{"active":true,"first_name":"Christopher","last_name":"Scaperotta","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"069 PCT","assignment_date":"2012-05-07","id":"69pct"},"shield_no":16864,"taxid":"949634","complaint_ids":[202402304,202300546,201412497],"appt_date":"2010-07-06","lawsuits":[{"name":"Vesprey, Andrew vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-09-09","disposition_date":"2024-06-17","payout_amount":18500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"514330/2022","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On February 22, 2021, plaintiff, an African-American male, was within the 69th Precinct, 9720 Foster Ave, Brooklyn, NY, attempting to file a complaint against a third-party. The third-party, present at the precinct, falsely alleged plaintiff of harassment. Defendant-officers, including Daniel Catalano and Christopher Scaperotta, refused to engage with plaintiff. Without probable cause, reasonable suspicion, or valid arrest, defendant-officers violently contorted plaintiff's arms, applied tight metal handcuffs, and ignored plaintiff's requests to loosen the handcuffs. Defendant-officers then proceeded to conduct, or failed to intervene in co-defendant's conduction of, an illegal search of Plaintiff in view of bystanders.\n\nDefendants detained plaintiff in a dirty cell for 7 hours. Defendants then transported plaintiff to Central Booking for 15 hours. Defendants knowingly and intentionally fabricated false and fictious evidence, observations, and occurrences to substantiate false charges against plaintiff; false allegations incorporated into a criminal court complaint signed by the defendants. On March 15, 2021, the criminal proceeding was dismissed by the King's County District Attorney's Office.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=YWd_PLUS__PLUS_JHgyUVJ456iMtvCBg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Shakespeare, Christopher, et Al vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-11-04","disposition_date":"2022-06-27","payout_amount":140000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"20CV05305","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Scaperotta, Christopher","summary":"On April 5, 2019, at approximately 8:00 pm., plaintiffs (Mr. Shakespeare, Mr. Anglin, Mr. Pitton, Mr. Minott, and Mr. Taylor) were at 9820 Glenwood Road, Brooklyn, when the defendants (Nelson Ayala, Robert Gallagher, Christopher Scaperotta, and John Doe 1 through 6) – the plaintiffs were transported to the 69th Precinct and imprisoned until April 7, 2019 – when released, an NYPD officer handed each plaintiff a summons and released them. Robert Gallagher swore on each summons that each plaintiff possessed a small quantity of marijuana – plaintiffs did not have any marijuana on them. On June 17, 2019, Mr. Minott appeared in Kings County Criminal Court and had all charges against him dismissed. On July 19, 2019, Mr. Taylor appeared in Kings County Criminal Court and the charge filed was adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.455394/gov.uscourts.nyed.455394.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/18600843/shakespeare-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21058843-scaperotta-949634-giglio","type":"brady-giglio"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/FCQP-christopher-scaperotta.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"108510","overtime":"23414","other":"27422","total":"159346"},"id":"FCQP","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/FCQP"}