{"active":false,"first_name":"Scott","last_name":"Sweeney","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"LT SA","command":{"command":"ESU","id":"83"},"ended_date":"2019-12-02","taxid":"900144","complaint_ids":[201704854,200612862,200006729,9804611,9503772],"command_history":[{"command":"PBMS SC"},{"command":"H SP OP","id":"590"}],"appt_date":"1992-01-12","lawsuits":[{"name":"Santagata, Thomas Anthony Jr. vs P.O. Diaz, Edgardo, et al.","start_date":"2017-07-14","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"17CV03053","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Sweeney, Scott M.","summary":"On November 6, 2014, Plaintiff was sitting in his car in his driveway when a police officer, the defendant approached him. The plaintiff exited his car and was placed in handcuffs, searched, and had his legal knife taken by the defendant. He was charged with possession of a gravity night which was later dismissed. On July 22, 2015, police officers arrived at the plaintiff's residence in response to a 911 call of a mob. Police officers questioned the plaintiff's grandma but he ignored them. Officer McAvoy broke down a door to the plaintiff's residence in order to question him regarding a claim from neighbors that the plaintiff menaced them with a knife.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923794-Santagata-v-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6111602/santagata-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Smith, Kenneth vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-11-20","disposition_date":"2017-09-19","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"14CV09069","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Sweeney, Scott M.","summary":"On Feb. 16, 2012, Plaintiff Smith was walking near 225 Park Hill Ave. in Richmond County (Staten Island). He was not acting suspiciously and did not possess any contraband or controlled substances. At this point, officers approached, accosted, and arrested plaintiff. He was taken to 120th Precinct and then holding cells at 67 Targee in Staten Island. Defendant Officers imprisoned Smith for over 30 hours after his arrest. The charges against Smith were dismissed after his arraignment. \n\nWhile the plaintiff was being held, his designated “ arresting officer” , Daniel Pantelo, with the acquiescence of other defendants, misrepresented facts in the police reports and other documents that the plaintiff had committed offenses when in fact this was not true. The false representations included, but were not limited to, that the plaintiff possessed marijuana, false representations as to the amount of marijuana, and the plaintiff ‘s presence at 225 Park Hill Avenue, Apt 6D, Staten Island, NY. The plaintiff was also subjected to a degrading search of his private parts and genitals by the defendants.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.435041/gov.uscourts.nysd.435041.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/5585129/smith-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Sweeney, Scott M.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2010-05-24","disposition_date":"2015-04-27","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"10CV02322","name":"Castro, Marcos vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":20000,"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922700-Castro-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13138067/castro-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"}],"id":"FGPK","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/FGPK"}