{"active":true,"first_name":"Dervent","last_name":"Williams","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"LT","command":{"command":"PBQS SU","assignment_date":"2026-08-15","id":"481"},"taxid":"939693","complaint_ids":[202502168,202008104,202007459,202007776,201801532,201701720,201606695,201605199,201412227,201404505,201406842,201213606,200602047],"command_history":[{"command":"INT CIS","id":"10"},{"command":"CD OFF","id":"145"},{"command":"079 PCT","id":"79pct"},{"command":"041 PCT","id":"41pct"},{"command":"044 PCT","id":"44pct"},{"command":"113 PCT","id":"113pct"}],"appt_date":"2005-07-11","age":44,"middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[12845,1719],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Hill, Shatiqua vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-08-28","disposition_date":"2021-04-06","payout_amount":55658,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"19CV07882","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Williams, Dervent","summary":"On June 6, 2018, the plaintiff was unlawfully arrested by defendant Officer Dervent Williams (Shield No. 1719) and other police officers. Plaintiff was approached, stopped, and searched without reason. Defendants-Officers violently grabbed her, pushed her up against a wall, and twisted her arms, causing injury. Plaintiff was wrongfully detained and handcuffed to a bench in a cell for four (4) hours at the 41st Precinct until her release with a summons. She was subject to an illegal strip search and cavity inspection at the direction of Defendant Williams without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. Plaintiff requested medical treatment but was not sent to a hospital as requested.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.521607/gov.uscourts.nysd.521607.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16099048/hill-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Padilla, Nancy vs City of New York , et al.","start_date":"2017-09-08","disposition_date":"2018-05-03","payout_amount":22500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"027861/2017E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Williams, Dervent","summary":"On or about June 8, 2016, on a street intersection, the Plaintiff was lawfully walking on the sidewalk with an acquaintance when two Defendant NYPD officers arrived in a vehicle, approached, questioned, searched, and detained Plaintiff and Plaintiff's acquaintance. During the period of detention, Plaintiff's phone rang. When Plaintiff went to answer her phone, a Defendant officer insinuated that Plaintiff was going to record the officers and \"Now you're going in.\" Plaintiff was then improperly arrested and confined without knowledge a warrant or other legal justification. Plaintiff was transported to the precinct, where she was subjected to a strip search. Plaintiff was charged with crimes, which charges were eventually dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=sH5Vj8JtYMZ6PKldKfoNrw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Allen, Ramel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-03-03","disposition_date":"2016-10-24","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV01286","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Williams, Dervent","summary":"Plaintiff left his vehicle running outside the club he worked at and ran in to get his check. When he came back outside, Defendant officers stopped him, asked for identification, frisked and searched him. Plaintiff was arrested, taken to the 41st precinct, and charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct and given a summons for making unreasonable noise AC 24-218(a) and for leaving his vehicle unattended AC 10-111(a). All charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.453808.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4356629/allen-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Nunez, Wairon vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-01-06","disposition_date":"2015-12-10","payout_amount":22500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV00051","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Williams, Dervent","summary":"On March 30, 2014, Plaintiff was lawfully present at the apartment of a friend when officers kicked the door open and arrested everyone inside. A resident of the apartment identified Plaintiff as an invited guest. Plaintiff was unlawfully brought to central booking, jailed, and had bail set. PO Ahsan Zafar knowingly charged Plaintiff with false crimes. On May 29, 2014, all criminal charges were dismissed in favor of Plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.436858.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6089651/nunez-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Davis, Divine vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-12-17","disposition_date":"2015-12-15","payout_amount":32500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"306328/2014","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Williams, Dervent"},{"officer_name":"Williams, Dervent","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2014-06-20","disposition_date":"2016-01-26","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","docket":"14CV04862","name":"Holmes, Eric vs City of New York, Et. al.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.428912/gov.uscourts.nysd.428912.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"payout_amount":4500,"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13245517/holmes-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Otero, Carlos, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-02-01","disposition_date":"2013-06-12","payout_amount":50000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV00454","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Williams, Dervent","summary":"On April 22, 2012, Plaintiff Carlos Otero was working the overnight shift at a bodega.  His brother Daniel Otero was also present.  They witnessed a dispute outside the store in which one person was shot.  Plaintiffs sheltered the injured man in their store and called 911.  After officers arrived, they questioned both Plaintiffs intensely because although they were not suspects they provided vague descriptions of the shooter.  Unsatisfied, officers grabbed Plaintiff Carlos Otero and pushed him against a wall.  When Plaintiff Daniel Otero objected, officers threw him to the ground and began kicking and striking him.  Both Plaintiffs were arrested and taken to a precinct, where they remained in handcuffs and questioned for six hours.  After several hours of requests, Plaintiff Daniel Otero was taken to a hospital for treatment of his injuries.  After being returned and held for more than 30 hours, Plaintiff Daniel Otero was released.  On April 25, 2012, NYPD officers returned to the store where Plaintiff Carlos Otero was working.  They questioned him about the shooting, and dissatisfied with the answers, again illegally searched him, put him under arrest and took him to the precinct.  Plaintiff Carlos Otero was again ticketed for disorderly conduct.  The tickets against Plaintiff Carlos Otero were dismissed on July 6, 2012 and September 11, 2012.  The ticket against Plaintiff Daniel Otero was dismissed on November 28, 2012.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922163-Otero-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.406863.10.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922164-Otero-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4351676/otero-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Sosa, Mike, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-01-29","disposition_date":"2017-03-07","payout_amount":300000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"300547/2013","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Williams, Dervent"},{"name":"Peart v. 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Williams"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2018-10-22","case_no":"2018-19667","penalty":"Vacation days (8 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Wrongfully frisked an individual known to the Department.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Wrongfully stopped an individual known to the Department.","disposition":"Guilty"}]},{"recommendation":"Charges and Specifications","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongful threat of force."},{"desc":"Wrongfully arrested an individual known to the Department."}]},{"recommendation":"Other","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to make required entries in Department logs."},{"desc":"Failed to prepare required reports."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22119542-939693_02222021_2021011pdf","date":"2021-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","type":"trial-decision"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21030136-williams-8cc2234e8daa90d0f56475d0db51c6f375099072","type":"brady-giglio","complaints":[{"complaint_id":201300801,"available":true}]}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/E5ND-dervent-williams.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"154751","regular":"150396","overtime":"25436","other":"24502","total":"200335"},"id":"E5ND","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/E5ND"}