{"active":true,"first_name":"Craig","last_name":"Vitale","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"T.A.R.U","assignment_date":"2026-01-12","id":"TARU"},"shield_no":938,"taxid":"952327","command_history":[{"command":"DCO DT"},{"command":"TARU DRONE"},{"command":"DFRU"},{"command":"006 PCT","id":"6pct"},{"command":"060 PCT","id":"60pct"},{"command":"ADM DIV","id":"442"}],"middle_initial":"M","shield_no_history":[1036],"appt_date":"2012-01-09","lawsuits":[{"name":"Hurt, Destiny vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-12-24","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"160235/2024","court":"Supreme Court - New York","summary":"On August 12, 2023, Plaintiff was in the park speaking about her religious beliefs and offering religious materials to passersby, when she was unlawfully approached by Defendant NYPD officers Maric, Gomez, Fermin, Jones, Vitale, Diazzabala, and other unknown NYPD officers, without any legal basis. The Defendants told Plaintiff that her \"umbrella\" was against park regulations. Plaintiff had been in the park numerous times previously and had been told that it was legal to be there. The Defendants surrounded Plaintiff and attempted to confiscate her umbrella. They verbally seized, detained, assaulted, and threatened her. The Defendants began to attack, touch, grab, pull, restrain, kick, scratch, and detain Plaintiff. The Defendants held Plaintiff back while violently punching her. Plaintiff's ordeal had many witnesses and was captured on videotape. The Plaintiff was then handcuffed, falsely arrested, and falsely imprisoned. Plaintiff was transported to the precinct, where her request for medical attention was initially ignored.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=FlzY17pV5jU782TYFfHdVg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Allen, Taz, et al. vs Police Officer Vitale, Craig, et al.","start_date":"2018-04-30","disposition_date":"2018-10-26","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"18CV03591","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Vitale, Craig","summary":"Plaintiffs were stopped, searched, and subsequently arrested. They were taken to the 18th Precinct and charged with Fraudulent Accosting and held on Rikers when they failed to make bail. The charges with dismissed and sealed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.492509/gov.uscourts.nysd.492509.9.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6449031/allen-v-vitale/"},{"name":"Rowe, Jonathan vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-07-18","disposition_date":"2017-03-17","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"155692/2016","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Vitale, Craig","summary":"On or about February 6, 2016, the plaintiff, Jonathan Rowe, was wrongfully and arrested, detained and imprisoned, on the accusation of the crimes of possession of fraudulent accosting. The defendants arrested and imprisoned the plaintiff in the precinct in Bronx without reasonable cause or belief. The plaintiff was charged with various crimes based on the false information provided by the defendants and the proceedings ultimately terminated in the plaintiff's favor. \nNote that the complaint also states that the defendants made false accusations on or about November 20, 2014 and March 17, 2015.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=1w3m6MRYbyawQzEU4VOJOw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Bayoh, Mambu vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-08-13","disposition_date":"2014-10-10","payout_amount":70000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV05525","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Vitale, Craig","summary":"On June 2, 2013, NYPD Officer Arthur McCarthy pushed Plaintiff against a wall, confiscated his camera, and insulted Plaintiff with racial slurs. Officer McCarthy arrested Plaintiff and deleted all the photos from his camera. On July 17, 2013, all charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.415989/gov.uscourts.nysd.415989.4.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13142910/bayoh-v-new-york-city/"}],"payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"108510","overtime":"58661","other":"22704","total":"189876"},"id":"Q4BV","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/Q4BV"}