{"active":true,"first_name":"Rafael","last_name":"Morales","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"BXS OP NIGHT","assignment_date":"2026-05-19","id":"952"},"shield_no":3014,"taxid":"944827","complaint_ids":[201701844,201609960,201602335,201501022,201405143,201401872,201310824,200918825],"command_history":[{"command":"044 DET","id":"44det"},{"command":"044 PCT","id":"44pct"}],"appt_date":"2007-07-09","age":40,"shield_no_history":[14062],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Schlett, David vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-02-28","disposition_date":"2018-08-22","payout_amount":17500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"022258/2018E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Morales, Rafael","summary":"On 11/26/2016, PO Avella searched plaintiff's car under the premises that many breakins had occurred in the neighborhood, and he could search anything in plain sight. Plaintiff Schlett allegedly possessed an illegal knife. PO Avella took Schlett to jail. Schlett alleges that after being released, $120 was missing from his wallet, and he had to spend multiple days defending himself against frivolous charges.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=OxhW30Qgjtz3hs/_PLUS_Mu43Sw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Delorbe-Bell, Joel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-03-30","disposition_date":"2016-06-21","payout_amount":8000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV02344","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Morales, Rafael","summary":"Plaintiff was a passenger in a car that was pulled over by the NYPD for tinted windows. Defendant Officers ordered Plaintiff, who was recording the incident, out of the car and then forcibly grabbed him, searched him, and handcuffed him.   Plaintiff was taken to the 44th Precinct and released with a summons for Dis Con which was dismissed at the first court appearance.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920617-Delorbe-Bell-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920618-Delorbe-Bell-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4355021/delorbe-bell-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Justiniano, Jose vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-02-11","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"300700/2014","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Morales, Rafael"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2018-01-27","case_no":"2017-17540","penalty":"Vacation days (7 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Frisked a person without sufficient legal authority.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Searched a person without sufficient legal authority.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Stopped a person without sufficient legal authority.","disposition":"Guilty"}]}],"payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115402","overtime":"66161","other":"18919","total":"200482"},"id":"Q9E3","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/Q9E3"}