of this incident.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=E2bSjQqbNsefwUyQoFwgBw==","type":"complaint"}]}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2024-05-17","case_no":"2023-29633","penalty":"A - Command Discipline, forfeiture of time/leave balances","recommendation":"Command Discipline - A","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to activate their body worn camera."}]},{"disposition_date":"2022-04-26","case_no":"2022-24641","recommendation":"Command Discipline - A","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongfully discourteous to an individual known to the Department."}]},{"disposition_date":"2022-04-26","case_no":"2022-24642","recommendation":"Other","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to make required entries in Department logs."}]},{"penalty":"B - Command Discipline, vacation days (5 days)","recommendation":"Command Discipline - B","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to make required entries in Department logs."},{"desc":"Failed to take police action"}]}],"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/21024864-kautter-11cf5f0fad18fb3b4dc69d407daaf08d9a21e4b8","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21058378-kautter-935093-01-21-20","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22085327-seh_935093","type":"employment-history"}],"payroll":{"salary":"154751","regular":"150396","overtime":"4818","other":"20629","total":"175844"},"id":"DXED","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/DXED"}