{"active":false,"first_name":"James","last_name":"Seery","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DTS","command":{"command":"ESU","assignment_date":"2019-04-08","id":"83"},"shield_no":5483,"ended_date":"2023-11-03","taxid":"931985","complaint_ids":[202304445,202207107,202007615,201901603,201310362,200507215],"command_history":[{"command":"070 PCT","id":"70pct"},{"command":"024 PCT","id":"24pct"},{"command":"ESS 10","id":"ESS10"}],"appt_date":"2002-07-22","middle_initial":"L","shield_no_history":[4544],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Smith-Ruffin, Rayshaun vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-05-02","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"512272/2022","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On December 16, 2020 at approximately 6AM, PO Tiffany Martinez, Eric Delman, Patrick Craig, and other officers including Cuoco, Isabelle, Patel, Albarracin, Perico, Feely, Gale, Abrams, Garcia, Seery, Avent, Valentin, Barry, Malone, Boehm, and Fagan illegally entered the Plaintiff's home without a warrant. They demanded the plaintiff to get on the ground and dragged them out from underneath his bed. They then forced the plaintiff to stand by grapping his arms and then slammed him onto the ground without legal authority to do so before forcing him up again. The officers violently physically restrained the plaintiff by contorting his arms behind him and utilizing handcuffs that were excessively tight. Despite the plaintiff's complaints the officers above ignored and refused to loosen the handcuffs. The officers proceeded to illegally search the Plaintiff's mother's bedroom. \n\nThe plaintiff was never presented with a search or arrest warrant and was forcibly removed against his will by officers to the 79th precinct where he was processed. The plaintiff was then forcibly transferred to the 81st precinct where officers Delman, Martinez, Craig, Cuoco, Isabelle, Patel, Albarracin, Perico, Feeley, Gale, Abrams, Garcia, Seery, Valentin, Barry, Malone, Boehm, and Fagan engaged in illicit interrogation tactics. The nineteen officers above proceeded to illegally search the Plaintiff's person before being moved to Central Bookings and then Rikers before being released on January 28, 2021","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240614193532/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=arh_PLUS_JOguLv1QiKhJ3savPQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Patterson, James A., et Al vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-08-27","disposition_date":"2024-06-14","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"20CV03972","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Seery, James L.","summary":"On May 23, 2019, Defendant NYPD Officers executed a no-knock warrant by breaking down the front door of Plaintiff's home with a battering ram. Defendant Officers entered the home with guns drawn, entered Plaintiff's bedroom and pointed the guns at Plaintiffs and their children and ordered them to 'get down.' Defendant Officer pushed Plaintiff face down on the floor, tightly handcuffed him and forcibly removed him from the bedroom and put him into a police vehicle. Officers kept the gun pointed at Plaintiff's spouse who was in her underwear and their children. Plaintiff's spouse was searched including her scalp and hair bonnet and was not allowed to put on her clothes or to dress her children until after the search. The Officers conducted a destructive search of their home. The Driver of the police vehicle in which Plaintiff was illegally seized received a call after which the Defendant Officers brought Plaintiff back to his home, pulled him out of the car, uncuffed him, and told him to tall 311 about the battered door and other destroyed property. Defendant Officers unreasonably believed based on false and unreliable information that Plaintiff's home was where evidence or instrumentalities of crimes would be found and deployed 17 armed and outfitted officers to forcibly enter, seize, and search Plaintiff's apartment. As a result of the Officers misconduct, Plaintiff suffered loss of liberty, mental anguish, emotional distress, physical pain, embarrassment, humiliation, loss of services, interference with employment and relationships. Plaintiff's wife suffered loss of liberty, mental and emotion distress, shame, anxiety, and fear.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.452157/gov.uscourts.nyed.452157.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17481470/patterson-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21056058-seery-931985-01-17-20","type":"brady-giglio"}],"id":"KZCM","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/KZCM"}