{"active":true,"first_name":"Brian","last_name":"Destefano","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"DBXS","assignment_date":"2026-07-21","id":"946"},"shield_no":1249,"taxid":"954727","complaint_ids":[201900170,201609848],"command_history":[{"command":"OPS DIV","id":"735"},{"command":"040 DET","id":"40det"},{"command":"040 PCT","id":"40pct"}],"appt_date":"2013-07-09","middle_initial":"P","shield_no_history":[7166],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Margolies, Rebecca vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-11-18","disposition_date":"2023-01-25","payout_amount":20001,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"21CV10839","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"On June 4, 2020, the Plaintiff had Jail Support NYC's Attestation of Essential Services printed on a letterhead in her possession (indicating she was an essential worker, thus exempt from curfew). At night, she went to the precinct to locate arrestees and provide food and water for people released from custody. On her way to provide services, NYPD Defendants Does 2-29 surrounded the Plaintiff and illegally arrested the Plaintiff. One of the PO put the Plaintiff in metal handcuffs, and none of them followed proper curfew violation protocol (even if the Plaintiff had not been exempt from the curfew).","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.572028/gov.uscourts.nysd.572028.24.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/61627498/margolies-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Belle, Terron, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-03-27","disposition_date":"2022-12-14","payout_amount":453733,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"19CV02673","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Destefano, Brian","summary":"On various dates in 2017-2019, Plaintiffs, who represent a class of similarly situated individuals, were unlawfully stopped and searched by P.O.s Brian Destefano, Daniel Mardjonovic, Steven Barry, and John Does 1-50 without probable cause. Plaintiffs challenge the NYPD's unconstitutional policy of detaining people for the purpose of conducting a search of the NYPD's internal and external databases without individualized reasonable suspicion. These unwarranted digital searches disproportionately target people of color without being reasonably related to actual criminal activity.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.512466/gov.uscourts.nysd.512466.77.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/14795345/belle-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/Q8F5-brian-destefano.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115444","overtime":"40817","other":"15908","total":"172169"},"id":"Q8F5","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/Q8F5"}