{"active":false,"first_name":"Welinton","last_name":"Gomez","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"PBMN","assignment_date":"2025-07-17","id":"PBMN"},"shield_no":4163,"ended_date":"2026-04-01","taxid":"941025","command_history":[{"command":"BX CT","id":"89"},{"command":"023 PCT","id":"23pct"}],"middle_initial":"A","shield_no_history":[23039],"appt_date":"2006-01-31","lawsuits":[{"name":"Mendez, Maya vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-05-15","disposition_date":"2019-11-04","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"152949/2018","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Gomez, Welinton","summary":"On July 17, 2016, at approximately 9:00 p.m., Plaintiff was at the 103rd Street 6 Train Subway Station in New York City engaging in no illegal behavior or suspicious activity.\n\nThere, Police Officer Michael Ayala and Sergeant Welinton Gomez and other unnamed John Does #1-10 a officers, unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, and searched Plaintiff. Officers did not recover any illegal drugs, weapons or contraband from plaintiff or from her possession, custody, or control.\n\nPlaintiff was handcuffed and taken to the 23rd Precinct without probable cause or legal justification. During her time in custody, Plaintiff suffered an asthma attack due to stress and anxiety, requiring treatment at Bellevue Hospital. Plaintiff was then transported from Bellevue Hospital to New York County Central Booking and placed in a holding cell.\n\nOn July 18, 2016,  after spending approximately 18 hours in custody, she was released when the New York County District Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute her.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Bgep/Ll2oOKRJVtmSHb9Vw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Dawson, Valerie, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-12-04","disposition_date":"2016-09-30","payout_amount":58500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV08626","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Gomez, Welinton","summary":"Defendant Officers forced their way into Plaintiff's apartment, searched it, and allegedly found something in a bedroom that belonged to none of the Plaintiffs present.  Plaintiffs were all arrested, brought to the 40th Precinct, questioned, threatened, and then released without charges after 17 hours.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921548-Dawson-et-al-v-The-City-Of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4356056/dawson-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Gomez, Welinton","disposition":"Zero Disposition","start_date":"2012-12-04","disposition_date":"2013-02-26","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"12CV04341","name":"Cornielis, Jose vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":0,"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/5657666/cornielis-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2015-04-27","case_no":"2015-13523","penalty":"Dismissal probation (12 months), vacation days (30 days)","charges":[{"desc":"While on-duty, failed to conduct proper investigations","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, wrongfully made false entries regarding his investigations","disposition":"Guilty"}]}],"id":"HVYP","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/HVYP"}