{"active":true,"first_name":"Anthony","last_name":"Velez","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DT1","command":{"command":"DB BXSHM","assignment_date":"2026-05-19","id":"919"},"shield_no":5584,"taxid":"919816","command_history":[{"command":"DB BXHM"}],"middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[27916],"appt_date":"1997-04-15","lawsuits":[{"name":"Destefano, Anthony vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-08-12","disposition_date":"2024-07-02","payout_amount":130000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"810502/2021E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On July 21, 2020, at approximately 10:00 A.M., Plaintiff Anthony Destefano was in the vicinity of Lafayette Avenue and Throgs Neck Expressway in Bronx County when Defendant NYPD Police Officers unlawfully stopped, questioned, searched, and falsely arrested Plaintiff without probable cause or legal justification. Plaintiff was unlawfully in custody at Riker's Island for over 30 days, where fires broke out, Plaintiff suffered from smoke inhalation, and was denied medical care.\n\nPlaintiff brings claims of: violation of fourth and fourteenth amendment rights, false arrest and false imprisonment, unlawful stop, question, and frisk, unlawful search, denial of right to fair trial/due process, malicious prosecution, negligent infliction of emotional distress, negligent hiring, retention, training and supervision, failure to intervene, and deliberate indifference to medical needs.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ZX148FP9ROMbgmsrBV1Jcg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Carpenter, Trevor vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-05-21","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"025401/2018E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Velez, Anthony J.","summary":"On October 2, 2016, plaintiff received a phone call from a friend, Saad Wyche, informing him that his nephew's friend had been shot.  Fearing his nephew might be in trouble, he went to the scene.  He arrived at the apartment after passing police tape and several officers outside the building.  A few minutes after his arrival, NYPD officers arrived and began questioning him.  At that point, the officers, without probable cause, arrested him.  While he was being escorted out of the building, Mr. Wyche informed that that they were arresting him by mistake, that he had called plaintiff to the area after the shooting.\nPlaintiff was interrogated at the 41st Precinct and arraigned on Attempted Murder and other felony charges.  He remained incarcerated until October 7, when he was released.  His case was not fully dismissed until February 28, 2017.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=1hTGVkv1qMwL3Mg53Z0ZUg==","type":"complaint"}]}],"payroll":{"salary":"134819","regular":"130069","overtime":"51418","other":"25023","total":"206510"},"id":"LWF9","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/LWF9"}