{"active":true,"first_name":"Andrew","last_name":"Tofalli","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"VED ZN2","assignment_date":"2024-12-20","id":"248"},"shield_no":1312,"taxid":"955584","complaint_ids":[202311837,202310075,202103678,202100558,201700929],"command_history":[{"command":"PBBN SU PST"},{"command":"077 PCT","id":"77pct"},{"command":"PBBNCRT","id":"767"}],"appt_date":"2013-07-09","middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[26431],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Burgess, Laquasia, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-05-09","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"512920/2023","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On or about February 19, 2022, when plaintiffs were siding inside their family’s car police officers pulled into the parking lot within a few minutes of the plaintiffs’ arrival and immediately approached the plaintiffs asking for identification. When plaintiffs asked for the reason why officers were asking for identification, police officers proceeded to forcibly remove the plaintiffs from the vehicle. The officers tightly handcuffed the plaintiffs and searched the car. Nothing illegal as found. The officers found an unopened Bombay Gin in the backseat that belongs to a backseat seated member. Nonetheless, the officers transported the plaintiffs to the precinct and seized the vehicle. Police accused the plaintiffs for drinking an alcoholic beverage or was in possession of an open container in his car. The prosecutors declined to prosecute some plaintiffs. Those plaintiffs that are prosecuted are dismissed from the charges. After the release, plaintiffs asked the police to release their seized properties to them. But the police officers refused to release plaintiff’s properties, including but not limited to the cell phones, cell phone accessories, Bombay Gin, clothes, credit card, and wallets. The officers also refused to release plaintiffs’ car to him until four months later.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=RPfCc5t_PLUS_tsLotDHqzFvUMQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Taylor, Dennis vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-01-09","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"523050/2019","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Tofalli, Andrew J.","summary":"On July 24, 2018, the plaintiff drove from New Jersey to Brooklyn, New York, to visit his mother. After parking his vehicle a block away, he stopped briefly to greet two brothers he knew at 1735 Sterling Place. While the plaintiff was speaking with the brothers, 15-20 individuals with motorcycles, whom the plaintiff did not know, were also present. At approximately 6:50 p.m., police officers, including Sergeant Gabriel Cuevas, arrived at the scene and ordered everyone to disperse.\n\nThe plaintiff was about to enter the brothers’ property to avoid being subjected to the officers' orders, but Sergeant Cuevas screamed at him to leave. When the plaintiff attempted to explain his connection to the residents, Sergeant Cuevas became angry and, without provocation, charged at the plaintiff, pushing him onto a nearby motorcycle. Several officers then assaulted the plaintiff, punching him for about ten minutes without legal justification, causing injuries to his back, ribs, and earlobes.\n\nDespite his visible injuries and difficulty breathing, the plaintiff was unlawfully handcuffed, searched, and falsely arrested without probable cause. He was transported to the 77th Precinct, where he requested medical attention. The plaintiff was taken to two hospitals for treatment of his injuries, including severe bruising to his ribs. He was detained for over 40 hours and charged with assaulting Sergeant Cuevas based on fabricated allegations. After numerous court appearances, all charges were dismissed by September 24, 2018.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=j6pkxitDn/9cPY6aFnyqSQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Sagy, Igal vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-04-13","disposition_date":"2022-10-11","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"18CV01975","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Tofalli, Andrew J.","summary":"Plaintiff sustained injuries from being tasered and beat by Defendant Officers before being arrested, was not given proper medical attention. Plaintiff had seven different charges filed against him, all of which were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.415377/gov.uscourts.nyed.415377.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7363688/sagy-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Stewart, Fitzpatrick vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-11-24","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"522306/2017","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Tofalli, Andrew J.","summary":"On January 27, 2017, Plaintiff was lawfully and properly present on the premises when Defendant Tofalli and other NYPD defendants assaulted and battered the Plaintiff without probable or just case, grounds, or provocation. Plaintiff suffered injury and damage both mentally and physically, severe nervous shock, and emotional distress and illness. Defendants wrongfully and unlawfully arrested, detained, and imprisoned Plaintiff despite knowing Plaintiff was innocent of the criminal charges then and there filed against him. Plaintiff was compelled to appear before a judge to be arraigned, where the charges were dismissed, discharged, and disposed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=HrMOtAYAXzSOLbisean9hA==","type":"complaint"}]}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-10-04","case_no":"2023-28775","penalty":"B - Command Discipline, instructions","recommendation":"Charges and Specifications","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to make required entries in Department logs (activity log)."},{"desc":"Failed to make required entries in Department logs (sign out of command log)"}]},{"disposition_date":"2023-06-28","case_no":"2022-25969","recommendation":"Other","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules."}]},{"disposition_date":"2022-12-22","case_no":"2022-27142","penalty":"B - Command Discipline, vacation days (1 day)","recommendation":"Command Discipline - B","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules."},{"desc":"Wrongfully frisked an individual known to the Department."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21029510-tofalli-c6449efc8e7a3033d4777849e789af8b7c95b515","type":"brady-giglio","complaints":[{"complaint_id":201909824,"available":true}]},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21615318-955584000_tofalli-955584-11-16-21","type":"brady-giglio"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/GU7R-andrew-tofalli.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"108510","overtime":"19348","other":"25494","total":"153353"},"id":"GU7R","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/GU7R"}