{"active":true,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Seiger","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"GVSD Z1","assignment_date":"2025-12-10","id":"236"},"shield_no":4961,"taxid":"952225","complaint_ids":[201908277,201605910,201602020,201509246,201300969],"command_history":[{"command":"105 PCT","id":"105pct"},{"command":"INT OAS","id":"237"},{"command":"PBQS","id":"PBQS"},{"command":"075 PCT","id":"75pct"},{"command":"NARCBBN","id":"92"}],"appt_date":"2012-01-09","middle_initial":"A","shield_no_history":[16689,5718],"lawsuits":[{"officer_name":"Seiger, Michael A.","start_date":"2018-10-11","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"18CV00443","name":"Poole, Darin vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":0,"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7280165/poole-v-nyc/"},{"name":"Ayala, Catherine vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-07-07","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"512776/2017","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Seiger, Michael A.","summary":"On October 18, 2016, Plaintiff Catherine Ayala was assaulted, battered, and falsely arrested by Defendant NYPD officer MICHAEL SEIGER and two unidentified officers. The complaint does not provide further details of the circumstances of this arrest or the length of Plaintiff's detention.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=F8uucUzP3g5oBY53vMAdqQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Augustin, Garvey vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-09-30","disposition_date":"2017-06-20","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV05260","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Seiger, Michael A.","summary":"The plaintiff was rounding the corner of the street looking for a cab when an unmarked car pulled up next to him and 5 officers in plain clothes chased down and arrested him. They searched him and found nothing, but brought him to the nearby precinct anyway and searched him again. With nothing to charge the plaintiff with, the defendant officers charged him with a traffic violation for being on a roadway instead of sidewalk in violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 1156.A. The charge was later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923283-Augustin-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.391325/gov.uscourts.nyed.391325.17.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923284-Augustin-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6059357/augustin-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"payroll":{"salary":"118056","regular":"117719","overtime":"15937","other":"18605","total":"152261"},"id":"HY2M","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/HY2M"}