{"active":true,"first_name":"Matthew","last_name":"Gale","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT2","command":{"command":"ESS 10","assignment_date":"2017-04-24","id":"ESS10"},"shield_no":2971,"taxid":"948993","complaint_ids":[202411079,202303288,202107827,201502978,201408369,201109715],"command_history":[{"command":"PBBX","id":"PBBX"},{"command":"041 PCT","id":"41pct"}],"appt_date":"2010-07-06","middle_initial":"R","shield_no_history":[5617],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Smith-Ruffin, Rayshaun vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-05-02","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"512272/2022","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On December 16, 2020 at approximately 6AM, PO Tiffany Martinez, Eric Delman, Patrick Craig, and other officers including Cuoco, Isabelle, Patel, Albarracin, Perico, Feely, Gale, Abrams, Garcia, Seery, Avent, Valentin, Barry, Malone, Boehm, and Fagan illegally entered the Plaintiff's home without a warrant. They demanded the plaintiff to get on the ground and dragged them out from underneath his bed. They then forced the plaintiff to stand by grapping his arms and then slammed him onto the ground without legal authority to do so before forcing him up again. The officers violently physically restrained the plaintiff by contorting his arms behind him and utilizing handcuffs that were excessively tight. Despite the plaintiff's complaints the officers above ignored and refused to loosen the handcuffs. The officers proceeded to illegally search the Plaintiff's mother's bedroom. \n\nThe plaintiff was never presented with a search or arrest warrant and was forcibly removed against his will by officers to the 79th precinct where he was processed. The plaintiff was then forcibly transferred to the 81st precinct where officers Delman, Martinez, Craig, Cuoco, Isabelle, Patel, Albarracin, Perico, Feeley, Gale, Abrams, Garcia, Seery, Valentin, Barry, Malone, Boehm, and Fagan engaged in illicit interrogation tactics. The nineteen officers above proceeded to illegally search the Plaintiff's person before being moved to Central Bookings and then Rikers before being released on January 28, 2021","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240614193532/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=arh_PLUS_JOguLv1QiKhJ3savPQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Rodriguez, Juan Carlos By Mng Sabrado, Yesenia vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-01-10","disposition_date":"2018-07-13","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"17CV00012","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Gale, Matthew R.","summary":"The plaintiff was approached by the defendant officer, accosted, assaulted, arrested, and taken to a nearby Precinct. He was falsely charged with petit larceny and tampering with private communications.. The outcome of the charges were not specified.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.467124/gov.uscourts.nysd.467124.75.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4580899/juan-carlos-rodriguez-v-police-officer-matthew-gale/"},{"name":"Palermo, Hector vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-08-26","disposition_date":"2016-03-23","payout_amount":12500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV06370","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Gale, Matthew R.","summary":"Defendant Officers instructed Plaintiff to get against a wall in the lobby of a building, searched him, tightly handcuffed him, took him to the 41st Precinct (without seat belting him in the car), and charged him with Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree. Charge was eventually dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921274-Palermo-v-City-Of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4355669/palermo-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Martinez, Edwin vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-03-12","disposition_date":"2014-03-14","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"020768/2013E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Gale, Matthew R.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922172-Martinez-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922173-Martinez-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}]},{"name":"Otero et al v. The City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","payout_amount":50000,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922163-Otero-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922164-Otero-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"13CV00454","officer_name":"Matthew R. Gale","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4351676/otero-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"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/21023395-gale-ba8d5e15bcf837836225010c73e2f2eae263706a","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21056368-gale-948993-03-12-20","type":"brady-giglio"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/E8HB-matthew-gale.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115753","overtime":"40917","other":"21140","total":"177810"},"id":"E8HB","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/E8HB"}