{"active":true,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Laborde","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"PSA 2","assignment_date":"2026-03-06","id":"PSA2"},"shield_no":5871,"taxid":"954037","complaint_ids":[202208204,202001134,202001175,201909580,201903780,201901960,201904750,201810162,201806306,201802439,201706821,201704878,201704633,201606943,201602797],"command_history":[{"command":"MAN CT","id":"127"},{"command":"DBBS","id":"584"},{"command":"023 PCT","id":"23pct"},{"command":"023 DET","id":"23det"}],"appt_date":"2013-01-09","age":42,"middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[5867,2787],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Baker, Russell vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-11-10","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"158822/2022","court":"Supreme Court - New York","summary":"On or about December 8, 2019, Plaintiff Russell Baker was a passenger in a vehicle when several New York City Police Officers, including Defendant Police Officers Gallante, Laborde, Natal, Degnan, and Sergeant Ghibaudi, and NYPD Defendants John & Jane Doe 1 through 10 (“DOE Defendants”), stopped the vehicle without any legal justification. Defendants ordered all occupants out of the vehicle and proceeded to search them and the vehicle. Defendants recovered no contraband from Plaintiff. Despite having no probable cause to believe that Plaintiff had committed any crimes or offenses, Defendants placed Plaintiff into handcuffs and under arrest. Defendants used excessive force in effectuating the arrest, namely by placing excessively tight handcuffs and refusing to provide Plaintiff with medical care despite Plaintiff's repeated requests. Plaintiff was subsequently transported to the police precinct where Defendants falsely informed employees of the New York District Attorney’s Office that they had observed Plaintiff commit various crimes and offenses when in fact Defendants did not observe Plaintiff violate any laws or ordinances. After attending all required Court appearances, all charges against Plaintiff were dismissed on or about November 22, 2021. As a result of Defendant's unlawful actions, Plaintiff suffered physical injuries, emotional pain and suffering, reputational damage, and loss of income.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240627063503/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=QJP_PLUS_Q4TVuwI7kJPpC8jX4A==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Cavender, Shawn vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-10-28","disposition_date":"2022-11-02","payout_amount":60000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"21CV07290","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"On June 2, 2020, plaintiff was lawfully and peacefully attending a protest of police misconduct in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.  An unidentified uniformed police officer shoved a protestor without provocation, causing a stampede of protestors and NYPD members in riot gear in plaintiff's direction.  Plaintiff ran to try to escape the oncoming rush but stopped to help a person that had fallen on the ground.  As plaintiff was helping this person, plaintiff encountered P.O. Michael Laborde in riot gear so plaintiff extended his arms over his head with his hands open in a \"hands up\" gesture.  P.O. Laborde nevertheless proceeded to violently throw plaintiff to the ground and began punching, kicking and hitting plaintiff with his police baton.  P.O. Sean Degnan, Sgt. Andrew Ghibaudi, acting in concert with P.O. Laborde, all started hitting plaintiff's head, shoulders, back, arms and abdomen with their fists, boots, and police batons.  They also forcefully placed their knees against plaintiff's back, keeping him pinned to the ground, and forcibly applied zip-ties to plaintiff's hands behind his back.  Lt. Lawrence Wang observed the police officers repeatedly and violently strike plaintiff but did nothing to stop it.  Plaintiff was placed under arrest, forcibly detained, and imprisoned, which Lt. Wang authorized.  During plaintiff's detention, P.O. Degnan further tightened the flex cuffs when plaintiff asked him to loosen them due to substantial pain.  The officers initiated a criminal prosecution based on false accusations.  On October 14, 2020, all criminal charges against plaintiff were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.565800/gov.uscourts.nysd.565800.17.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60324680/cavender-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Bryant, Joel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-11-19","disposition_date":"2019-12-15","payout_amount":2500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"18CV10529","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Laborde, Michael J.","summary":"On August 15, 2018, plaintiff was traveling in a taxi with three friends.  P.O.s Sheldon P. Elliott, Michael J. Laborde, Daryl L. Melhado, Ivonne Ramirez, Sergeant Ghibaudi, and two unnamed officers pulled over the taxi with their weapons drawn, forcibly removed plaintiff from the car, and arrested plaintiff without cause.  The officers tightly handcuffed plaintiff with his hands placed behind his back.  The officers forcibly placed plaintiff inside their police vehicle and transported him to the 23rd Precinct, where he was interrogated and had DNA unlawfully collected from him.  At the precinct, the officers placed plaintiff inside a cell, handcuffed him to a pole, and seized his phone without providing any voucher for plaintiff to reclaim his property.  The officers have since refused to return any of his properties.  Plaintiff did not possess any weapons and did not commit any offense, but the defendant officers falsely stated to the prosecutors that plaintiff was in possession of a weapon. The prosecutors conducted an independent investigation and concluded there was no evidence of a crime, so they declined to prosecute the plaintiff.  Despite no crime or prosecution, the officers retained plaintiff's DNA and refused to return or destroy it.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.504610/gov.uscourts.nysd.504610.35.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/8172303/bryant-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Sorel, Danyal vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-09-20","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"101403/2018","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Laborde, Michael J."}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-02-01","case_no":"2022-24765","penalty":"Vacation days (25 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Failed to safeguard his firearm.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"},{"desc":"Failed to timely make proper notifications.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21019718-daf-laborde954037","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23834609-laborde","type":"brady-giglio"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/QBCV-michael-laborde.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"108510","overtime":"51745","other":"18049","total":"178304"},"id":"QBCV","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/QBCV"}