{"active":true,"first_name":"Ronnie","last_name":"Rivera","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DT2","command":{"command":"CRM CTL","assignment_date":"2026-04-22","id":"232"},"shield_no":6312,"taxid":"955385","complaint_ids":[202001196,201902296,201807395,201805346,201700442,201600251],"command_history":[{"command":"067 DET","id":"67det"},{"command":"067 PCT","id":"67pct"}],"appt_date":"2013-07-09","shield_no_history":[10655],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Albright, Shakeeth vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-05-17","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"512836/2022","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On May 3, 2019, P.O.s approached the Plaintiff, who was lawfully present on the second floor of the privately owned apartment in Brooklyn. Without factual basis that the Plaintiff violated the law; P.O.s asked the Plaintiff to cooperate with the NY City Police Dpt. The plaintiff was lawfully in the building as a guest of a tenant in the building. P.O.s unlawfully searched for the Plaintiff without probable cause. Without finding any, P.O.s transported the Plaintiff to the 67th Precinct against his will. P.O.s unlawfully searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and detained Plaintiff in holding cells with many other prisoners in each cell. Based on the fabricated allegations, Plaintiff was arraigned in Kings County Criminal Court on May 4, 2019, and falsely charged with Criminal Trespass in the Second degree.  As a result, on May 4, 2019, all charges against the Plaintiff were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Lsgg6QDfI6XdW3OCAYtpVA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Nicholson, Jamel vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-05-17","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"512835/2022","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On May 3, 2019, P.O.s approached the Plaintiff, who was lawfully present on the second floor of the privately owned apartment in Brooklyn. Without factual basis that the Plaintiff violated the law, P.O.s asked the Plaintiff to cooperate with the NY City Police Dpt. The plaintiff was lawfully in the building as a guest of a tenant in the building. Nonetheless, P.O.s unlawfully searched for the Plaintiff without probable cause. Without finding any, P.O.s transported the Plaintiff to the 67th Precinct against his will. P.O.s unlawfully searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and detained Plaintiff in holding cells with many other prisoners in each cell. Based on the fabricated allegations, Plaintiff was arraigned in Kings County Criminal Court on May 4, 2019, and falsely charged with Criminal Trespass in the Second degree.  As a result, on May 4, 2019, all charges against the Plaintiff were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=rxd3dcRI3r9oFN8a67bSqg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Martin, Jerelle vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-08-04","disposition_date":"2022-04-14","payout_amount":7500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"519452/2021","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On January 14, 2020, at approximately 3:00 p.m., plaintiff JERELLE MARTIN, while lawfully in the vicinity of 1111 Rutland Road in Brooklyn, New York, was subject to an unlawful stop, question, frisk, search, false arrest, and false imprisonment by the defendant New York City police officers. The officers in particular were Aurel Hoxha (Shield No. 13176) and Officer Ronnie Rivera (10655) and 10 unnamed officers. In addition, Plaintiff was subjected to an assault, battery, and use of excessive force by the defendant Officers, causing him to suffer physical as well as emotional and mental injuries. During Plaintiff's detainment, Plaintiff was denied medical treatment for his bleeding face, arms, and hands, but decided against it after defendant officers threatened they would extend his stay in jail if they had to take him to the hospital. \n\n Plaintiff was then unlawfully imprisoned at the 67th  Precinct Police Station for approximately 24 hours until he was released on his own recognizance. Plaintiff was denied the right to due process and a fair trial until the resisting arrest charges against Plaintiff were dismissed and sealed on or about March 15, 2021.  Plaintiff was deprived of his constitutional and common law rights when the individual defendants unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched, confined, assaulted, battered, subjected to excessive force, falsely arrested, falsely imprisoned, and denied plaintiff the right to due process and a fair trial in violation of the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the common law and the laws of the State of New York.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ABFErO1jONQvE65oMUgk7w==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Caille, Dieuverson vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-07-01","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"515974/2021","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On August 22, 2019, plaintiff, an adult Black or African American male, was walking peacefully on the street with friends. Defendant-officers, including Ronnie Rivera (Shield No. 10655), Kristopher Lopez (Shield No. 3351), and Joseph Grimm, aggressively approached plaintiff. Without probable cause or reasonable suspicion, defendants unlawfully questioned plaintiff regarding illegal activity. Defendants' actions arose due to plaintiff's status as a Black or African American male. Subsequently, defendants violently grabbed plaintiff and dragged plaintiff by his hair, before tightly handcuffing the plaintiff. Defendants proceeded to strike plaintiff's body. \n\nPlaintiff was transported by defendants where he was processed. Defendants falsely accused plaintiff of numerous criminal acts ,including assault, attempted assault, and menacing, despite a lack of any probable cause. Defendants' motivation arose from their racial and ethnic prejudice, and a desire to utilize plaintiff's arrest as leverage to extract information regarding other crimes or criminal suspects, meet arrest quotas, and benefit from increased overtime compensation. On February 3, 2020, all charges were dismissed in favor of the plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=8kZOA/mASA_PLUS_iIE/cd30i1g==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Baptiste, Richred vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-06-24","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"515081/2021","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On May 3, 2019, Plaintiff Richred Baptiste was lawfully present on the second floor of the privately owned apartment building when Defendants Police Officers unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched and falsely arrested/imprisoned\nPlaintiff for allegedly Trespassing into the apartment building where Plaintiff was lawfully visiting a friend. Defendants approached Plaintiff and ordered him to provide them with identification when Plaintiff was visiting a friend and was lawfully present with friends in the hallway on the second floor of the apartment building. Plaintiff complied with Defendants and provided them with his\nidentification. Defendants claim that they were not satisfied with Plaintiff’s explanation regarding why he was in the building but did not possess probable cause to arrest plaintiff for trespassing in the building or committing any other crime. Defendants never instructed Plaintiff that he must leave the building or be subject to arrest for trespass, as required by the New York City Police Department Patrol Guide Procedure Number 212-59. Defendants unlawfully searched Plaintiff without probable cause. Although Plaintiff provided defendants with the information they requested, defendants unlawfully handcuffed and falsely arrested Plaintiff for allegedly trespassing into the apartment building, without probable cause or legal justification. Plaintiff was transported to the 67th Precinct against his will, where Defendants unlawfully searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and detained Plaintiff in a holding cell for many hours at the 67th Precinct. Plaintiff was transported to Kings County Central Booking whereat the unlawful detention continued, and Plaintiff was unlawfully detained in several large holding cells with many other prisoners in each cell. Defendants falsely advised the Kings County District Attorney’s Office that Plaintiff was trespassing in the building and did not have authority to be there. Based upon the fabricated allegations made by the Defendants, Plaintiff was arraigned in Kings County Criminal Court and falsely charged with Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree (PL 140.15(1)), Criminal Trespass in the Third Degree (PL 140.10(A)), and Trespass (PL 140.05) without probable cause based upon the false allegations made against plaintiff by defendants. All criminal charges brought against Plaintiff terminated in Plaintiff’s favor and were dismissed. Plaintiff was released from custody at arraignment after he was unlawfully detained for approximately 25 ½ hours.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=RXwwdTOAhjcQgt0FqKwHMw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Decamp, Isaiah vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-02-11","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"503381/2021","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On May 3, 2019 at 10:00 PM, Plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, and searched by unnamed Defendant POs in a public hallway of a privately owned apartment complex at which Plaintiff was a resident. The Defendant POs did not ask Plaintiff to voluntarily cooperate and instead demanded Plaintiff's identification. Plaintiff informed Defendant POs that he was lawfully in the building and provided them with his identification card that showed that he was a resident of the apartment complex. Despite this information, Defendant POs falsely arrested Plaintiff for trespassing and detained Plaintiff in a holding cell for 25.5 hours prior to arraignment. Defendant POs failed to intervene to stop fellow Defendant POs from violating Plaintiff's rights. The criminal trespass charges against Plaintiff were dismissed at arraignment.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240711155847/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=xxqOfsrekaj4/p6yCfig1A==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Vazquez, Anthony vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-02-09","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"502535/2021","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On May 3, 2019, while lawfully present on the second floor of a privately owned apartment building at 3405 Foster Avenue in Brooklyn, NY, visiting a friend, the plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched, arrested, and detained by the defendants without legal justification. Despite providing identification and explaining that he was a guest of a tenant, the defendants unlawfully searched the plaintiff, yielding nothing illegal, and falsely arrested him for trespassing. The plaintiff was transported to the 67th precinct, where he was unlawfully searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and detained in a holding cell for many hours. He was then taken to Kings County Central Booking, where the unlawful detention continued. The defendants maliciously prosecuted the plaintiff by initiating a criminal prosecution without probable cause, making false allegations on arrest paperwork, and falsifying evidence provided to the Kings County District Attorney's office. The plaintiff was arraigned on May 4, 2019, and charged with crimes he did not commit. All charges were dismissed in his favor at the arraignment, and he was released after approximately 25.5 hours of unlawful detention.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=jHbCZkMg_PLUS_BO5J901NaFnbA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Hall, Justin vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-01-13","disposition_date":"2017-06-05","payout_amount":325000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV07463","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Rivera, Ronnie","summary":"On July 4th, 2014, Plaintiff, Justin Hall, was standing close to the apartment building where he lived in Brooklyn, NY. An acquaintance of Plaintiff had just taken a \"Roman Candle\" style firecracker out of the possession of a group of young children playing in the area. Plaintiff was not in the possession of any fireworks. Plaintiff then witnessed two NYPD officers walking towards him, including Defendant PO Ryan O'Connor. Out of precaution, to avoid being implicated in the possession of a firecracker by his friend, Plaintiff began to walk towards his apartment building. At this point, Defendant POs, including Ryan O'Connor, Ronnie Rivera, and Wilfredo Ramos, ran up to Plaintiff and aggressively slammed him into the ground, causing him to hit a parked car on his way to the ground. Plaintiff immediately showed signs of extreme pain in his left leg, however, Defendant POs O'Connor, Rivera, and Ramos restrained Plaintiff's arms behind his back and dismissed his requests for medical attention.  Defendant POs Michelle Hanson, Larry Meyers, Eric Worohy, and Joseph Calabrese, were also present at the time of Plaintiff's arrest and ignored his complaints of severe pain. Plaintiff was handcuffed and transported to the 71st Precinct in Brooklyn. In the course of transport, Plaintiff continued to express pain and request medical attention for the injury to his left leg, but these complaints were ignored despite the visible disfiguration, bruising, and inflammation of the leg. Several hours passed before Plaintiff was brought upstairs for arraignment on July 5, 2014. At the time of his arraignment, a Court officer acknowledged the condition of his leg and inquired as to why there were no medical records in the Court's file. \n\nFollowing his release from Defendant's custody, Plaintiff went to the Emergency Department of Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center to receive treatment for his left leg and ankle. Plaintiff received a diagnosis of a fracture of the left tibia and fibula, multiple fractures of his ankle, and serious swelling, bruising, and inflammation.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.364519.21.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922498-Hall-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323981/hall-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Lewis, Ryan vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-07-22","disposition_date":"2015-01-22","payout_amount":4000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV04354","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Rivera, Ronnie","summary":"On January 30, 2014, plaintiff, a dark-skinned male, was in a supermarket in Queens charging his cell phone. Police entered and asked him to leave. Plaintiff left, but he realized he left his phone in the store and reentered to collect it. Defendant NYPD Officer Rivera noticed this, and he arrested plaintiff. Defendants then filed a false report that plaintiff had threatened the store owner's family with hand gestures, causing plaintiff to be criminally charged. These charges were dismissed in April 2004.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.358812/gov.uscourts.nyed.358812.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13139484/lewis-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2022-05-09","case_no":"2022-24902","recommendation":"Command Discipline - A","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongfully searched a vehicle."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21028171-rivera-d4706ec154ec69e57df6e4728630717c11402353","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22085869-seh_955385","type":"employment-history"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/KTW9-ronnie-rivera.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"134819","regular":"129561","overtime":"66187","other":"20974","total":"216722"},"id":"KTW9","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/KTW9"}