{"active":true,"first_name":"Kurwin","last_name":"Klien","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT DS","command":{"command":"DB MNHM","assignment_date":"2026-01-12","id":"129"},"shield_no":254,"taxid":"942016","complaint_ids":[202204592,202200457,202001322,201903143,200809811],"command_history":[{"command":"026 DET","id":"26det"},{"command":"PBQNT/F"},{"command":"023 PCT","id":"23pct"},{"command":"026 PCT","id":"26pct"},{"command":"023 DET","id":"23det"}],"appt_date":"2006-07-10","middle_initial":"R","shield_no_history":[6203,5165,6452],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Killer, Jacob vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-12-07","disposition_date":"2022-12-23","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"21CV08132","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"On March 21, 2019 Plaintiff was working as an Uber Eats Driver and was making a delivery when he was pulled over by Defendant Romero. Defendants grabbed Plaintiff and tightly handcuffed him. Plaintiff asked the reason for the arrest and was ignored. Defendants conducted an illegal search and found no contraband. The DA declined to continue the prosecution and the charges were dismissed.\n\nOn October 31, 2019 Plaintiff was standing in front of a deli to buy food for his dinner. Defendant Lendor and other police officers approached Plaintiff and began taunting the plaintiff and issuing orders telling him to place his hands behind his back. When Plaintiff asked what was going on the defendant police officers forcibly grabbed plaintiff and slammed him down on the floor, kicking, stomping hitting and punching him. Defendants then conducted an illegal search which yielded nothing. All charges were ultimately dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23688707-2022_killer_21cv08132","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60509045/killer-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Waller, Christian vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-01-13","disposition_date":"2025-09-10","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"21CV00209","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"On January 10, 2019, Plaintiff was near East 105th street and Third avenue when Officers Klien and John or Jane Doe stopped and search his person without a search or arrest warrant. The officers fabricated evidence claiming that Plaintiff possessed a forged license plate. They painfully handcuffed Plaintiff and used additional excessive force in the arrest. At the precinct Plaintiff was strip searched and cavity-inspected by the officers. Officer Klein signed Plaintiff's criminal court complaint despite knowing the evidence was fabricated. Plaintiff was transferred to detainment until his release the following day, on January 11, 2019.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.551905/gov.uscourts.nysd.551905.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/29096434/waller-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Diaz, Angel, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-07-09","disposition_date":"2016-08-01","payout_amount":65000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV03950","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Klein, Kurwin","summary":"Plaintiffs were stopped and arrested by defendant officers. Defendant officers physically assaulted plaintiffs and took them to the 115th precinct and charged them with resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration. All charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920826-Diaz-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920825-Diaz-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324551/diaz-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-05-25","case_no":"2023-28048","penalty":"A - Command Discipline","recommendation":"Command Discipline - A","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongfully discourteous to an individual known to the Department."}]},{"disposition_date":"2022-07-11","case_no":"2022-24665","penalty":"Training","recommendation":"Training","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules - failed to provide business card"}]},{"disposition_date":"2016-06-13","case_no":"2016-15104","penalty":"Dismissal probation (12 months), vacation days (40 days)","charges":[{"desc":"While on-duty, engaged in personal business inside of the stationhouse with another Member of Service.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, failed to answer questions specifically directed and narrowly related to his official duties.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, failed to make accurate and concise entries in Department records.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, failed to sign in/out of the precinct command log.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, failed to sign the interrupted patrol log in his capacity as the Desk Sergeant.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, failed to sign the Return Roll Call log at the end of his tour.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, failed to supervise.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, was absent from said assignment without permission or police necessity and failed to submit a leave of absence report.","disposition":"Guilty"}],"documents":[{"name":"Employment History Summary","url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22085475-seh_942016","type":"employment-history"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21615338-daf-klien942016","type":"brady-giglio"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/LMYB-kurwin-klien.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"120744","regular":"120286","overtime":"53559","other":"23556","total":"197402"},"socials":[{"url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurwin-klien-b85b5438","type":"linkedin"}],"id":"LMYB","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/LMYB"}