{"active":true,"first_name":"Sean","last_name":"Kern","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"GVSD Z2","assignment_date":"2020-10-11","id":"44"},"shield_no":3332,"taxid":"955000","complaint_ids":[202006783,201904703,201901581,201802848,201805222,201703653,201603445],"command_history":[{"command":"052 PCT","id":"52pct"},{"command":"SRG","id":"SRG"},{"command":"DB GVSD"}],"appt_date":"2013-07-09","age":36,"middle_initial":"C","shield_no_history":[10507],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Green, Robert vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-11-23","disposition_date":"2022-09-23","payout_amount":150000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"155364/2021","court":"Supreme Court - New York","summary":"On July 21, 2019, in the vicinity of East 112th Street and Fifth Avenue, defendant POs detained, stopped, frisked, searched and arrested plaintiff. Defendant POs also seized plaintiff's personal property, including his bicycle and cell phone. Defendant POs provided false information for prosecution of plaintiff. Plaintiff was held in custody until he was released on October 29, 2019. On November 15, 2019, defendant POs made testified falsely at a suppression hearing was held. On January 13, 2020, the judge issued a decision and order finding that the officers did not have reasonable suspicion and therefore, they were not permitted to frisk or search plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=c3wgmRukGQtxIZsp8fntuw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Devora, Desyree, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-06-30","disposition_date":"2022-08-17","payout_amount":50000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"511278/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Kern, Sean","summary":"On, or about June 6, 2019,  in the vicinity of Fountain Avenue and Hegeman Avenue,  plaintiffs were seated in the rear seats of a motor vehicle when they were unlawfully stopped by Defendants. Defendants had no legal justification for the the stop. Defendants conducted an unlawful search of the vehicle. defendants then fabricated observations to justify the search and seizure. They restrained and removed plaintiffs by rear-handcuffing them in an excessively tight fashion. Plaintiffs were then removed to the 75th precinct. Plaintiffs were then criminally processed. Defendants sent fabricated evidence to the DA, namely that a guna nd ammunition was recovered. further they supressed exculpatiory evidnce namely weapon was the product of an unlawful search and they had planted it. \n\nAfter plaintiffs’ arraignments, both were compelled to return to court multiple times to contest egregiously false criminal charges alleged against them by defendants. Defendants’ malicious prosecution against Plaintiffs terminated in Plaintiffs’ favor on December 27, 2019, when all charges were unconditionally and outright dismissed and sealed","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240801191756/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=xnLlNsBkAUSmasUGem3C5Q==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Harris, Levar vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-02-25","disposition_date":"2022-02-15","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"20CV00784","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Kern, Sean","summary":"On February 12, 2018, Plaintiff was on the street in Kings County, New York. NYPD Officers—including Sergeant Gomez, PO Kern, and PO Reyes—approached, detained, verbally abused, groped, and searched Plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.445012/gov.uscourts.nyed.445012.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16838205/harris-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Copes, Laquan vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-11-21","disposition_date":"2022-03-21","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"17CV08413","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Kern, Sean","summary":"On October 27, 2017, Mr. Laquan Copes was riding his bike in the Bronx. At least 15 members of the NYPD grabbed him off his bike and began to question and manhandle him. They assaulted Mr. Copes using their fists, legs, batons, radio, and asp. Several supervisors on the scene failed to intervene, took part in the beating, and denied Mr. Copes medical care. The officers arrested Mr. Copes and charged him with various crimes. During the course of Mr. Copes' custody, the officers delayed medical treatment, though Mr. Copes was eventually transported to a hospital. The officers fabricated paperwork and falsified documents stating that Mr. Copes was in possession of a weapon and had resisted arrest along with committing other offenses. The Bronx District Attorney undertook a prosecution on the basis of these false arrest reports, case-ready sheets, affidavits, and other official police paperwork.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4928158-Copes-v-The-City-Of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.483092/gov.uscourts.nysd.483092.54.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6260007/copes-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Lucero, Alberto and Baez, Carlos vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-10-27","disposition_date":"2018-09-27","payout_amount":40000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"304151/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Kern, Sean","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5378796-Lucero-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922543-Lucero-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}]},{"name":"Hartley, Maurice vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-02-20","disposition_date":"2016-03-31","payout_amount":40000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"020997/2015E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Kern, Sean","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922545-Hartley-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21024938-kern-43d9450bdfceb020959b84e6edbd3551a4f31c3c","type":"brady-giglio","complaints":[{"complaint_id":201900359,"available":true}]},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21058390-kern-955000-02-03-20-1","type":"brady-giglio"}],"payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115753","overtime":"33380","other":"15485","total":"164618"},"id":"KH","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/KH"}