{"active":false,"first_name":"Brian","last_name":"Byrnes","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"MTS DET","assignment_date":"2016-08-10","id":"MTSdet"},"shield_no":969,"ended_date":"2021-07-02","taxid":"917357","complaint_ids":[201601941,201501642,9804620],"command_history":[{"command":"O C C B"},{"command":"NARCBMS","id":"70"}],"appt_date":"1996-07-18","age":65,"middle_initial":"B","shield_no_history":[22847],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Scott, Thomas vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-10-30","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"160519/2023","court":"Supreme Court - New York","summary":"On March 16, 2020, the plaintiff, an adult black or African American male, was unlawfully stopped, detained, battered, and assaulted by several NYPD officers. The officers involved include Brian Byrnes (Shield No. 00969), Nicholas Calandro (Shield No. 04386), Justin Cristiano (Shield No. 11366), and Brian Hickey (Shield No. 06833). The plaintiff was detained for approximately 27 days until his release on April 12, 2020, and was prosecuted until all criminal charges were unconditionally dismissed and sealed on November 3, 2021.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ihmReKSimIAG6vhFb_PLUS_p41A==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Rodriguez, Angelina vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-05-19","disposition_date":"2017-07-07","payout_amount":4000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV03689","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Byrnes, Brian B.","summary":"Plaintiff's son was arrested by defendant officers for allegedly possessing and selling marijuana to UC 276. Officers went to Plaintiff's apartment and demanded she give them his cell phone. Since Plaintiff refused, defendant officers obtained and executed a search warrant at her apartment and locked her out.  Officers refused to give the key back until she agreed to answer questions regarding her son's cell phone. The charges against her son were later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.457636/gov.uscourts.nysd.457636.28.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4927824-Rodriguez-v-City-Of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4523806/rodriguez-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Allen, Benjamin vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-04-24","disposition_date":"2016-10-13","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"15CV01918","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Byrnes, Brian B.","summary":"On March 17, 2012 (St. Patrick's Day, defendant officers arrested plaintiff without probable cause, used excessive force, and caused him to be detained thereafter his arraignment. Officers also filed falsified reports which caused him to be prosecuted without probable cause as well as cause him to have to appear repeatedly in court until all charges were dismissed. Plaintiff was engaged in a peaceful U.S Constitutional 1st Amendment activity, in compliance with all lawful orders of the police.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920579-Allen-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4523068/allen-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Douglas, Ariel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-12-23","disposition_date":"2018-10-22","payout_amount":145000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV08124","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Byrnes, Brian B.","summary":"On October 14, 2011, Ariel Douglas was serving as a legal observer in connection with the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Defendant NYPD officer Anthony Difrancesca aggress rode his police scooter into Douglas, causing him to fall down and ran over his leg. Difrancesca stopped his scooter while it was on Douglas' right foot and got off it. Douglas kicked the scooter off him and a number of John Does police officers, including  Jerome Allen and Sergeant Brian Byrnes, manhandled Douglas using police batons and banged his head on the roadway. They also pulled his arm up and out, handcuffed his with plastic handcuffs, and threw him onto the floor of a police transport vehicle. After being transported to the Precinct, plaintiff was then taken to Bellevue Hospital to receive medical care. After plaintiff was taken back to the Precinct, a John Doe member of the Internal Affairs Division took photos of his face with the cell phone and badgered him to remove his bandages, despite plaintiff repeatedly asking for an attorney. Plaintiff was also denied the privilege of making a phone call for an inordinate period of time.  \n\nDouglas was originally arraigned the next day on a felony criminal complaint of one count of Criminal Mischief in the Third Degree and one count of Resisting Arrest. Officer Allen falsely attested that they arrested the plaintiff after he kicked over an NYPD vehicle and that plaintiff resisted arrest by flailing his arms and kicking his legs. Then a misdemeanor complaint was lodged against the plaintiff on October 24, 2011, in which he was charged with Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree and Resisting Arrest. In this complaint, Difrancesca attested that Sergeant Brian Byrnes observed plaintiff kick over the motorcycle and resist arrest by kicking his legs. Byrnes submitted a supporting deposition. When plaintiff returned to the Precinct to collect his belongings after being released, he found his electronic devices had been shrink-wrapped, indicating they may have been unlawfully searched. All charges against the plaintiff were dismissed on January 10, 2014.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.433567/gov.uscourts.nysd.433567.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4522977/douglas-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Gold, Melanie vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-04-30","disposition_date":"2013-12-02","payout_amount":5002,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV02142","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Byrnes, Brian B.","summary":"On April 13, 2012, Plaintiff was standing with friends who were protesting as part of Occupy Wall Street, however Plaintiff was not protesting or holding signs. Deputy Inspector Edward Winski spoke with Plaintiff about whether or not she was in the way of where the barricades were placed. Deputy Inspector Winski then shoved Plaintiff with his hand, and Plaintiff then felt a metal barricade shoved into her ribs. As Plaintiff walked away, an unknown PO directed Plaintiff to turn around and walk back. Plaintiff then walked past Deputy Inspector Winski who grabber her wrist and slammed her face into a car. Deputy Inspector Winski, Lieutenant Frank Viviano, Sergeant Brian Byrnes, and a fourth unknown officer then held Plaintiff down on the hood of a car and placed handcuffs on her, which were tight and caused Plaintiff pain. Sergeant Byrnes then walked Plaintiff, holding her arms in a painful position, to a police vehicle. Plaintiff was held in police custody for approximately 26.5 hours, and the arrest report states that PO Francisco Delgado was the arresting officer.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.409868.10.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919822-Gold-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919823-Gold-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4351993/gold-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/R23R-brian-byrnes.jpg","id":"R23R","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/R23R"}