{"active":false,"first_name":"Aluthea","last_name":"Caviness","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"LT","command":{"command":"PSA 2","assignment_date":"2015-02-19","id":"PSA2"},"ended_date":"2023-06-02","taxid":"915435","complaint_ids":[201205516,201112748,200914967,200614018,200406128,200107449],"command_history":[{"command":"068 PCT","id":"68pct"}],"appt_date":"1995-06-30","age":54,"middle_initial":"V","shield_no_history":[16772,2733],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Ahmed, Zeeshan vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-04-16","disposition_date":"2015-09-10","payout_amount":1500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"502330/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Caviness, Aluthea","summary":"On February 3, 2013, plaintiff was legally parked and sleeping inside of his vehicle. Defendant officer John Doe and lieutenant Aluthea Caviness forced him to exit the vehicle without any reasonable suspicion or probable cause of a crime. Plaintiff was then falsely accused of and arrested for crimes he did not commit, including driving while being intoxicated. Plaintiff was taken to a precinct and held for 24 hours, after which he was criminally charged based on malice, influenced by certain NYPD policies/practices of misconduct against civilians of Middle Eastern descent.  \n\nDefendants initiated and continued the criminal proceedings against the plaintiff for a year and a half even though they knew there was no probable cause for such. The case was ultimately dismissed due to insufficient evidence in August 2014. However, as a result of the false arrest and malicious prosecution, plaintiff's CDL license was suspended, causing him to be unable to work - he also suffered emotional distress and injuries.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=lD/nKWhyZ7pyhe3quIbN5A==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Edison, Timothy vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-12-13","disposition_date":"2014-10-14","payout_amount":7501,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV07053","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Caviness, Aluthea","summary":"On February 29, 2013, plaintiff was lawfully within his residence located on 76th Street, in Brooklyn, NY. Plaintiff and his mother had gotten into a verbal dispute and his mother called 911. Plaintiff was sitting on a chair in his room when Scheblein and Caviness, approached him. Officers shocked him with a taser once in the chest and a second time in the stomach. Plaintiff fell to the floor in pain. Officers kicked and punched him. On the floor, officers shocked him on his side with the taser. Plaintiff screamed for help and medical attention. Eventually an ambulance was called and plaintiff was transported to a hospital for treatment. Plaintiff was released directly from the hospital, and his arrest was never formally processed by the New York City Police Department.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.350217/gov.uscourts.nyed.350217.19.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6293513/edison-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Oreckinto, Anita vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-07-10","disposition_date":"2014-08-19","payout_amount":6500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV03748","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Caviness, Aluthea","summary":"On March 3, 2013, Plaintiff Anita Oreckinto was in her Brooklyn home when police officers, including Jeffrey Lau, Naabil Lafaar, Michael Randazzo, Richard Scheblein, Christopher Sherrett, and Aluthea Caviness, went into her bedroom after she had her wisdom teeth removed, and then choked her, beat her causing her to urinate on herself, tightly handcuffed her, and made false statements to have her brought to the hospital before she was released three days later with no charges. Plaintiff alleges excessive force, false arrest, abuse of process, IIED, NIED, and failure to intervene.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.344514/gov.uscourts.nyed.344514.10.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6120176/oreckinto-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2022-05-03","case_no":"2021-24251","penalty":"Dismissal probation (12 months), vacation days (50 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Criminal association.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"},{"desc":"Failed to obey a lawful order/direction.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22118896-915435_05262009_2009030pdf","date":"2009-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","type":"trial-decision"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21021547-caviness-ee5e05c65bf2aae2c35308e792548a08dfc68ab4","type":"brady-giglio"}],"id":"JBZR","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/JBZR"}