{"active":true,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Panetta","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"068 PCT","assignment_date":"2026-08-03","id":"68pct"},"shield_no":2102,"taxid":"957004","complaint_ids":[202101338,202007098],"command_history":[{"command":"NARCBBS","id":"172"},{"command":"063 PCT","id":"63pct"}],"appt_date":"2014-07-09","middle_initial":"R","shield_no_history":[13332,5540],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Romulus, Eric vs City of New York et al.","start_date":"2026-02-25","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"545208/2025","court":"Supreme Court - New York"},{"name":"Romulus, Eric & Chaban, Ibrahim vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-10-23","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"533986/2025","court":"Supreme Court - Kings"},{"name":"Baptiste, Erica Jean vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-03-21","disposition_date":"2025-07-23","payout_amount":55000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"24CV00798","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"On or about December 22, 2021, Eric Jean Baptiste was approached by four police officers (\"John Doe #1 through John Doe #4\") as he exited a cab in which he had been a passenger.  John Doe #1 through John Doe #4 were dressed in plain clothes and had been driving an unmarked car.  John Doe #1 through John Doe #4 instructed Baptiste to come over to them, each holding one hand on a pistol.  When Baptiste ignored their commands and walked away, John Doe #1 through John Doe #4 followed him, and he was also apprehended by two officers (\"John Doe #5 and John Doe #6\") in an unmarked vehicle.  \n\nWhen Baptiste walked away from John Doe #5 and John Doe #6, he was approached by another unmarked car, from which three more officers (\"John Doe #7 through John Doe #9\") exited.  John Doe #7 through John Doe #9, holding tasers, instructed Baptiste to get on the ground, then pinned him down. While Baptiste was pinned to the ground, one of John Doe #7 through John Doe #9 placed his knee into Baptiste's arm, another of John Doe #7 through John Doe #9 placed his knee of Baptiste's right knee, and another of John Doe #7 through John Doe #9 punched Baptiste in the mouth.  John Doe #7 through John Doe #9 recovered a bag of marijuana from Baptiste's person.  Baptiste was handcuffed and taken to the 63rd Precinct, and to Central Booking, where he was charged with Resisting Arrest.  After being released from Central Booking, Baptiste went for an MRI, which showed that John Doe #7 through John Doe #9 had fractured and caused ligament tears to his left elbow.  Baptiste was never charged by the King's County District Attorney's Office.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.509767/gov.uscourts.nyed.509767.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68220943/baptiste-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Staple, Errol G. vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-12-19","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"533630/2023","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On or about December 6th, 2022, Plaintiff was lawfully in their parked vehicle when they were arrested by PO Michael R. Panetta and PO \"John Doe\". Plaintiff was grabbed out of his parked vehicle and slammed face down on the ground. Plaintiff was then violently handcuffed and taken into police custody at the 63rd Precinct. After being detained in a holding cell for a period of time, Plaintiff was taken to King's County Hospital via ambulance where he was treated for his injuries, while still handcuffed and shackled. Plaintiff was then taken back to the Precinct early the next morning. Plaintiff was then transported to Central Booking where he was arraigned and held until 7:00 pm, and then released.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240825215807/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=xY_PLUS_Z/PtqKLiHGYFBDcIFsw==","type":"complaint"}]}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-01-26","case_no":"2022-26495","recommendation":"Other","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to make required entries in Department logs."},{"desc":"Failed to prepare required reports."}]},{"disposition_date":"2023-01-25","case_no":"2022-26492","penalty":"A - Command Discipline","recommendation":"Command Discipline - A","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules - failed to provide business card"}]},{"disposition_date":"2017-09-14","case_no":"2017-17333","penalty":"Vacation days (15 days)","charges":[{"desc":"While off-duty,  failed to safeguard his off-duty firearm, resulting in its loss","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While off-duty, , utilized an unauthorized clip-on holster to secure his off-duty firearm","disposition":"Guilty"}]}],"payroll":{"salary":"119248","regular":"113394","overtime":"34201","other":"16208","total":"163802"},"id":"E9DR","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/E9DR"}