{"active":true,"first_name":"Brian","last_name":"Festo","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT2","command":{"command":"DBSI","assignment_date":"2026-03-30","id":"542"},"shield_no":1247,"taxid":"953857","complaint_ids":[202306039,202105867,202101339,201701723,201506233],"command_history":[{"command":"061 DET","id":"61det"},{"command":"1ST D.C","id":"380"},{"command":"PBBS","id":"PBBS"},{"command":"062 PCT","id":"62pct"},{"command":"NARCBSI","id":"204"}],"appt_date":"2013-01-09","middle_initial":"A","shield_no_history":[1903],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Vargas, Felipe vs Festo, Brian, et al.","start_date":"2022-01-19","disposition_date":"2023-06-29","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Administrative Closing","docket":"151519/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Richmond","summary":"On September 16, 2017, Police Officer Brian Festo, Michael Dicecco, and Mohsin Mohsin proceeded to unlawfully stop, question, frisk, seize and detain Plaintiff without his consent, and without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or any legal justification on the street. The Police Officers searched Plaintiff without probable cause or any legal justification and did not locate any illegal drugs, weapons or contraband as a result or the search. Based upon the false, misleading, and incomplete information provided to the District Attorney’s Office by the defendant police officers, defendants maliciously initiated a prosecution against plaintiff without probable cause, and as a result plaintiff was falsely charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=wVcr92mU2osLET7YEAtRJA==","type":"complaint"}]}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/R6LR-brian-festo.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"134819","regular":"129579","overtime":"70960","other":"21400","total":"221939"},"id":"R6LR","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/R6LR"}