{"active":true,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Sher","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"062 PCT","assignment_date":"2022-09-08","id":"62pct"},"shield_no":7435,"taxid":"951244","complaint_ids":[202512594,202409882,202003703,202002006,201903875,201903093,201210968,201206794],"command_history":[{"command":"QM SEC","id":"59"},{"command":"PBBS","id":"PBBS"},{"command":"070 PCT","id":"70pct"}],"appt_date":"2011-07-06","lawsuits":[{"name":"Chan, Yu Hin & Gu, Feifei vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-03-18","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"25CV00029","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","documents":[{"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.634748/gov.uscourts.nysd.634748.8.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69533568/chan-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Smith, Andrew vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-06-08","disposition_date":"2024-03-04","payout_amount":212500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"21CV03096","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"On May 30, 2020 Plaintiff Andrew Smith was present at a BLM protest in Brooklynalong with several hundred others. Detective PO Michael Sher was among the dozens of NYPD officers policing the protest. The protestors had their hands up to demonstrate that they were present peacefully. Officers began forcibly pushing protestors to make way for an NYPD SUV when Detective Sher shoved Plaintiff, snatched his mask, and sprayed him with pepper spray in his eyes. Plaintiff was aided by another protester. He was not arrested.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.464959/gov.uscourts.nyed.464959.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/59952171/smith-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Sher, Michael","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2017-02-17","disposition_date":"2017-05-22","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","docket":"502958/2017","name":"Khoja, Omran vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":50000}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2022-03-29","case_no":"2021-24274","recommendation":"Charges and Specifications","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to obtain medical treatment."},{"desc":"Used improper force tactics."},{"desc":"Wrongfully discourteous to an individual known to the Department."}]},{"disposition_date":"2021-05-25","case_no":"2021-23461","penalty":"Dismissal probation (12 months), pre-trial suspension days (30 days), vacation days (25 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Failed to prepare a property clerk's invoice worksheet, as required.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"},{"desc":"Failed to safeguard found property. Violated patrol rules..","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"},{"desc":"Made inappropriate comments. Wrongfully used offensive language..","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"}]},{"disposition_date":"2016-03-11","case_no":"2015-14744","penalty":"Dismissal probation (12 months), vacation days (30 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Did fail and neglect to immediately comply with a direct order.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Did fail and neglect to safeguard his restricted parking permit.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Did fail to return his 2014 Department parking permit as required and lied by indicating the he had returned the permit.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Did wrongfully operate a motorcycle with a mutilated license plate to which only two of the license plate numbers were legible.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Did wrongfully place an unauthorized plastic cover over the front and rear license plate of his vehicle and placed the vehicles registration inside of a foil bag and affixed it to the windshield.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Did wrongfully place an unauthorized plastic cover over the rear license plate of his vehicle and placed the vehicles registration inside of a foil bag and affixed it to the windshield.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, did fail and neglect to be properly attired while wearing his uniform.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, failed to put on his police uniform in a timely manner after being directed to do so by a Sergeant known to the Department.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, was absent from assignment without permission or police necessity having been directed to take a security post.","disposition":"Guilty"}],"documents":[{"name":"Employment History Summary","url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22085732-seh_951244","type":"employment-history"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22266060-951244_07142022_2022030pdf","date":"2022-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","type":"trial-decision"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21028821-sher-341eae0ac004b3d8d4500249b7ff494ee0152c90","type":"brady-giglio","complaints":[{"complaint_id":201402962,"available":true}]},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21058172-giglio_sher-951244-05-26-21","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26157714-8935-iab-fi-2020-416/"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/FHTH-michael-sher.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"108510","overtime":"70470","other":"26761","total":"205742"},"news":[{"url":"https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/03/nypd-excessive-force-discipline-george-floyd-protests/","title":"Almost Every NYPD Cop Charged with Excessive Force During the George Floyd Protests Escaped Serious Punishment","source":"The City","date":"2025-06-03"},{"url":"https://www.nyc.gov/assets/ccrb/downloads/pdf/policy_pdf/issue_based/2020NYCProtestReport.pdf","title":"2020 NYC Protests","source":"CCRB","date":"2023-01-24"},{"url":"https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/8/29/23327473/nypd-cop-pepper-spray-blm-protest-use-of-force-discipline","title":"Cop Who Bragged About Ripping Down Mask to Pepper Spray Protester Escapes Discipline for Use of Force","source":"The City","date":"2022-08-29"},{"url":"https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-bodycam-footage-shows-cop-pepper-spray-peaceful-protester-20200616-7o5vmqw5qvhp5drg3ja3aawso4-story.html","title":"'I ripped the s--- off and I used it,' cop bragged after taking off Brooklyn protester's mask and pepper-spraying him, bodycam footage shows","source":"New York Daily News","date":"2020-06-16"}],"id":"FHTH","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/FHTH"}