{"active":true,"first_name":"John","last_name":"Pritchard","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT SA","command":{"command":"TB CWPP","assignment_date":"2024-04-15","id":"836"},"shield_no":5340,"taxid":"945666","complaint_ids":[202408005,202106187],"command_history":[{"command":"TB SOD","id":"396"},{"command":"TB DT01","id":"TB1"},{"command":"TB M/TF","id":"99"}],"appt_date":"2008-01-07","middle_initial":"T","shield_no_history":[17302,25288,1982],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Zayas, Angel vs Kelly, Raymond W., et al.","start_date":"2013-12-12","disposition_date":"2014-01-17","payout_amount":5001,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV08808","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Pritchard, John T.","summary":"On November 27, 2012, Plaintiff Angel Zayas was scouting for photojournalism opportunities in the subway station below Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal. After seeing that Mr. Zayas had a camera and was observing the scene of a  stop-and-frisk, Defendant Officer John Doe approached Mr. Zayas and demanded to know what he was doing. Mr. Zayas, who was wearing an ID showing he was as a member of a photojournalist network, explained that he was a press photographer and that he intended to photograph the stop and-frisk. Officer Doe replied that he did not care if Mr. Zayas was a press photographer and demanded that Mr. Zayas leave.  Officer Doe jammed his finger against Mr. Zayas' chest as he told Mr. Zayas that he would physically eject him. Mr. Zayas, now fearing false arrest and physical mistreatment at the hands of the increasingly aggressive police officer, pressed the record button on his camera and began recording the scene.\n\nOfficer Doe grabbed Mr. Zayas, spun him around, and pushed him through the subway turnstile, up an escalator and out of Grand Central Terminal, using the front of Mr. Zayas' body to push open the door leading out of the terminal and onto the street.\n\nAs he was being pushed from the station, Mr. Zayas told Officer Doe, ''You can't eject me because I took photographs.\" Officer Doe said, \"Actually, yes, I can.\" Officer Doe then changed his story, admitting that Mr. Zayas had a right to photograph him. He now claimed, for the first time, that Mr. Zayas had been too close to the stop-and-frisk, even though Mr. Zayas had been no closer than 20 feet from the incident. When Mr. Zayas objected and said that he knew his rights, Officer Doe stated that Mr. Zayas was \"acting like a fucking idiot.\"\n\nOfficer Doe then grabbed Mr. Zayas a second time, telling him, \"You ran your mouth too much, now you're being arrested.\" Officer Doe spun Mr. Zayas, shoved him against an unmarked police vehicle, pulled his hands behind his back and handcuffed him tightly. Over the objections of Mr. Zayas, Defendant Officer John Pritchard grabbed Mr. Zayas' camera and turned it off.\n\nMr. Zayas was kept outside, in handcuffs, in the rain and in full view of the public for approximately 45 minutes, until a police van picked him up and drove him to NYPD Transit District Four at Union Square. Police kept him handcuffed for a total of two hours before he was issued a summons for disorderly conduct and released. The charge was ultimately dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.421174/gov.uscourts.nysd.421174.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13056164/zayas-v-kelly/"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/NCXP-john-pritchard.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"120442","regular":"118236","overtime":"53030","other":"18023","total":"189289"},"id":"NCXP","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/NCXP"}