{"active":false,"first_name":"Jorge","last_name":"Puga","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"033 DET","id":"33det"},"shield_no":4230,"ended_date":"2020-09-01","taxid":"924364","complaint_ids":[201909475,201701547,200309776,200104292],"command_history":[{"command":"GANG Q"},{"command":"023 DET","id":"23det"}],"appt_date":"1999-07-07","age":52,"lawsuits":[{"name":"Gasteratos, Adam vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-12-14","disposition_date":"2019-07-26","payout_amount":75000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"161025/2017","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Puga, Jorge A.","summary":"On or about January 1, 2016 Det. Jorge Puga improperly arrested Plaintiff for robbery but then let him go after it was determined Plaintiff was not the suspect they were looking for. Plaintiff was then improperly rearrested by Det. Puga and unnamed officers for the same alleged offense on January 16, 2016. The false arrest was motivated in part by arrest quotas. POs intentionally forwarded false information to initiate a malicious prosecution against Plaintiff. Plaintiff was compelled to make numerous court appearances to defend himself over a period of approximately 233 days. The charges were ultimately dismissed on September 15, 2016. Plaintiff suffered fright, shock, emotional distress, and physical consequences as a result of this incident.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=6IeMrjJ5q1pNeGkqirKRlw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"officer_name":"Puga, Jorge A.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-07-10","disposition_date":"2020-02-21","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"021395/2012","name":"Mendoza, Doris Canales vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":10000},{"name":"Hernandez v. The City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"Defendant Officers burst through Plaintiff's door and handcuffed all occupants of the apartment, including plaintiff. Defendant Officers searched the apartment, took Plaintiff to a precinct, where he was held for approximately twenty hours before he was released with no charges pending against him when the DA declined to prosecute","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922533-Hernandez-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922534-Hernandez-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"15CV03844","officer_name":"Jorge F. Puga","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4355247/hernandez-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"id":"G6L7","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/G6L7"}