{"active":true,"first_name":"Maxim","last_name":"Kats","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"LT","command":{"command":"TB DT32","assignment_date":"2024-02-23","id":"TB32"},"taxid":"947926","complaint_ids":[201412249,201401917,201305883,201212442,201210419],"command_history":[{"command":"TB SSTF","id":"733"},{"command":"PBBS","id":"PBBS"},{"command":"060 PCT","id":"60pct"}],"appt_date":"2009-01-14","shield_no_history":[29087,3072],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Mcclain, Kamiesha, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-12-19","disposition_date":"2020-02-25","payout_amount":25003,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"18CV11836","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Kats, Maxim","summary":"On January 12, 2016 at approximately 6am, Ms. McClain was getting ready for work in her apartment when as many as twenty NYPD Officer John Does* (all male) broke down her door and raided her apartment. They had a warrant based on a tip from a confidential informant that crack cocaine had been sold by Ms. McClain's brother in the apartment. Ms. McClain's brother did not live in the apartment, nor did he ever live there or have keys, and only visited every few weeks. Ms. McClain, wearing only undergarments at the time, was pushed into a chair and handcuffed with excessive tightness. Her mother and six-year-old son were in another part of the apartment, told to \"get the fuck down on the floor\" at gunpoint, and Ms. McClain was not allowed to see them. Their requests to use the bathroom were denied. The apartment was ransacked and property damaged. After about a half hour, Ms. McClain requested proper clothing; and despite her wishes for her mother to assist in putting them on, a male officer dressed her. Her requests to loosen the handcuffs were ignored, causing swelling the day after. Ms. McClain was brought to the precinct against her will, and her mother and son were told to vacate the apartment for them to search it further. When they returned the door was off its hinges and the apartment left completely unsecured for anyone to enter. At the precinct, Ms. McClain was searched by a female officer in an obtrusive manner. She was held in a cell in the precinct the entire day and transferred to Booking overnight where she was held overnight until arraignment. \n\nOfficer Demchenko was the deponent of the criminal complaint against Ms. McClain which falsely alleged that the officers found drugs in the apartment and that Ms. McClain had admitted to smoking weed. Officer Allen falsely averred in an Affidavit of Inventory of Property Taken that various narcotics in NYPD custody were recovered via the search. Ultimately all charges were dropped. \n\n*Named officers in the raid include: ALLEN, DEMCHENKO, GARGIN, PEREIRA, KATS, TAYLOR, FINN, KISH, ZALESKI, FREISEN, LUKESON, SHIMIN, CIFUENTES, CONNOLLY, HIGGINS, DOLAN,\nHENDRICKS, GARGAN, BARRY, LONGA, PARIDES, CACACE, SOLER.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.506787/gov.uscourts.nysd.506787.23.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/8421128/mcclain-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Gunina, Kristina vs Kats, Maxim, et al.","start_date":"2015-01-23","disposition_date":"2016-02-09","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Order/Judgment (Verdict)","docket":"15CV00146","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Kats, Maxim","summary":"On May 20, 2014 Gunina was enjoying a day at Brighton Beach with a friend when they were approached by Pos Maxim Kats and Hameed Assaidi who without explanation grabbed and handcuffed Gunina’s friend. Gunina protested and asked P.O.s why they were manhandling her friend, she was ignored and they jumped onto Gunina’s friend in furtherance of their aim to handcuff her. Gunina began to use her cell phone to record the use of force by Kats and Assaidi on her friend. Kats and Assaidi, upon seeing they were being recorded, grabbed Gunina and wrestled her to the ground. Beach goers around the scene began to approach and attempt to calm the situation upon seeing the excessive force being used. Kats and Assaidi tightly cuffed Gunina to prevent the use of her hands. Kats and Assaidi took Gunina’s phone and began to try and unlock it to delete the recorded video. Assaidi then ordered Gunina to unlock the phone under threat of both physical and legal harm. Gunina unlocked the phone and Assaidi deleted the video. \n\nGunina was taken to a local precinct for processing and given two summons, one for open container and one for disorderly conduct. Gunina never had any alcohol with her, nor did she resist arrest. Defendant John Doe 1, the supervising sergeant ratified and approved the summons. One summons was never filed, and the court dismissed the other.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23597308-2016gunina15cv00146","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324011/gunina-v-kats/"},{"name":"Vaivao, Paulo, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-01-06","disposition_date":"2015-09-02","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV07551","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Kats, Maxim","summary":"On October 31, 2012 Plaintiffs Paulo Vaivao and Mike Vaivao were walking down a street in Brooklyn. PO Maxim Kats and John/Jane Does 1-10  stopped the plaintiffs and began interrogating them. Plaintiffs were handcuffed without being told why. They were later charged with Criminal Trespass; the DA declined to prosecute.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.364655/gov.uscourts.nyed.364655.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13242012/vaivao-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Oberman, Garry, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-01-09","disposition_date":"2024-09-24","payout_amount":40000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"507796/2013","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Kats, Maxim","summary":"On November 27, 2012, while lawfully in their residence, Defendant officer Max Katz forcibly, and without a warrant, entered the residence. Plaintiffs were violated, verbally assaulted, harassed, and threatened without justification, probable cause, or a warrant, by Defendant. The Defendant then wrongfully detained the Plaintiffs without probable cause or an arrest warrant. At the time of the arrest, the Plaintiffs had not committed any illegal act.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Z85Q0OwCcCfYyE1cfA2VKw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"officer_name":"Kats, Maxim","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-11-15","disposition_date":"2013-08-26","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"12CV04795","name":"Berkovich, Alexander vs Police Officer Kats, Maxim, et al.","payout_amount":150000,"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12957817/berkovich-v-kats/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21024841-kats-77af47744da91bfc1f4f711bb5a136de22e889ed","type":"brady-giglio"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/M8ZP-maxim-kats.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"142202","regular":"137445","overtime":"61404","other":"21990","total":"220840"},"id":"M8ZP","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/M8ZP"}