{"active":true,"first_name":"Piero","last_name":"Lasaponara","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"LT","command":{"command":"TB SOD","assignment_date":"2026-06-15","id":"396"},"taxid":"947157","complaint_ids":[202409940,201904088,201902845,201810023,201706128,201703504,201505349,201500449,201403543,201301007,201110190,201015920,201004781],"command_history":[{"command":"TB DT32","id":"TB32"},{"command":"IAB","id":"IAB"},{"command":"073 PCT","id":"73pct"},{"command":"PBBN","id":"PBBN"},{"command":"076 PCT","id":"76pct"},{"command":"PBBS SU"},{"command":"WARRSEC","id":"118"}],"appt_date":"2008-07-08","age":42,"shield_no_history":[7631,1161,3602,1078],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Romulus, Eric & Boursiquot, Steve vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-10-19","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"528364/2023","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On September 30 2020 both Plaintiffs were lawfully in the area when\nDetective Thomas Clementi, Detective Timi Tomacruz, Sergeant Piero Lasaponara and Officers John Does approached them unlawfully. Both Plaintiffs exited their vehicle to speak to a friend when they were unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched, handcuffed, and falsely arrested without probable cause. The officers transported both Plaintiffs to the 63rd precinct and initiated a malicious prosecution by providing incomplete evidence to purportedly justify the arrests. Both were transported to Central Booking on October 1 2020 and thereafter arraigned on October 1 2020. All charges were dismissed on October 19 2021.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=eC57HZhir9ZPV46TzF1m6A==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Gray, Carol, et al. as Co-Adm of The Estate of Gray, Kimani Gebarrie vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-04-22","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"14CV02488","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Lasaponara, Piero","summary":"On March 9, 2013, Kimani Gebarrie Gray was walking on the sidewalk with a few friends intending to attend a birthday party. Sergeant Mourad Mourad and Officer Jovaniel Cordova of the NYPD pulled up in an unmarked vehicle. After one of the officers loudly asked Kimani where his brother was, the officer then said \"You're not going to be nothing when you grow up. You're going to be just like your brother.\" Kimani then turned his back to the officers, and in an attempt to leave, tried to hop over a gate to a driveway. Defendants Mourad and Cordova stopped and seized Kimani by pointing their firearms. After Kimani got down on his knees and raised his hands straight up int he air, the named defendants shot Kimani several times. Rather than administer medical aid, defendant Hoder handcuffed Kimani behind his back and to a fence. Eventually, emergency medical services arrived and transported Kimani to the hospital where he died of his gunshot wounds, approximately eighty-five minutes after initial contact, on March 10, 2013.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.355312.68.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922279-Gray-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922280-Gray-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922278-Gray-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323298/gray-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Dunwell, Britton vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-01-08","disposition_date":"2014-12-01","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"021250/2013","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Lasaponara, Piero"},{"name":"Taylor, Donald vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-11-06","disposition_date":"2014-04-24","payout_amount":6000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV04064","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Lasaponara, Piero","summary":"On April 11, 2010, while Plaintiff was at the Marcus Garvey Village housing complex, outside of his residence, speaking to his neighbors. Officers Lasaponara and Brennan seized plaintiff claiming he had engaged in criminal activity. \nPlaintiff had brought a brown bag and was showing his neighbors a cologne. Defendants accused plaintiff of illegally selling the cologne. Defendants searched through plaintiff's bag and found an alcoholic beverage he purchased earlier. Defendants frisked plaintiff and issued him a Desk Appearance Ticket, claiming that he had illegally possessed an open container. The matter was docketed in Kings County Criminal Court. Plaintiff was arraigned on June 11, 2010. Plaintiff appeared in court several times. On December 2, 2011, the Kings County DA dismissed the claims in their entirety.\nOn Friday, July 1, 2011, plaintiff finished working for the day and was in the process of packing up merchandise he sold at his place of business on Rockaway Avenue in Brooklyn. Officer Schuessler and his unidentified partner approached plaintiff and accused him of violating New York Penal Law. The officers requested plaintiff's vendors ID, at which point he produced his license. The officers searched through plaintiff's merchandise, after arresting and placing plaintiff in a police vehicle. The search yielded nothing illegal. When plaintiff arrived at the precinct, officers told him he would be charged with a felony. Plaintiff was given a DAT. On November 22, 2011, the Kings County DA executed a DNP, declining to prosecute, noting it was a problem case, lacking no evidence other than Schuessler's claims.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.344977/gov.uscourts.nyed.344977.10.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919883-Taylor-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919882-Taylor-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13049840/taylor-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Windsor, Malik vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-07-25","disposition_date":"2014-02-10","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV05399","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Lasaponara, Piero","summary":"On February 2, 2013, in Brooklyn, plaintiff was a passenger in a car being driven by his friend. Defendant officer Conlin, along with other officers, approached the vehicle, which was parked in front of the plaintiff's home. Defendant officers claim to have found marijuana either in the vehicle or on the person of the plaintiff's friend. Defendant officers arrested plaintiff and falsely charged him with an unknown crime. On February 3, plaintiff was released because the District Attorney's office declined prosecution.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922277-Windsor-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.347359.9.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4322873/windsor-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Phillip, Brandon vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-05-14","disposition_date":"2013-12-02","payout_amount":22500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV02750","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Lasaponara, Piero","summary":"On February 2, 2013, Plaintiff and his friend were driving in Brooklyn. POs Adam Conlin and Piero Lasaponara approached and yanked Plaintiff out of the car, slammed him against it, and handcuffed him. The handcuffs were so tight that one of his wrists started to bleed. Plaintiff pleaded with the POs too loosen the cuffs but they refused. The POs searched Plaintiff and the car without legal justification. In the car, the POs found an allegedly stolen wallet, a small amount of marijuana, and a lighter that looked like a firearm. The POs and prosecutors charged Plaintiff with a number of crimes, which the District Attorney's Office declined to prosecute. \n\nWhen Plaintiff was released from custody, he obtained medical treatment for the nerve damage he suffered from the tight handcuffs. He subsequently underwent physical therapy.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.342575.12.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4322606/phillip-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Lasaponara, Piero","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-06-14","disposition_date":"2013-05-22","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"12CV02554","name":"Cooper, Edward vs Conlin, Adam, et al.","payout_amount":17500,"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922281-Cooper-v-Police-Officer-Adam-Conlin-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922282-Cooper-v-Police-Officer-Adam-Conlin-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4321718/cooper-v-police-officer-adam-conlin/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-10-03","case_no":"2021-23400","penalty":"A - Command Discipline, vacation days (5 days)","recommendation":"Command Discipline - B","allegations":[{"desc":"Improper entry."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21025131-lasaponara-592b1e56a7fc5bc975e742902416513fb2ad3047","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22085596-seh_947157","type":"employment-history"}],"payroll":{"salary":"118056","regular":"117719","overtime":"63949","other":"20942","total":"202611"},"id":"QY67","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/QY67"}