{"active":true,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Visintin","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"PSA 7","assignment_date":"2018-11-19","id":"PSA7"},"shield_no":14001,"taxid":"953536","complaint_ids":[202208437,202106684,202100026,202008000,202106373,202000129,201909376,201908917,201607801],"command_history":[{"command":"PSA 8","id":"PSA8"}],"appt_date":"2012-07-11","middle_initial":"A","lawsuits":[{"name":"Knight, Tahje vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-06-29","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"810019/2023E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"For years, NYPD officers of the 40th Precinct and Public Service Area unlawfully targeted Plaintiff and attempted to prosecute Plaintiff without probable cause. \n\nOn, March 12, 2021, plaintiff Tahje Knight was lawfully in the vicinity of East 125th Street in the Bronx when he was unlawfully approached, frisked, arrested and detained by defendant officers James Weck, Eric Dym, Michael Visintin, Jayther Liriano, Michael Kontorovich, Jose Tejada, and Nestor Amarantepolanco. When defendant officers stopped and frisked plaintiff and obtained no contraband, instead of releasing plaintiff, plaintiff was cuffed and detained to search for evidence of a crime.  \n\nPlaintiff was then falsely charged by defendant officer Weck of Disorderly Conduct, for running towards plaintiff in a violent manner when body camera footage shows that plaintiff stood completely still with his hands in the air as officers approached him. \n\nThe District Attorney's office declined to prosecute the bogus charge. \n\nOn June 5, 2021, defendant officers of the 40th Precinct including but not limited to defendant officers Hijazi and Juciano pulled over Plaintiff, asked him to step out of his vehicle, and arrested him. Defendant Sgt. Santos responded to the scene and did nothing to prevent the unlawful arrest or detention of Plaintiff. The officers did not look up Plaintiff’s driving record for at least two hours after the\narrest, at which time they used the information to charge Plaintiff with a traffic infraction without conducting any testing on the substance found in the vehicle to\nconfirm its contents, and maliciously charged Plaintiff without probable cause that the substance was, in fact, unlawful. Defendants held Plaintiff for over 24 hours before sending him to arraignment for the improper purpose of gathering evidence to cover up the unlawful stop.\nAll charges arising from this unlawful stop were dismissed in their entirety on the\nnearly two months later, on July 29, 2023. \n\nOn November 11, 2022, Does 1 and 2, both described as\nHispanic males, came to Plaintiff’s Bronx home, entered his bedroom while\nhe was asleep, shined their flashlights in his eyes, and claimed to have a warrant for his arrest. No such warrant ever existed.  At some point, Plaintiff learned that he was suspected of participating in a robbery. But after some time, Plaintiff was told that the case against him was “dismissed.” The Doe Defendants held Plaintiff for an additional 1–2 hours, again without probable cause, claiming that that there was a second warrant that needed to be “cleared” before Plaintiff could leave. Again, no such warrant ever existed. When the Doe Officers found nothing, they let Plaintiff go without any ticket, summons, or other paperwork, and Plaintiff never heard anything of the supposed warrants or potential charges again.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=_PLUS_Quw2bFJy4Pbh7AcAnhU7w==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Perez, Gabriel, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-03-14","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"804083/2023E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On January 15, 2021, three Plaintiffs were illegally stopped, seized and searched, battered and assaulted, detained, and arrested, by and/or at the direction of POs Michael Visintin, John Joyce, and John or Jane Doe 1-10 (the names John and Jane Doe are fictitious, as the true names of these officers were unknown at the time of the complaint). The actions included putting metal handcuffs too tightly on Plaintiffs’ arms, which resulted in loss of feeling, redness, and swelling. The officers fabricated false and fictitious evidence and information, which they forwarded to prosecutors. The criminal proceedings were irrefutably terminated in favor of Plaintiffs when all adverse charges were dismissed and sealed on or about August 23, 2021 for two of the Plaintiffs, and on April 9, 2021 for the third Plaintiff. The officers unlawfully targeted and decided to stop and effect unlawful seizures of Plaintiffs due solely to their race and/or ethnicity.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=rzDKbU06K8qrIlJGgSnmgw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Phillip, Todd vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2022-12-20","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"818203/2022","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Visintin, Michael","summary":"On December 26, 2019, Plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by police. Plaintiff and the driver were ordered out of the vehicle and complied. As Plaintiff exited the vehicle, officers grabbed Plaintiff's arms and forcibly placed him in handcuffs. The police then searched the vehicle without probable cause and did not find any evidence of illegal activity. The officers then placed Plaintiff and the driver under arrest for possession of a weapon despite the lack of probable cause. Plaintiff was taken to the precinct and booked. All charges against him were subsequently dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240702152351/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=eRy_PLUS_ZcjTMhB2oP2UED_PLUS_kLQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Knight, Tahje, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-02-15","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"802343/2022E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On November 14, 2020, Plaintiffs gathered for a memorial vigil in front of the St. Mary's Houses in the Bronx to commemorate the birthday of a loved one who passed away. Without warning or cause, a marked police car pulled up and three of the Defendants jumped from the vehicle. Completely unprovoked, the officers ran over and punched Plaintiff Shakespeare, who was a minor at the time, directly in the face, and proceeded to viciously assault him. Then multiple additional officers arrived, and the Individual Defendants began assaulting Plaintiffs without cause or justification. Plaintiffs were then detained and arrested by the Individual Defendants without probable cause and transported to PSA 7. The Individual Defendants refused to provide Plaintiffs with medical treatment and would not allow them to make phone calls. Plaintiffs were wrongfully searched, booked, photographed, fingerprinted, and otherwise subjected to unlawful detention for approximately six to seven hours before they were released with desk appearance tickets for disorderly conduct and/or other petty offenses. All charges were dismissed in Plaintiffs' favor prior to appearing in court.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=AiMOUmVW7pKuGVEvHbx6hA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Creighton, Tyrone vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-04-22","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"804708/2021E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On or about June 6, 2016, Plaintiff was driving home from the 43 Pct where he had gone to report the vandalism of his vehicle. The police told him he had to return to the location of the vandalism and make the report from that location. Upon departing the precinct and returning home, he was followed and shot by persons in another vehicle. While the plaintiff was driving away from his pursuers, in an attempt to avoid being shot, his vehicle came to a stop, when it mounted/struck the curb. Then, Dependents NYPD officers, including PO Michael Heinz and Rosalind Jaime, who happened to be in the area observed the interaction, in part, between the plaintiff and the persons in the other vehicle. Plaintiff informed the Defendants the occupants of the other vehicle had been shooting at his vehicle and he was able to direct the Defendant's attention to the bullet holes in his vehicle. But the Defendants failed to conduct an investigation nor a simple test. Defendants brought charges against Plaintiff that were false.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240703013306/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=VD4sFFs1H0yJPK9t1hE0Cg==","type":"complaint"}]}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-05-11","case_no":"2023-27967","penalty":"B - Command Discipline, vacation days (6 days)","recommendation":"Command Discipline - B","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules - failed to provide business card"},{"desc":"Violated patrol rules - refused to provide shield number"},{"desc":"Wrongfully frisked an individual known to the Department."},{"desc":"Wrongfully stopped an individual known to the Department."}]},{"disposition_date":"2022-11-04","case_no":"2022-27161","recommendation":"Training","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongfully discourteous to an individual known to the Department."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26297317-visintin_11_19_2025pdf/","date":"2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","type":"deviation-letter"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22085799-seh_953536","type":"employment-history"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/MEGZ-michael-visintin.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"108510","overtime":"20507","other":"27149","total":"156167"},"id":"MEGZ","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/MEGZ"}