{"active":true,"first_name":"Timothy","last_name":"Commander","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"063 DET","assignment_date":"2024-06-16","id":"63det"},"shield_no":1920,"taxid":"960385","complaint_ids":[202400696,202311238,202304482,202101338,202101018],"command_history":[{"command":"PBBS SU PST"},{"command":"063 PCT","id":"63pct"},{"command":"PBBSCRT","id":"768"}],"appt_date":"2016-01-06","middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[6072],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Zaibak, Rani vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-04-25","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"500711/2024","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On January 8, 2021, Plaintiff was lawfully present at the Kings Plaza Mall at which time he saw Police Officer Defendants (Police Officer Timothy Commander and John Does 1-10) running toward him without probable cause or legal justification. When Defendant Officers caught up to Plaintiff, they shot him two times in the back with a taser. Plaintiff fell to the ground and felt like his back was on fire from being shot. Defendant Officers approach Plaintiff as he was on the ground and put a gun to his head, unlawfully handcuffed him, and falsely arrested him. Instead of calling an ambulance for Plaintiff to treat any injuries, the Defendants removed the taser wires from Plaintiff's back themselves. All charges against Plaintiff were dismissed. Additionally, the officers unlawfully damages, searched, and seized plaintiff's vehicle and drove it to the 63rd Precinct where it was held for approximately 2 weeks before it was returned to Plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=aO/LfRiKKsgSAV1OYVrLiA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Baptiste, Erica Jean vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-03-21","disposition_date":"2025-07-23","payout_amount":55000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"24CV00798","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"On or about December 22, 2021, Eric Jean Baptiste was approached by four police officers (\"John Doe #1 through John Doe #4\") as he exited a cab in which he had been a passenger.  John Doe #1 through John Doe #4 were dressed in plain clothes and had been driving an unmarked car.  John Doe #1 through John Doe #4 instructed Baptiste to come over to them, each holding one hand on a pistol.  When Baptiste ignored their commands and walked away, John Doe #1 through John Doe #4 followed him, and he was also apprehended by two officers (\"John Doe #5 and John Doe #6\") in an unmarked vehicle.  \n\nWhen Baptiste walked away from John Doe #5 and John Doe #6, he was approached by another unmarked car, from which three more officers (\"John Doe #7 through John Doe #9\") exited.  John Doe #7 through John Doe #9, holding tasers, instructed Baptiste to get on the ground, then pinned him down. While Baptiste was pinned to the ground, one of John Doe #7 through John Doe #9 placed his knee into Baptiste's arm, another of John Doe #7 through John Doe #9 placed his knee of Baptiste's right knee, and another of John Doe #7 through John Doe #9 punched Baptiste in the mouth.  John Doe #7 through John Doe #9 recovered a bag of marijuana from Baptiste's person.  Baptiste was handcuffed and taken to the 63rd Precinct, and to Central Booking, where he was charged with Resisting Arrest.  After being released from Central Booking, Baptiste went for an MRI, which showed that John Doe #7 through John Doe #9 had fractured and caused ligament tears to his left elbow.  Baptiste was never charged by the King's County District Attorney's Office.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.509767/gov.uscourts.nyed.509767.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68220943/baptiste-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-07-05","case_no":"2022-26494","penalty":"Training","recommendation":"Other","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to make required entries in Department logs."},{"desc":"Failed to prepare required reports."}]},{"disposition_date":"2023-01-25","case_no":"2022-26493","penalty":"A - Command Discipline","recommendation":"Command Discipline - A","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules - failed to provide business card"}]}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/KTEX-timothy-commander.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"108510","overtime":"37357","other":"21832","total":"167700"},"id":"KTEX","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/KTEX"}