{"active":true,"first_name":"Patrick","last_name":"Cherry","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT DS","command":{"command":"D-E T/F","assignment_date":"2022-10-05","id":"158"},"shield_no":2002,"taxid":"926676","complaint_ids":[201905340,201503165,201502336,201014478,200806616,200803698,200714135,200603129,200507353,200504660,200512466,200400928,200305443,200201680,200106783],"command_history":[{"command":"DBMS OP","id":"346"},{"command":"CTERRDV","id":"316"},{"command":"NARCBBN","id":"92"},{"command":"F S D"},{"command":"JT T/F","id":"112"},{"command":"A&E SQD"},{"command":"MTN PCT","id":"MTNpct"}],"appt_date":"2000-09-29","age":49,"middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[8307,1492],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Cruz, David vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-09-02","disposition_date":"2024-10-22","payout_amount":42500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"158098/2021","court":"Supreme Court - New York","summary":"Shortly after midnight on June 1, 2020, Mr. Cruz and Ms. Tavarez were walking\nNorth on Broadway through SoHo after attending a Black Lives Matter Protest.  Mr. Cruz and Ms. Tavarez passed a drug store on Broadway and 4th Street with a broken front glass door. Mr. Cruz went into the store. While inside the store, Mr. Cruz heard Ms. Tavarez scream. He quickly left the store and, as he was leaving, seeing individuals in dark clothes rushing towards him. Plaintiff did not know the individuals were police officers. They did not identify themselves. After a few steps, Mr. Cruz quickly saw another group of individuals blocking his way. In this second group, he saw individuals on horseback and in riot gear and realized police were chasing him. The first officer to reach Mr. Cruz struck him on the head with a riot shield. Another officer then tackled Mr. Cruz to the ground. When Mr. Cruz fell, he was knocked unconscious. When Mr. Cruz regained consciousness, he was lying on the ground, handcuffed, and surrounded by officers beating him. \n\nEventually, the officers stopped beating him to interrogate him. Plaintiff was in intense pain and requested medical assistance. The officers refused, told him to be quiet, and ignored his injuries and complaints. Ms. Tavarez had used her cell phone to record the assault while it was happening, as well as Mr. Cruz’s condition after the fact. Officers approached her in a threatening manner, told her not to record. At no point was Mr. Cruz told he was under arrest. The officers who participated and/or observed include defendants Cherry, O’Connell, Montesdeoca, Kim, and  Morales. Mr. Cruz was taken into custody in a police van, which drove him to a precinct. While at the precinct, Mr. Cruz was subjected to an invasive pat-down search during which the searching officer, Defendant Matos, gratuitously and offensively handled his genitals. Throughout the process, multiple officers, including Defendant Matos, taunted Mr. Cruz and bragged that they could mistreat him without consequence. The officers cut parts of his clothes rather than confiscate them. Defendant Matos cut the drawstring of his hooded sweatshirt and, in doing so, quickly and threateningly brought a knife close to Plaintiff’s neck. Defendants Lee and Mendez observed and failed to intervene in these acts. Plaintiff continued to ask for medical treatment. Defendants refused any assistance and told him to shut up.  Mr. Cruz received no medical treatment the entire time he was held at the precinct.\n\nOn June 1, 2020, he was transferred to Central Booking. During intake, he was subjected to an even more invasive cavity search in which his anus was roughly penetrated by an officer’s hand. Officers also actively prevented Mr. Cruz from getting treatment from the medical staff during intake. The officers who mistreated Mr. Cruz at Central Booking included Officer Amir. After approximately 10 hours at Central Booking, other arrestees told officers that Plaintiff needed medical help. Plaintiff was examined by an EMT. He remained in custody but in a different cell. After sleeping for a short time, he was abruptly awoken by a horrible smell. He\nthen realized the new cell in which he had been placed had feces smeared on the walls. Mr. Cruz asked the police to transfer him back to the first cell, but they refused. In or around the afternoon of June 2, 2022, after approximately 30–40 hours in custody, Mr. Cruz was finally brought to court. The judge ordered that he be released on his own recognizance. \n\nShortly after he returned home, Police officers showed up,  looking for a girl who had gone missing in the last day. he told them he had been in police custody and therefore hadn't seen her. he asked if they had a warrant. they did not. They then asked if his name was David Cruz. when he said that it was. They said they did not need a warrant, they had probable cause. they began to search the apartment. when Plaintiffs mother came out of the back room. the officers gave her the same explanation that they gave plaintiff. to which she said they had nothing to do with it. they claimed it was their mistake and left. In the days after the incident,  Ms. Tavarez received multiple phone calls from individuals identifying themselves as NYPD officers demanding she destroy the video. Eventually, she was so scared she deleted the video.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240722200141/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=iRc_PLUS_6LRSlskSt2tEm14kaA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Schlaepfer, Daniel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-06-12","disposition_date":"2022-09-27","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"20CV03339","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Cherry, Patrick J.","summary":"On June 3, 2019, Plaintiff and his wife Vanessa were present in LAVO Restaurant and Nightclub when two unknown women tried to steal Vanessa's purse. Plaintiff had the two women escorted from the premises. Upon exiting, plaintiff and Vanessa saw the two women speaking to uniformed NYPD officers. The officers approached Plaintiff and Vanessa in an aggressive manner. A minor physical altercation between Vanessa and one of the unknown women ensued, and the NYPD officers failed to intervene. The officers instead turned their attention to plaintiff and Vanessa. The officers began to arrest and push Vanessa; when plaintiff protested that the officers were pushing his wife, Officers Patrick Cherry, Maximillian Zapata, and an unknown officer stormed at plaintiff and shoved him into a concrete wall. Officers Mavis Garcia and Victoria Acevedo then joined in accosting plaintiff. Officer Matthew John issued a criminal complaint against Plaintiff for obstruction, falsely stating that Plaintiff had shoved him multiple times. Body cam footage of the scene corroborated Plaintiff's account of events, and the Manhattan D.A.'s office dismissed charges against Plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.536349/gov.uscourts.nysd.536349.39.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17109710/schlaepfer-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Chaudhry v. City Of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","plaintiff_race":"Asian","summary":"Plaintiff was driving behind Defendant Officer when the Officer's car failed to signal when trying to park.  As Plaintiff passed, he honked at the officer and made hand gesture.  The officer then followed him, turned on his emergency police lights, and stopped Plaintiff's car.  The officer approached the window, asked for his license and registration, and berated Plaintiff for a long time.  He then left without giving him any tickets for any violations.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922968-Chaudhry-v-City-Of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"16CV04875","officer_name":"Patrick J. Cherry","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4357359/chaudhry-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2016-04-29","case_no":"2015-13529","penalty":"Vacation days (30 days)","charges":[{"desc":"While on-duty, stopped a vehicle without sufficient legal authority","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, threatened to arrest a person known to the Department without sufficient legal authority","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, threatened to issue summonses to a person known to the Department without sufficient legal authority","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, used offensive language to a person known to the Department","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"While on-duty, was discourteous to a person known to the Department","disposition":"Guilty"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/NNSP-patrick-cherry.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"120442","regular":"118863","overtime":"47746","other":"23647","total":"190256"},"news":[{"url":"https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150405/11395430555/how-not-to-apologize-detective-pat-cherry-nypds-joint-terrorism-task-force-edition.shtml","title":"How Not To Apologize: Detective Pat Cherry Of The NYPD's Joint Terrorism Task Force Edition","source":"Tech Dirt","date":"2015-04-06"},{"url":"https://www.huffpost.com/entry/patrick-cherry-nypd-xenophobic-rant-uber_n_6988980","title":"NYPD Detective Stripped Of Gun And Badge After Xenophobic Rant Caught On Video","source":"Huffington Post","date":"2015-04-01"},{"title":"Cop caught berating Uber driver in xenophobic rant is NYPD detective, police sources say","url":"http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-investigating-video-officer-harassing-uber-driver-article-1.2167958","source":"New York Daily News","date":"2015-03-31"}],"id":"NNSP","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/NNSP"}