{"active":false,"first_name":"Ryan","last_name":"Smith","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"POM","command":{"command":"121 PCT","id":"121pct"},"shield_no":15423,"ended_date":"2019-12-02","taxid":"957177","complaint_ids":[201601726],"appt_date":"2014-07-09","lawsuits":[{"name":"Cruz, Pedro vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-10-05","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Smith, Ryan"},{"name":"Cruz, Pedro vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-10-05","disposition_date":"2021-04-26","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"18CV05584","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Smith, Ryan","summary":"On July 8, 2017, at the intersection of Richmond Terrace and Union Avenue in Richmond County, NY, Plaintiff was driving with a passenger named Justin Rodriguez and was pulled over for possibly having windows that had too dark of a tint. The officer asked both Plaintiff and the passenger to produce identification. While they told Plaintiff that they did not have a tool to check the tint and he was therefore free to go, they ordered the passenger, Justin Rodriguez, out of the car because they had a warrant out for him. Rodriguez refused to get out of the car, insisting that there was no warrant. As a result, Officer Ryan Smith and three other officers forcibly dragged both Plaintiff and Rodriguez out of the car and handcuffed him. After their removal, Officer Ryan Smith searched the vehicle without consent or a warrant. The officer found a small knife and charged Plaintiff with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree for which he was arraigned on August 10, 2017. The case was adjourned multiple times until September 20, 2018 when the charge was dismissed upon application of the Richmond County District Attorney's Office.\n\nThe named officers involved in this incident were Police Officer Ryan Smith, Sergeant Christopher Flaherty, and SSA John Todaro.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.423283/gov.uscourts.nyed.423283.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7990288/cruz-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"id":"RKPH","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/RKPH"}