{"active":false,"first_name":"Jose","last_name":"Leon","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"POM","command":{"command":"PSA 8","id":"PSA8"},"shield_no":19975,"ended_date":"2020-06-01","taxid":"962545","complaint_ids":[201908479,201904736,201807899],"appt_date":"2016-10-11","age":39,"lawsuits":[{"name":"Perez, Courtney vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-12-08","disposition_date":"2023-08-31","payout_amount":18000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"034639/2020E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Leon, Jose A.","summary":"On May 26, 2019, Plaintiff was lawfully on the street when she was approached by officers. Officers falsely accused Plaintiff of criminal possession of a weapon. Officers then handcuffed and seized Plaintiff in an excessive manner and arrested Plaintiff. Plaintiff was transported to the precinct and remained in custody for approximately 24 hours.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=rhSoCfcfRU7_PLUS_zmwfoW3uSA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Salazar, David, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-01-08","disposition_date":"2024-06-17","payout_amount":80000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"035285/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Leon, Jose A.","summary":"On December 29, 2018, the plaintiff and another person accompanying him were in his vehicle when the certain unidentified police officers including Jose Leon, Michael Lacondi and Miguel Perea, approached the car and alleged that the vehicle smelled of marijuana. The defendants then pulled the plaintiff out of his vehicle by his arm and began to unlawfully search the plaintiff when the plaintiff scared of the situation started to run but then stopped and completed the pat down search. The defendants then threw the plaintiff to the ground and tasered him twice when he was face down on the ground. They then handcuffed him. Both, the plaintiff and the accompanying person were then taken to the hospital and then brought to the Bronx Criminal Court.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=MBCdjNyCuFsY25GKbTNU/A==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Mulligan, Dwayne vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-05-07","disposition_date":"2020-02-20","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"025305/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Leon, Jose A.","summary":"On January 30, 2019, Plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of 1725 Randall Ave, Bronx, NY and doing nothing illegal, improper or acting suspicious in anyway. Defendant officers approached Plaintiff for no reason, and based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations, and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff was arrested, brought to a Bronx police precinct, and subjected to a strip search while in the custody of defendants without any legal reason or justification. Plaintiff was arraigned after his arrest and thereafter falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime. Thereafter, Plaintiff remained incarcerated for over 24 hours and was required to make numerous court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against him were terminated favorably.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=16SxuzDfKlrULA2IBr_PLUS_HcQ==","type":"complaint"}]}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/JNHP-jose-leon.jpg","id":"JNHP","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/JNHP"}