{"active":false,"first_name":"Alvaro","last_name":"Contreras","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DTS","command":{"command":"PBBS SU PST","assignment_date":"2021-10-28"},"shield_no":6960,"ended_date":"2024-07-02","taxid":"941586","complaint_ids":[202101027,202100199,202006684,201801994,201608919,201608843,201601508,201603082,201407083,201304882,200709517],"command_history":[{"command":"BS AUTO LARCENY UNIT","id":"776"},{"command":"070 PCT","id":"70pct"},{"command":"PBBS SU"}],"appt_date":"2006-07-10","middle_initial":"A","shield_no_history":[12311],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Gutierrez, Maximus vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-06-27","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"507323/2024","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On March 12, 2021, Plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle in Brooklyn, New York, when police officers, including Detective Specialist Alvaro Contreras, Sergeant Junaid Saeed, Police Officer Michael Sidorskiy, and Lieutenant Thomas Redmond, stopped the vehicle without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. ​The officers falsely claimed the vehicle's license plates were improperly displayed and that they smelled marijuana, which they used as a pretext to detain and search Plaintiff and the vehicle.​ Despite finding no contraband, the officers falsely alleged that they observed a gun in the vehicle to justify further searches. The officers unlawfully handcuffed and falsely arrested Plaintiff, who was taken to the 67th precinct and later detained at Riker's Island until May 16, 2021. Based on false allegations by the police officers, Gutierrez was maliciously prosecuted. On May 31, 2022, all charges against Plaintiff were dismissed and terminated in his favor.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=2cYj_PLUS_/68E9HHjVlCaboXCg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Jeffers, Ian vs Contreras, Alvaro, et al.","start_date":"2019-03-26","disposition_date":"2019-09-17","payout_amount":7500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"519177/2018","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Contreras, Alvaro A.","summary":"On September 26, 2015, plaintiff was unlawfully pulled over while driving and detained and arrested without probable cause. Plaintiff was unlawfully searched and taken to the precinct to be photographed and have his fingerprints taken. Plaintiff was released after five hours but subsequently falsely charged with a crime. The DA office declined to prosecute and all charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=_PLUS_UjBoEO0//MJW/DzhfU_PLUS_mg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"officer_name":"Contreras, Alvaro A.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2011-06-16","disposition_date":"2017-04-04","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","docket":"013484/2011","name":"Deaki, Bertalanne vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":60000},{"name":"Mosely v. City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921905-Mosely-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921906-Mosely-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"09CV02613","officer_name":"Alvaro A. Contreras"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2022-11-21","case_no":"2022-25632","recommendation":"Charges and Specifications","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules."},{"desc":"Wrongfully frisked an individual known to the Department."},{"desc":"Wrongfully searched a vehicle."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21022828-contreras-f71438a9229a92499768c2c8527e39d03671162c","type":"brady-giglio","lawsuits":["12CV3658"]},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22085466-seh_941586","type":"employment-history"}],"id":"NX4X","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/NX4X"}