{"active":false,"first_name":"William","last_name":"Beattie","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"CRC","assignment_date":"2015-10-30","id":"CRC"},"shield_no":2878,"ended_date":"2025-07-01","taxid":"938046","complaint_ids":[201504565,201503103,201205651,201000279,200818292,200717508,200700004],"command_history":[{"command":"034 PCT","id":"34pct"}],"appt_date":"2005-07-11","age":43,"middle_initial":"J","lawsuits":[{"name":"Soto, Luis vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-09-21","disposition_date":"2018-06-22","payout_amount":120000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV05927","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Beattie, William J.","summary":"The plaintiff was enjoying a barbecue with his friends when the defendant officers in plain clothes charged at him on the corner of the street, tackled the plaintiff, assaulted him, continued to beat him, handcuffed him, and transported him to the hospital for his injuries followed by the local precinct. The defendant officers claimed they saw the plaintiff sell narcotics although they didn't arrest the \"buyer\" and they searched and found nothing on the plaintiff. The plaintiff was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree. The charges were later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.460792.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4357502/soto-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Beattie, William J.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-12-04","disposition_date":"2013-07-26","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","docket":"12CV08779","name":"Taveras, Banayz vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":20000,"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6147373/taveras-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Beattie, William J.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-08-20","disposition_date":"2013-05-21","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"12CV03758","name":"Fernandez, Emmanuel vs P.O. Beattie, William, et al.","payout_amount":200001,"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6298518/fernandez-v-beattie/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2016-07-06","case_no":"2015-14618","penalty":"Vacation days (2 days)","charges":[{"desc":"While on-duty, frisked a person known to the Department without sufficient legal authority.","disposition":"Guilty"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22102479-938046_06082017_2017060pdf","date":"2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","type":"trial-decision"}],"id":"MKU9","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/MKU9"}