{"active":false,"first_name":"Victor","last_name":"Yupa","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"034 PCT","assignment_date":"2017-11-17","id":"34pct"},"shield_no":23804,"ended_date":"2023-03-01","taxid":"955685","middle_initial":"G","appt_date":"2013-07-09","lawsuits":[{"name":"Cespedes, Randy vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-12-28","disposition_date":"2019-05-20","payout_amount":60000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"036380/2017E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Yupa, Victor","summary":"On January 25, 2017, at approximately 9 pm, Plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of 255 East 188th Street, Bronx County when Defendants, NYPD officer Victor Yupa, Officer John Doe and officer John Roe without a warrant or reasonable cause approached Plaintiff and stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, handcuffed and arrested Plaintiff in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff was falsely arrested and stopped and searched solely on the basis of his age/ and or race as part of the stop and frisk program. Plaintiff while in Defendants custody was subject to a strip search. Plaintiff was taken to a police station in Bronx County. Plaintiff was then arraigned after his arrest and falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime. A criminal complaint was issued by the NYPD against Plaintiff based on fraud and misrepresentations. Plaintiff was incarcerated for over 24 hours and had to make numerous court appearances over an extended period of time until all the charges against him were terminated favorably. As a result of Defendants' actions, Plaintiff sustained physical and emotional injuries.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=EEqU7B/e_PLUS_iF1WRnGwYjlxg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"officer_name":"Yupa, Victor","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2017-12-07","disposition_date":"2018-05-01","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"031375/2017","name":"Edandison, George vs City of New York","payout_amount":15000},{"name":"Ramos, Sarah, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-12-15","disposition_date":"2017-04-24","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV08611","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Yupa, Victor","summary":"Plaintiff and their friends were holding a celebration at the community garden. Police officers from the 46th Pct. who constantly harass them at the garden, rushed into the community garden, ordered people to lie on the ground, and then unlawfully searched and handcuffed them while other police officers destructively searched the garden. Although nothing illegal was found as a result of the police officers' unlawful search, the police officers nevertheless arrested Plaintiffs, took them to the 46th Precinct, unlawfully searched some of them,  and falsely charged them with Disorderly Conduct. Charges were eventually dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921542-Ramos-et-al-v-City-Of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.449477.21.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921540-Ramos-et-al-v-City-Of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4356053/ramos-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2017-06-06","case_no":"2017-17308","penalty":"Pre-trial suspension days (32 days)","charges":[{"desc":"While on duty, did fail and neglect to properly safeguard a prisoner, resulting in the loss of said prisoner.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, did fail to report immediately to the Patrol Supervisor and the platoon commander  that a prisoner had escaped","disposition":"Guilty"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/KWTZ-victor-yupa.jpg","news":[{"title":"Two Bronx cops suspended after they cover up handcuffed suspect's escape","url":"http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/exclusive-bronx-cops-suspended-covering-suspect-escape-article-1.3052002","source":"New York Daily News","date":"2017-04-13"}],"id":"KWTZ","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/KWTZ"}