{"active":true,"first_name":"John","last_name":"Joyce","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"WARRSEC","assignment_date":"2022-10-03","id":"118"},"shield_no":358,"taxid":"961846","complaint_ids":[202208437,202202749,202201577,202106684,202008000,202003429,201909376],"command_history":[{"command":"PSA 7","id":"PSA7"}],"appt_date":"2016-07-13","middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[5953],"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":"Epps, Kevin, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-06-05","disposition_date":"2022-03-11","payout_amount":45000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"025292/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Joyce, John J.","summary":"On October 15, 2019, NYPD Officer John Royce and two additional unidentified POs (\"Doe\" and \"Roe\") approach Plaintiffs (Kevin Epps and Sheron Norman) and stopped, searched, attacked and detained Plaintiffs. POs Royce, Doe and Roe stopped Plaintiffs, strip searched them in an unlawful manner, assaulted, battered and handcuffed them in the \"most egregious and excessive manner.\" Plaintiffs were battered in their heads, necks, back, bodies and limbs. Plaintiffs sustained \"serious, severe, painful and permanent\" bodily injuries as well as emotional distress and severe and significant damager to their standing and reputation in the community. The initial stop, search and seizure of Plaintiffs was performed solely on the basis of Plaintiffs age and/or race and for no legal or legitimate reason \n\nPlaintiffs were unlawfully arrested and taken to a police station in Bronx county, and held on criminal charges at various police stations, correctional facilities and the courthouse located at 215 East 161st Street, Bronx County. . Criminal actions were continued against Plaintiff for an extended period of time with malice and bad faith, before being terminated favorably.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=9BqAAEa8oTqehtJVeF4iVQ==","type":"complaint"}]}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-05-10","case_no":"2023-27966","penalty":"B - Command Discipline, vacation days (6 days)","recommendation":"Command Discipline - B","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules."},{"desc":"Wrongfully frisked an individual known  to the Department."},{"desc":"Wrongfully stopped an individual known to the Department."}]},{"disposition_date":"2023-05-03","case_no":"2022-25228","recommendation":"Other","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to activate their body worn camera."},{"desc":"Failed to prepare required reports."}]},{"disposition_date":"2023-02-25","case_no":"2022-25351","recommendation":"Command Discipline - A","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongfully stopped a vehicle."}]},{"disposition_date":"2023-02-24","case_no":"2022-26648","recommendation":"Other","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to timely activate their body worn camera."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22086117-seh_961846","type":"employment-history"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/MSZB-john-joyce.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"119314","regular":"115072","overtime":"44136","other":"15686","total":"174894"},"id":"MSZB","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/MSZB"}