{"active":false,"first_name":"Mack","last_name":"Lipinski","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"NARCBBX","assignment_date":"2011-09-19"},"shield_no":926,"ended_date":"2023-06-02","taxid":"932175","complaint_ids":[201506417,201106644,201017310,200908459,200808895,200713025,200710299,200708044,200705718,200704423,200506647,200404980],"command_history":[{"command":"075 PCT","id":"75pct"},{"command":"NARCBBS","id":"172"}],"appt_date":"2003-07-01","age":47,"shield_no_history":[20935],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Boyce, Vincent vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-12-22","disposition_date":"2023-03-27","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"034801/2020E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Lipinski, Mack","summary":"On October 18, 2019, defendant police officers approached plaintiff and, without any probable cause or legal justification, arrested plaintiff, wrongfully accusing him of possessing controlled substances. Plaintiff was then imprisoned and detained. During arraignment, plaintiff was falsely prosecuted with committing a crime, but all charges against him were eventually terminated in his favor. As a result of defendants' actions, plaintiff sustained physical and emotional harms.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240826205642/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=eGJ5RVgaFbeqSgP/r9_PLUS_Yhw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Pimble, Rashaun vs City of New York","start_date":"2020-06-11","disposition_date":"2021-01-21","payout_amount":27500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"025608/2020E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Lipinski, Mack","summary":"On April 6, 2019, plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of White Plains Road and East 219th Street, Bronx, when defendant police officers, without any probable cause or legal justification, approached plaintiff and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him with excessive force. Plaintiff was then handcuffed, arrested, and taken into custody, where he was strip-searched. During arraignment, plaintiff was falsely prosecuted with committing a crime. All charges made against plaintiff were soon terminated in his favor. As a result of defendants' actions, plaintiff sustained severe physical and emotional injuries.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240811195947/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=RQ79vWMbE4wLqkeLu0CFHw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Faulkner, John vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-12-30","disposition_date":"2022-08-08","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"034838/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Lipinski, Mack","summary":"On November 1, 2018, at approximately 3:47 p.m., John Faulkner was lawfully present at his residence in the Bronx when NYPD Detective Mack Lipinski and other unidentified officers entered the premises without a valid warrant. The officers searched Faulkner's home and person, falsely claiming to have found illegal substances, which led to his arrest. Faulkner was detained for two days, during which he was subjected to excessive force, including being handcuffed tightly and strip-searched. He was falsely charged with possession of controlled substances, but the charges were dismissed on January 28, 2019. Faulkner claims to have suffered physical and emotional injuries as a result of the wrongful arrest and excessive force.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=n5UGH_PLUS_nNA1qWEBzIbWGSIA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Morales, Thomas vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-12-28","disposition_date":"2018-05-29","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"036382/2017E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Lipinski, Mack","summary":"On December 8, 2016, defendant NYPD detective Mack Lipinski (Shield No. 0926), along with unnamed defendant NYPD officers, approached plaintiff and unlawfully (solely on the basis of his age and/or race) stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered and detained him on a street in the Bronx in an excessive manner. Plaintiff was then processed, strip searched, and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime.  Plaintiff sustained serious and permanent physical and emotional injuries as a result of this incident. The criminal action against plaintiff was later terminated favorably.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=DCx0Nmm_PLUS_ja9fu5eu3ZVGNw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Arbelaez, Sebastian, et Al vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-08-29","disposition_date":"2020-01-13","payout_amount":170000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"17CV06543","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Lipinski, Mack","summary":"Defendant officers from the Bronx Narcotics Unit forcibly entered Plaintiff's apartment with guns drawn and destructively and unreasonably searched it. Officers handcuffed all the Plaintiffs, brought them to the living room, and kept asking where the drugs were. Officers intentionally destroyed property, strip searched Plaintiffs, and took them into a room one by one to interrogate them.  3 Plaintiffs were arrested, taken to the 48th Precinct, and charged with Criminal use of drug paraphernalia in the second degree (N.Y.P.L. 220.50 (03)) and Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree (N.Y.P.L. 220.03). Criminal charges against all Plaintiffs were eventually dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.479752/gov.uscourts.nysd.479752.46.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6147858/arbelaez-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Hamed, Monadel, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-04-04","disposition_date":"2016-09-28","payout_amount":55000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"301143/2016","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Lipinski, Mack"},{"name":"Gomez-Ortiz, Nelson vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-12-23","disposition_date":"2016-10-21","payout_amount":22500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV09637","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Lipinski, Mack","summary":"Defendant Officers pulled over Plaintiff's vehicle, searched him, and arrested him, took him to the 48th Precinct, strip-searched him, and charged him with Sale of Marijuana in the 4th, Possession of Marijuana in the 5th, and Unlawful Possession, which were ACD'd.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921634-Gomez-Ortiz-v-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13347056/gomez-ortiz-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Virella, Alexis vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-03-24","disposition_date":"2016-09-07","payout_amount":12500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"021625/2015E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Lipinski, Mack"},{"name":"Velez, Camilo vs P.O. Lipinski, Mack, et al.","start_date":"2015-03-23","disposition_date":"2015-08-05","payout_amount":12500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV02137","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Lipinski, Mack","summary":"On October 7, 2014, Plaintiff Camilo Velez saw his cousin, said hello and handed him a cigar.  Defendant police officers Mack Lipinski, Brian Winrow, and John and Jane Does 1 through 10 approached Mr. Velez without probably cause or reasonable suspicion.  Defendants opened Mr. Velez's pants and reached into them, conducting an illegal search.  Though Defendants found nothing and Mr. Velez showed the officers the legal cigar that he had given his cousin, Defendants arrested Mr. Velez.  At the precinct, Defendants falsely claimed and reported that they had observed Mr. Velez commit various crimes including possession and sale of a controlled substance, and that they had found marijuana in Mr. Velez's pocket.  Plaintiff was released after approximately nineteen hours in custody.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.439944/gov.uscourts.nysd.439944.7.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4523075/velez-v-lipinski/"},{"name":"Rodriguez, Edwin vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-06-02","disposition_date":"2015-04-24","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"300753/2014","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Lipinski, Mack"},{"name":"Laspina, Pedro vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-03-27","disposition_date":"2015-04-24","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"300434/2014","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Lipinski, Mack"},{"name":"Mclean, Oswald vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-01-31","disposition_date":"2015-01-08","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"306622/2013","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Lipinski, Mack","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922231-Mclean-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}]},{"name":"Dejesus, Eduardo vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-06-10","disposition_date":"2014-07-01","payout_amount":40000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"302575/2013","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Lipinski, Mack"},{"name":"Acquavito v. The City of New York","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","payout_amount":117500,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4918712-Acquavito-v-The-City-of-New-York"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4918713-Acquavito-v-The-City-of-New-York"}],"docket":"08CV00447","officer_name":"Mack Lipinski"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"id":"KFV9","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/KFV9"}