{"active":true,"first_name":"Matthew","last_name":"Kancler","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"GVSD Z1","assignment_date":"2021-05-03","id":"236"},"shield_no":1843,"taxid":"943424","complaint_ids":[201606217],"command_history":[{"command":"067 DET","id":"67det"},{"command":"067 PCT","id":"67pct"}],"appt_date":"2007-01-10","middle_initial":"A","shield_no_history":[24243],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Hall, Semrick vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-01-30","disposition_date":"2025-04-16","payout_amount":48000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"523588/2019","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Kancler, Matthew","summary":"On or about 1:00 AM on August 17, at or near 1410 Brooklyn Ave, Apt. 2G, the police received a 911 call from Mr. Videau, who claimed had suffered a concussion and was assaulted by individuals. He stated that these individuals were “still present” at the time of the call and that he was assaulted by three people. He also claimed these individuals had “guns.” When the police arrived, the only assaulting individual identified by Mr. Videau was a 6’2\" Black male, while the Plaintiff is 5’9\". Witnesses at the scene also informed the police that no robbery had taken place. Moreover, upon information received by this office, Mr. Videau is addicted to controlled substances and was under the influence of them when the police arrived.\n\nApproximately eight hours after Mr. Videau suffered his injuries, he was brought to the 67th Precinct to conduct an identification procedure. Defendant Detective Felicia Simon failed to inform the District Attorney’s office that Mr. Videau had suffered head injuries that could affect his ability to accurately recall faces, names, and events. Detective Simon performed a tainted identification procedure, while she informed Mr. Videau that one person he identified was a member of a gang, who was not the Plaintiff. She then presented Mr. Videau with six individuals, informing him that they were associates of the identified gang member and known perpetrators. As a result, Mr. Videau made an incorrect identification of the Plaintiff, who was not even present at 1410 Brooklyn Ave at the time of the incident.\n\nAfter August 17, 2017, the 67th Precinct continued to investigate the assault, which was then reclassified as a robbery. On the same day, Detective Simon discovered that Mr. Videau had previously been arrested for violations of court orders, crimes of dishonesty, and crimes of physical violence in a background check. However, this information was not forwarded to the DA’s office.\n\nOn August 24, 2019, an arrest was made of the two other individuals who were purportedly identified by Mr. Videau. The Kings County DA’s Office declined to prosecute both individuals due to the inability to confirm their identifications from the complaint. The phone number provided by the complainant was either false or disconnected. On the same day, Defendant Officer Matthew Kancler attempted to contact Mr. Videau, but the address given by Mr. Videau was false, as he had not lived there for about three to four years. Additionally, Officer Kancler was informed that Mr. Videau was homeless. Defendant Kancler also talked to his contact who confirmed that Mr. Videau was homeless and went by a different name.\n\nOn August 31, 2017, Plaintiff was arrested inside his home at 508 Cleveland Street. Defendant Detective Jovaniel Cardova and Sergeant Bersch entered his home without an arrest warrant. This arrest occurred even though the previous two arrests based on the complainant’s allegations had both been dismissed due to lack of confirmation from Mr. Videau. Consequently, Defendant Detective Khalil falsely informed the KCDA’s Office that he had received a confirmation text from Mr. Videau identifying the plaintiff as the perpetrator. As a result, the plaintiff was arraigned on August 31, 2017, and was imprisoned on a $30,000 bond, or $20,000 in cash. The plaintiff spent six days in prison before being released on September 5, 2017. All criminal charges against the plaintiff relating to this arrest were dismissed on the motion of the KCDA on December 13, 2017.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=fmqjLY50wsSXbo8/bJqGRQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"May-Shaw, Christopher Peyton vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-07-05","disposition_date":"2020-09-03","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"19CV03416","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Kancler, Matthew","summary":"Around 3:30 pm on August 10, 2016, Mr. May-Shaw was exiting the Holiday Inn with his female companion, Ms. Morris, and walking towards her rental car so he could retrieve his ID card. After getting his ID, they began walking down the street when 3-4 police officers jumped out of a vehicle with tinted windows and told them to stop walking. The officers proceeded to search Mr. May-Shaw and Ms. Morris but discovered nothing. The officers placed both individuals in handcuffs and placed them in separate unmarked cars. The officers then went to search the rental car. \n\nMr. May-Shaw was brought to the precinct, where officers interrogated him and claimed they found narcotics in the rental car. The officers coerced Mr. May-Shaw into signing a statement that he possessed narcotics in exchange for releasing Ms. Morris. They then went to search the hotel room and informed Mr. May-Shaw he would be charged with a felony drug charge and Ms. Morris would be charged with a misdemeanor drug charge. The defendant officers fabricated evidence that they provided to the DA. As a result, Mr. May-Shaw was indicted and held on Rikers Island until the charges were dismissed. However, the officers never returned Mr. May-Shaw's property to him, including almost $12,000.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.434671/gov.uscourts.nyed.434671.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Hogan, Robert Aka May-Shaw, Christopher Peyton vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-11-01","disposition_date":"2021-02-26","payout_amount":65000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"17CV05591","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Kancler, Matthew","summary":"On June 15, 2016, NYPD officers pulled over the plaintiff, falsely alleging that the vehicle he was in (not his own car, but a Porsche he was transporting from Michigan to its new owner in NY) had a forged license plate and illegally tinted windows. Officers arrested plaintiff immediately, searched him, then impounded and searched the vehicle. The one arresting officer, searching the vehicle alone, claimed to have found handgun under the driver seat in front of where plaintiff was sitting, though she had earlier made inconsistent statements about the gun's location. Plaintiff denies having any connection to or knowledge of the gun. NYPD seized plaintiff's personal property, which included electronics, accessories and clothing, documents, and $6747. Except for some one of the documents, all of plaintiff's possessions were not invoiced and remain \"missing.\" Plaintiff was then maliciously prosecuted for 13 months, where the arresting officer made numerous false claims in court. On July  21, 2017, the criminal case against plaintiff was dismissed.\n\nOn August 8, 2016, NYPD officers again arrested plaintiff (and his girlfriend) when he was back in NY to fight the earlier criminal case, allegedly upon suspicion (an anonymous tip) that he was participating in a drug deal, as they were leaving their hotel. Officers searched plaintiff's girlfriend's vehicle, parked outside the hotel, seizing his backpack and its contents in the process. At the precinct, plaintiff was searched and interrogated by at least four officers. Under duress, he authorized officers to search his hotel room, where they subsequently went and seized all of his possessions. Plaintiff was again maliciously prosecuted for seven moths. Evidence adduced at trial contradicted NYPD's account. The second case against plaintiff was also dismissed voluntarily by the DA, who refused to put the reason for the dismissal on the record despite the court's request they do so. \n\nIn conjunction with both arrests and criminal cases, plaintiff spent about 12.6 months detained at Rikers and made 32 different court appearances. None of plaintiff's possessions were ever returned, nor was he provided with notice/vouchers about how to reclaim his possessions of obtain compensation.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.407404/gov.uscourts.nyed.407404.130.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6174602/may-shaw-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Jones, Dwayne vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-07-29","disposition_date":"2017-05-18","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"15CV04400","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Kancler, Matthew","summary":"Plaintiff was on the street when defendant officers came and arrested him. Plaintiff was accused of smoking a marijuana cigarette and then flushed into the toilet. Plaintiff was later charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and tampering with physical evidence. The case was ACD'd later.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.373355/gov.uscourts.nyed.373355.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4520531/jones-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/21024782-kancler-aaae8dda74fb85f5c859c873c0e36ce1de9aa332","type":"brady-giglio"}],"payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115753","overtime":"43093","other":"23333","total":"182178"},"id":"EYEX","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/EYEX"}