{"active":true,"first_name":"John","last_name":"Palastro","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"MAN SAU","assignment_date":"2026-07-18","id":"753"},"shield_no":5071,"taxid":"954205","complaint_ids":[201804018],"command_history":[{"command":"001 PCT","id":"1pct"},{"command":"PSA 4","id":"PSA4"}],"appt_date":"2013-01-09","middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[9367],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Cedant, Caleb vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-08-14","disposition_date":"2015-04-07","payout_amount":45000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV04791","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Palastro, John","summary":"On July 30, 2013 at 2:15AM, the Plaintiff was viciously beaten by Defendant NYPD Officers. The Plaintiff was tackled to the ground and beaten about his head and face with fists and batons. As the Plaintiff lay on the ground he was kicked. The beating resulted in several injuries, including an orbital fracture to his left eye. Despite obviously being in medical need, the Plaintiff was transported to the precinct rather than the hospital where he remained bloodied and in significant pain for an extended period of time. \nNYPD Officers John Palastro (Shield No. 9367), Steve A. Richards (Shield No. 2946), Elvis D. Alcivar (Shield No. 29226), Roman Vilnyanskiy (Shield No. 12874), Sergeant Timothy Glent (Shield No. 1215), Karl Pattelli (Shield No. 15304), Martin Cunningham (Shield No. 13201) and six (6) unidentified NYPD officers are named as parties to the action but the role of each in the conduct is not specified.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923313-Cedant-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.359608.13.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923312-Cedant-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323603/cedant-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"payroll":{"salary":"118056","regular":"105183","overtime":"28931","other":"22097","total":"156211"},"id":"HCPV","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/HCPV"}