{"active":false,"first_name":"Ramon","last_name":"Melendez","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"POM","command":{"command":"044 PCT","id":"44pct"},"shield_no":29075,"ended_date":"2015-07-07","taxid":"916207","complaint_ids":[201100727,200504318],"appt_date":"1995-06-30","lawsuits":[{"name":"Colon, Maritza vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-10-22","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"025300/2015E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Melendez, Ramon A.","summary":"On September 28, 2012, the plaintiff was lawfully in apartment 5E within the premises of 1402 Clay Avenue, Bronx, New York. While at the location, the plaintiff was wrongfully handcuffed, arrested, and detained while being subjected to both verbal and physical abuse by members of the NYPD. The defendants affixed metal handcuffs extremely tight to her wrists despite her telling them she had surgery to her left wrist. They also pushed the plaintiff down five flights of stairs from her apartment and then handcuffed her to a bench.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Y4pAi/dcJBxHKnRWMv59LQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Pozo, Joel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-06-28","disposition_date":"2014-06-18","payout_amount":105000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"303600/2013","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Melendez, Ramon A."},{"officer_name":"Melendez, Ramon A.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2010-12-15","disposition_date":"2013-11-13","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"310220/2010","name":"Rolon, Wilson vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":50000,"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5379118-Rolon-v-City-of-New-York"}]}],"id":"PG6V","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/PG6V"}