{"active":false,"first_name":"Jason","last_name":"Garcia","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"048 PCT","assignment_date":"2020-10-22","id":"48pct"},"shield_no":18851,"ended_date":"2023-03-01","taxid":"967885","complaint_ids":[202107371,202107236,202106267,202102071,202008256],"appt_date":"2019-07-01","lawsuits":[{"name":"Lasi Security Co, Inc. vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-07-30","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"806828/2024","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On September 8, 2020, Lasi Security Company's  employee, Pierre Alan Rene, (\"Plaintiff\") was working security for Plaintiff at a Chipotle Restaurant when a female individual (assaulter) forcibly entered the location without a Covid-19 mask protector around her nose and mouth and threatened, menaced, and physically assaulted Plaintiff. During the assault, Plaintiff's employee called 911 where NYPD police officers including defendants, New York Police Department Police Officers, Jason Garcia, NYPD Sgt. Martinez, and NYPD Police Officer John or Jane Doe #1-10 (\"Defendants\") later responded to the location. Plaintiff's employee who called 911 attempted to process a complaint with defendants who refused and failed to process the Plaintiff against the assaulter, where assaulter caused the plaintiff serious bodily injury including but not limited to multiple contusions about the head and body, but instead arrested the Plaintiff without probable cause to do so. Defendants ignored 3 Chipotle employees who informed them that Plaintiff's employee was assaulted by the female assaulter. Defendants placed Plaintiff's employee under arrest, placed him in a police car and took him to the 48th precinct but because there was no basis to arrest and prosecute the Plaintiff's employee, in or around April of 2021, the case against the Plaintiff's employee was dismissed. \n\ns","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=MXGa9/v684/fAuUn3fEwOw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Rene, Pierre Alan vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-07-30","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"806824/2024","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On September 8, 2020, in a Chipotle restaurant located in the Bronx, Plaintiff was attacked by an unnamed female individual (\"Assaulter\").  Plaintiff responded to the assault by calling 911 where Defendant police officers responded, PO Jason Garcia, NYPD Sergeant Martinez, and unarmed John/Jane Doe officers.  Plaintiff attempted to process a complaint of the Assaulter where Defendant officers refused to do so, despite Plaintiff having serious bodily injuries, including multiple contusions.  Defendant officers ignored three (3) Chipotle restaurant managers who informed the officers that Plaintiff was assaulted by Assaulter.  Instead, Defendants placed Plaintiff under arrest.  The complaint does not elaborate as to the arrest charges but does convey that the case was ultimately dismissed in or around April 2021.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=XgMEMmq0Dp7OKjYN8ed8eg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Vereen, Jarrius vs Garcia, Jason, et al.","start_date":"2024-05-20","disposition_date":"2025-01-16","payout_amount":150000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"804743/2024E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On or about March 21, 2021, NYPD Officers Jason Garcia, Juan Acostavilla, MD Ahad, Christopher Arnaud, Obrian Barnett, Ibn Barthelemy, John M. Gutierrez, Nazim Karim, Keith Kelly, Richard Kissane, Jeremy Lorenzorivera, Ercilio Luna, Victor Nina, Luis Rivera, Kimberly Rose, Christian Valencia, Filipe Vieira, and Bryan Wilder approached the Plaintiff without probable cause.  One of the officers, whose specific identify is not known to Plainitff, pulled his pants down and threw him to the ground face first causing severe injuries requiring surgery.  Plaintiff was not taken into custody or cited for any violation of law.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240809193149/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Pt/PMxchW54xBKTVYEp/KQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Blades, Lakesha vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-08-02","disposition_date":"2024-06-13","payout_amount":60000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"810880/2022E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On December 15, 2020, while Plaintiff was taking out the trash, she was aggressed and hit by her tenant. She called 911 and lawfully waited in front of the building in Bronx when the police arrived. Plaintiff's injuries were treated by the Emergency Medical Technicians and while she went back to her apartment to get a needed gauze, Plaintiff was subject to an unlawful arrest, detention, assault, battery and excessive use of force by the Defendants. Richard Kissane and Danilo McLeish became physically aggressive and grabbed Plaintiff’s wrists, slammed her into the wall, and dragged her into the hallway. Jason Garcia, then slammed her \non the floor, used a chokehold against her and put a taser to her face. Plaintiff suffered major physical and mental injuries. Plaintiff was brought to the 48th Precinct where she had to stay for 3h.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=8OKi94m59DZ7MHH0iLj21Q==","type":"complaint"}]}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-03-25","case_no":"2022-27675","recommendation":"Command Discipline - B","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongfully threatened to remove an individual to the hospital."},{"desc":"Wrongfully discourteous to an individual known to the Department."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23776958-967885_01202023_2023006pdf","date":"2023-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","type":"trial-decision"}],"id":"KYZ3","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/KYZ3"}