{"active":false,"first_name":"Joel","last_name":"Edwards","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT DS","command":{"command":"NARCBQN","assignment_date":"2025-01-27","id":"177"},"shield_no":3692,"ended_date":"2026-01-02","taxid":"936544","complaint_ids":[201902971,201804757,201410808,201409865,201005732],"command_history":[{"command":"108 PCT","id":"108pct"},{"command":"028 PCT","id":"28pct"}],"appt_date":"2005-01-10","age":47,"middle_initial":"P","shield_no_history":[27771],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Nesbit, James vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-02-08","disposition_date":"2018-02-21","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Order/Judgment (Verdict)","docket":"16CV00576","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Edwards, Joel","summary":"Defendant Officers approached Plaintiff while he was on his stoop, arrested him, and charged him with Sale and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Charges were later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.452681.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4356496/nesbit-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Bonjean-Alpart, Winnifred vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-09-09","disposition_date":"2017-06-13","payout_amount":80000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV06248","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Edwards, Joel","summary":"Defendant Officers approached Plaintiff while she was with a friend on the stoop of an apartment building and questioned if empty open containers near them were theirs.  Plaintiff said no because she hadn't been drinking.  Then the officers entered the apartment building and went up to the apartment where Plaintiff's friends were having a party. Plaintiff followed and advised her friends they did not have to allow the officers in. Officer Pennacchia then slammed Plaintiff, handcuffed her, and took her to the 28th Precinct. Officers found a fake ID in her purse and charged her with charged her with 170.25 criminal possession of a forged instrument, possession of alcohol by a minor (for the empty bottles on the stoop), and disorderly conduct. All charges were later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23690670-bonjean-alpart-complaint","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4523220/bonjean-alpart-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Bonjean-Alpart, Winnifred vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-06-12","disposition_date":"2017-05-04","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Administrative Closing","docket":"155788/2015","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Edwards, Joel"},{"officer_name":"Edwards, Joel","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2013-12-09","disposition_date":"2017-09-06","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","docket":"022064/2013","name":"Herrera, Maria vs Edwards, Joel, et al.","payout_amount":90000}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2021-09-29","case_no":"2021-23930","recommendation":"Command Discipline - B","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to properly process evidence while on duty."}]}],"id":"FM89","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/FM89"}