{"active":false,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Pinto","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"INT CIS","assignment_date":"2021-07-15","id":"10"},"shield_no":2062,"ended_date":"2026-06-01","taxid":"934067","complaint_ids":[202104369,201701249,201201126,201200352,201107558,201009141],"command_history":[{"command":"105 PCT","id":"105pct"}],"appt_date":"2004-01-20","middle_initial":"L","shield_no_history":[23836],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Ameruso, Marc vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-06-01","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"15CV03381","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Pinto, Michael","summary":"Plaintiff was videotaping a super bowl party when he saw officers assaulting a civilian.  When Plaintiff attempted to videotape the assault he was shoved to the ground by an officer.  When Plaintiff complained to a supervisor and asked Officer Johnson for his name and shield, defendant officers assaulted, searched, and arrested Plaintiff.  He was taken to the 1st Precinct and charged with 3 counts of dis con. 2 counts were dismissed for facial insufficiency and the other was dismissed for failure to prosecute.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920745-Ameruso-v-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4355173/ameruso-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Massac, Montaigne vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-05-28","disposition_date":"2014-09-15","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV03199","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Pinto, Michael","summary":"On June 9, 2011, Montaigne Massac and an acquaintance were unlawfully stopped and then attacked by police officers Sergeant Joseph Pinto and Officer Michael Pinto in Queens for asking for the officer's badge numbers during the stop. Plaintiff's complaint asserts that Plaintiff was tightly handcuffed, assaulted, battered, falsely arrested using excessive force during an unlawful stop. Plaintiff then alleges an abuse of process and malicious prosecution at the officers offering of false statements after the arrest.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.356684/gov.uscourts.nyed.356684.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13051125/massac-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Pinto, Michael","disposition":"Administrative Closing","start_date":"2012-09-14","disposition_date":"2017-03-30","court":"Civil Court - Queens","docket":"300849/2015","name":"Flowers, Thomas, et Al vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":0},{"officer_name":"Pinto, Michael","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2011-06-10","disposition_date":"2020-03-06","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","docket":"013512/2011","name":"Mckoy, Patricia, Adm. For Estate of Deravin, Jacqueline vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":325000}],"id":"R8MR","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/R8MR"}