{"active":false,"first_name":"Matthew","last_name":"Bottcher","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"073 PCT","assignment_date":"2017-12-13","id":"73pct"},"shield_no":21926,"ended_date":"2024-09-03","taxid":"962266","complaint_ids":[202405614,202404200,202402505,202310717,202310526,202306961,202208194,202301134,202208538,202204455,202101751,201905710,201903963],"appt_date":"2016-10-11","age":34,"middle_initial":"P","lawsuits":[{"name":"Hennis, Amanny vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2026-05-14","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"26CV02743","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73310863/hennis-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Caesar, Lloyd vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-10-03","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"24CV06433","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"On October 6, 2022, plaintiff was arrested on the northeast corner of Hegeman Street and Osborne Street in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. Defendant NYPD officers Blot and Turner initially informed plaintiff he was involved in an assault. Defendant Blot claimed plaintiff had been driving recklessly and harassing the another individual.  After being taken to the 73rd precinct, plaintiff was aggressively slammed against the gate during processing, injuring his wrist. On June 15, 2023, defendant NYPD officers Diaz, Perez and Myrthil conducted a stop and frisk of plaintiff without any reasonable suspicion at the corner of New Lots Avenue and Watkins Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn. During these events defendants assaulted plaintiff resulting in his admission to Kings County Hospital. The defendants also destroyed his car after they unlawfully searched it. On December 27, 2023, defendant Almekaiki with other defendant NYPD officers stormed the plaintiffs home address, injuring plaintiff's family. During the arrest plaintiff was unlawfully interrogated by defendant Morales inside the 73rd Precinct. On March 6, 2024, defendant NYPD officer Bottcher unlawfully stopped, detained, interrogated and searched plaintiff. On April 13, 2024, defendant NYPD officer Washington and other defendant officers conducted an unlawful stock and frisk and detained plaintiff. Defendant NYPD officers who witnessed these events and took no action failed to intervene. As a result of all these events, plaintiff was deprived of his liberty, suffered emotional distress, mental anguish, fear, pain, bodily injury, anxiety, embarrassment, humiliation, damage to his reputation, embarrassment, humiliation, and was terrorized.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.520696/gov.uscourts.nyed.520696.4.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69159982/3/caesar-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2022-10-04","case_no":"2022-26681","penalty":"A - Command Discipline, forfeiture of time/leave balances","recommendation":"Command Discipline - A","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongfully discourteous to an individual known to the Department."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21020998-bottcher-42ac53eff099f62a8ad27f6c41d4d76b75ad97ed","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21051947-bottcher-962266-07-20-21","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22086198-seh_962266","type":"employment-history"}],"id":"N8RX","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/N8RX"}