{"active":true,"first_name":"Benjamin","last_name":"Lopez","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DT2","command":{"command":"I T B","assignment_date":"2025-02-10","id":"446"},"shield_no":2531,"taxid":"953007","complaint_ids":[202407374,201905363,201808793,201801329,201504595],"command_history":[{"command":"009 DET","id":"9det"},{"command":"070 PCT","id":"70pct"},{"command":"NARCBMS","id":"70"},{"command":"060 DET","id":"60det"}],"appt_date":"2012-07-11","middle_initial":"P","shield_no_history":[24373,2807],"lawsuits":[{"officer_name":"Lopez, Benjamin P.","disposition":"Zero Disposition","start_date":"2021-09-24","disposition_date":"2023-03-01","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","docket":"21CV05849","name":"Diggs, Andre P. vs P.O. John Doe, et al.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.563005/gov.uscourts.nysd.563005.2.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"payout_amount":0,"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60044111/diggs-v-police-officer-john-doe/"},{"name":"Holder, Dean vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-01-06","disposition_date":"2018-08-31","payout_amount":55000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"521781/2016","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Lopez, Benjamin P.","summary":"On or about December 15, 2015, Plaintiff Dean Holder was on the sidewalk at the intersection of East 22nd St. and Newkirk Avenue at around 3AM when he was unlawfully arrested by Defendant Officer Benjamin Lopez. Defendant Lopez arrested the Plaintiff, charging him with committing a residential robbery a few hours prior. The Defendant's video footage of the incident did not show Holder as the perpetrator, nor did the victim identify Plaintiff as such.  Defendant further falsely claimed to have found a crack pipe in the plaintiff's shoe. During the arrest, Plaintiff was assaulted and forcibly handcuffed by Defendant Lopez and unidentified officers. He was also strip searched, despite defendant's lacking cause.\nPlaintiff pled not guilty but could not afford bail, so remained at Rikers for five days. Charges were dismissed on February 25, 2016. \nPlaintiff suffered great physical and emotional damage as a result of this treatment.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=xyBqXI5xRu_PLUS_NFMPH5W1XZg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Louissaint, Patterson vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-04-29","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"506523/2016","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Lopez, Benjamin P.","summary":"On June 5, 2015, while lawfully present at the intersection of Newkirk and Flatbush Avenues in Brooklyn, NY, Plaintiff Patterson Louissant was assaulted and wrongfully arrested without warrant or probable cause by Defendant NYPD officers BENJAMIN LOPEZ (Shield 2437), LOUIS DEFRANCO and multiple unidentified officers. The complaint does not provide details of what led to this encounter or state for how long the Plaintiff was detained.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=75kjFwXlDzk5aG7WZ_PLUS_/oYg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Samedy, Briack vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-08-07","disposition_date":"2014-12-17","payout_amount":7500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"011628/2014","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Lopez, Benjamin P."}],"payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115753","overtime":"43233","other":"16581","total":"175567"},"is_credibility":true,"id":"PDY9","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/PDY9"}