{"active":false,"first_name":"Anthony","last_name":"Burgos","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"042 DET","id":"42det"},"shield_no":6598,"ended_date":"2020-09-01","taxid":"926617","complaint_ids":[201214888,201100086,201009055,200717822,200703193,200400428,200307611],"command_history":[{"command":"048 PCT","id":"48pct"},{"command":"073 PCT","id":"73pct"}],"appt_date":"2000-09-29","age":53,"lawsuits":[{"name":"Melendez, Jose vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-05-09","disposition_date":"2019-06-19","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"021461/2018E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Burgos, Anthony","summary":"On September 24, 2014, Jose Melendez (\"Plaintiff\") was lawfully present in the Bronx, when he was unlawfully approached and detained by several NYPD Officers, including Police Officers Anthony Burgos, Luis Angeles, John Doe, John Roe and Luis Linares (\"Defendants\"). The Defendants acted without any arrest warrant, probable cause, or legal justification. They subjected the Plaintiff to an unlawful stop, search, and detainment, during which he was assaulted, battered, handcuffed, and strip-searched in an excessively aggressive manner with excessive force. These actions were based on fraudulent claims and misrepresentations. \n\nFollowing his arrest, Melendez remained incarcerated for over 24 hours and was compelled to make multiple court appearances until the charges were favorably dismissed on November 30, 2016. The Defendants misconduct caused the Plaintiff serious injuries and their actions were reckless, intentional, and grossly negligent. The Defendants actions were motivated\nby an ulterior purpose to do harm (motivated by racial profiling when they stopped and frisked), without justification or economic or social excuse. The Plaintiff's constitutional rights were violated due to the excessive use of force. The Plaintiff was ultimately falsely accused of a crime and maliciously prosecuted. \n\nThe City of NY and NYPD were negligent in the careless\nand reckless hiring, retaining, training, monitoring, retraining, supervising and promoting its employees. The Defendants were not qualified (or even screened adequately) to be hired or retained or promoted as police officers. They lacked the experience, skill, training and ability to be employed, retained and utilized in the manner that each was employed. NYPD'S policies and/or deliberate indifference to practices which involve the excessive use of\nforce, false arrest, police cover-ups, witness intimidation, malicious prosecution, illegal stop, questions and frisks, strip searches, Fourth Amendment violations, and deliberate indifference to the need to train,\nsupervise, monitor, investigate and discipline, including suspension, dismissal and/or reassignment offending police officers. The practice is widespread and pervasive throughout the entire City of New York. The City of NY and NYPD knew or should have known of the customs and police practices of its officers","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/save/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=TzLZY1J4zXzr04FBgukwCg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Lloyd, Rhea vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-04-24","disposition_date":"2018-05-08","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"522920/2016","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Burgos, Anthony","summary":"On December 23, 2013, Plaintiff was inside her mother's home, the 2nd floor of a residence, when Officer Anthony Burgos and Unknown Officer \"John Doe\" responded to the location in response to a 911 call of alleged trespass. The residence was registered to Plaintiff's mother's late husband, who had passed away approximately 4 months prior. A tenant of the 1st floor of the resident had taken steps to take over the 2nd floor, resulting in a legal dispute. Officers Burgos and Doe broken down the door of the 2nd floor residence and arrested Plaintiff in an excessive manner without cause. Plaintiff was taken to the precinct. Plaintiff's mother went to the precinct to provide documents demonstrating that the 1st floor tenant had no right to the 2nd floor property. Despite this information and that the NYPD cannot assist claimed landlords in self-help or extrajudicial evictions, Officers Burgos and Doe continued with their arrest of Plaintiff for criminal trespass. The officers withheld exculpatory evidence to the DA's office and maliciously prosecuted Plaintiff. On February 28, 2014, all charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=qqqRyCoQxaRpX0Ws3A0Rew==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Williams, David vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-09-16","disposition_date":"2017-03-10","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"16CV06998","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Burgos, Anthony","summary":"Plaintiff was at an apartment with a group of people when an individual was robbed. Plaintiff had nothing to do with the robbery but 5 days later when he met with his parole officer, he was questioned by Defendant Officers and arrested. Plaintiff was brought to the 42nd Precinct and charged with felony robbery in the second degree. After 24 hours in custody, Plaintiff was released out the side door of Central Booking.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.462428.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4524419/williams-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Lloyd, Val vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-07-08","disposition_date":"2017-08-29","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"300218/2016","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Burgos, Anthony"}],"id":"PVUP","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/PVUP"}