{"active":true,"first_name":"Gerard","last_name":"Fenton","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"CRC","assignment_date":"2023-06-26","id":"CRC"},"shield_no":1430,"taxid":"951725","complaint_ids":[202202564,201902638,201709690,201707808,201704687,201608632,201411002,201410028,201409510,201403179,201309071],"command_history":[{"command":"077 PCT","id":"77pct"},{"command":"106 PCT","id":"106pct"}],"appt_date":"2012-01-09","middle_initial":"P","shield_no_history":[6680],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Peters, Sudesh et Al vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-04-08","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"25CV01548","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","documents":[{"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.528934/gov.uscourts.nyed.528934.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69762409/peters-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Johnson, Dominic vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-08-27","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"520930/2017","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Fenton, Gerard P.","summary":"On October 28, 2014, the plaintiff, Dominic Johnson, was present at the corner of Franklin Avenue and St. John's Place, Kings County, New York, where he observed and recorded a police arrest. During this time, police officers, identified as P.O. James Burnett and P.O. Gerard P. Fenton, allegedly assaulted, battered, and unlawfully arrested him without provocation. Johnson claims that his face was smashed onto the pavement, and he was subjected to physical violence, including being punched, kicked, choked, and dragged. He further alleges that he was never informed of the reason for his arrest or read his Miranda rights.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=PROlfSIF7clqpuKsHReUZw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Burton, Eduardo vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-12-24","disposition_date":"2021-02-14","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"19CV06677","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Fenton, Gerard P.","summary":"On February 27, 2018, NYPD officers, including Stephen Daly, Matthew Vahey, Patrick Barry, Lenno Hendricks, Shawn Soler, Kenneth Paek, Daniel Keane, Dennis Mogelnicki, Eric Miller, and “John” Richardson, forcibly entered an apartment in which plaintiffs were staying. Officers entered the bedroom, pointed guns at plaintiffs, and handcuffed them. The officers were then joined by NYPD officers John Uske, Captain John Breslin, Sergeant David Cheesewright, Leonard Clarke, Andrew Kamna, Lawrende Hotaling, Kellan O’Neill, Gerard Fenton, and Christopher Griffith. Although the officers knew that plaintiffs did not reside at the apartment and that they were not the target of the search warrant, they continued plaintiffs' arrests. Plaintiffs were transported to the 84th Police Precinct. The officers manufactured false evidence, which Uske conveyed to the District Attorney’s office.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.442010/gov.uscourts.nyed.442010.15.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16518855/burton-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"John, Nicholas vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-08-26","disposition_date":"2016-03-03","payout_amount":55000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV04882","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Fenton, Gerard P.","summary":"Defendant Officers approached Plaintiff on the street without provocation and assaulted him before and after handcuffing him, and took him to the 77th precinct, where Defendant Officer Swofford alleged that Plaintiff swung at him. All charges against plaintiff were later dismissed and sealed.  A few months later, Defendant Officers Fenton and Burnett ran after Plaintiff, attacked him, handcuffed him, and put him in a chokehold.  Plaintiff was brought to the 77th Precinct and charges with various crimes that were later dismissed and sealed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920977-John-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4520556/john-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Pratt, Archie vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-07-16","disposition_date":"2016-05-09","payout_amount":14000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV04095","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Fenton, Gerard P.","summary":"Plaintiff and friends were talking to a neighbor while defendant officers approached and accosted plaintiff and his friends of smoking. Defendant officers then demanded plaintiffs' identifications and plaintiff did so. Plaintiff then read out defendant officer's shield number out which let to defendant officers arrest. Plaintiff was then brought to 77th precinct and charged with tampering with physical evidence. All charges were adjourned in contemplation of dismissal and were eventually dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.372709/gov.uscourts.nyed.372709.13.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920846-Pratt-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13242590/pratt-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2015-11-30","case_no":"2015-14532","penalty":"Training, vacation days (10 days)","charges":[{"desc":"While on-duty, did wrongfully leave an arrestee unattended inside the backseat of a radio motor patrol vehicle.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, improperly arrested an individual known to the Department without probable cause.","disposition":"Guilty"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22118996-951725_05232017_2017011pdf","date":"2017-05-23T00:00:00.000Z","type":"trial-decision"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21023101-fenton-faf24c59a71526016e0e3f70d7e5618b242e1793","type":"brady-giglio"}],"payroll":{"salary":"97894","regular":"97444","overtime":"27404","other":"22120","total":"146967"},"id":"J4TR","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/J4TR"}