{"active":true,"first_name":"Matthew","last_name":"Mccurry","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"084 PCT","assignment_date":"2026-02-23","id":"84pct"},"shield_no":1592,"taxid":"958897","complaint_ids":[202306152,202202153,202104659,202104366,202100385,202101687,202002901,201909696,201903317,201803954,201709197,201610434],"command_history":[{"command":"081 PCT","id":"81pct"},{"command":"075 PCT","id":"75pct"}],"appt_date":"2015-07-08","middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[20597],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Alexander, Jai-Deen vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-01-28","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"501676/2025","court":"Supreme Court - Kings"},{"name":"Williams, John vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-10-30","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"531511/2023","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On June 12, 2019, the Plaintiff was lawfully in his car near the intersection of Livonia Avenue and Warwick Street in Brooklyn, New York, when Defendant officers Gentz, Mccurry, Salazar, and John or Jane Doe 1-10, illegally stopped, questioned, assaulted, and battered him without probable cause or reasonable suspicion, acting solely based on improper characteristics such as race, religion, or national origin. The officers illegally searched the Plaintiff, twisted his arm excessively, and applied tight handcuffs despite his complaints of pain. Some Defendants present failed to intervene. After arresting him, the Plaintiff was taken to the NYPD 75th precinct against his will, subjected to an illegal interrogation without being Mirandized, then transported to Central Booking, where he underwent illegal scans and searches without counsel and remained in a filthy cell until being transferred to the Brooklyn Detention Complex. The Plaintiff was detained for about 17 days until his release from physical custody. The Defendant officers filed charges of assault and criminal possession of a weapon, which were dismissed in plaintiff's favor on June 17, 2021. As a result, the Plaintiff suffered significant damages.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=4c_PLUS_083IdkpDOZ0gvl6oCGg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Andrews, Dashawn vs Det. William Schumacher, et al.","start_date":"2023-05-31","disposition_date":"2025-12-13","payout_amount":7500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"23CV03634","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","documents":[{"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.497360/gov.uscourts.nyed.497360.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67394090/andrews-v-schumacher/"},{"name":"Campbell, Archie vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-10-13","disposition_date":"2024-04-23","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"529002/2022","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On April 16, 2022, Plaintiff was a passenger in his friend's car when Officers, without probable cause, pulled over the car, opened the passenger side door, grabbed the Plaintiff and forcibly pulled him out of the vehicle. Officers then roughly handcuffed and searched Plaintiff and threw him into the police car, slamming his foot against the car. They then transported him to the 75th Precinct. While Plaintiff was in custody, Officers falsely told the DA that Plaintiff was in criminal possession of a firearm and falsely accused him of other related charged. Furthermore, Plaintiff was suffering the rejection of his kidney implant and required medication and treatment which Officers knowingly delayed and refused to administer and procure medical attention. As a result of the delay, Plaintiff was forced to spend a month in the hospital.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=U5NRgNUqzk0OjIr_PLUS_GzqGnw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"M., D., By His Fng, Mills, Devon vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-09-13","disposition_date":"2025-01-16","payout_amount":62500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"22CV05338","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"On January 16, 2021, D.M. (a 13-year-old) was walking at or near an intersection when Officers Matthew McCurry and Joseph Vigiano pulled alongside D.M. in an unmarked police car and stopped their vehicle.  Officer McCurry exited the car and tried to grab D.M. without explanation.  At the time, Officers McCurry and Vigiano were in plainclothes and did not identify themselves as police officers.  D.M. ran across the street, stopped, and put his hands up.  Officer McCurry chased D.M. while Officer Vigiano drove the car across the street.  Officer McCurry then, without instructions or explanation, picked up D.M. from behind, slammed him onto the hood of the car, and pressed on his back before searching him.  D.M. called his father, Devon Mills, who came to the scene and attempted to speak to Officers McCurry and Vigiano.  Officers McCurry and Vigiano drove away without speaking to Mr. Mills and did not issue any ticket, summons, nor did they charge D.M. with any crime.  \n\nFollowing the incident, D.M. filed a Civilian Complaint Review Board (\"CCRB\") complaint against Officers McCurry and Vigiano.  Following their investigation, the CCRB substantiated allegations of \"force\" and \"abuse of authority\" against Officer McCurry with respect to his stopping, using physical force, frisking, and searching D.M., and an \"abuse of authority\" allegation against Officer Vigiano with respect to his stopping of D.M.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.485346/gov.uscourts.nyed.485346.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/64984149/dm-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Smith, Dennis vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-03-08","disposition_date":"2024-05-21","payout_amount":33500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"506705/2022","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On July 11, 2019, Plaintiff was lawfully present on the sidewalk when Defendant NYPD officers, including Matthew McCurry, Michael Ardolino, Michael LaGattolla, Nicholas Conway, Sergio Castillo, Christian Calvagna, Joshua Navarro, and Michael Hansson unlawfully approached and stopped Plaintiff to question him about an argument he had with his wife several hours before. Defendants then seized and searched Plaintiff, despite lack of reasonable suspicion or probable cause. Plaintiff was accused him of a criminal act and was placed in overly-tight handcuffs, causing injury. While Plaintiff was in custody, Defendants went to the residence of Plaintiff's wife and lied to gain access and search the property. Defendants knowingly gave false information pursuant to the charges against Plaintiff. Plaintiff was later found not guilty on all charges by a jury on May 13, 2021.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=IWbJkENRYpHdH81LD7Zktw==&system=prod","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Herod, Jamane vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-10-01","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"517475/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"McCurry, Matthew J.","summary":"On July 5, 2018,  plaintiff was a lawful passenger in a motor vehicle traveling in the vicinity of Hegeman Avenue and Vermont Street when the defendants unlawfully stopped the motor vehicle The defendant officers ordered plaintiff to get out of the vehicle and proceeded to search the vehicle without legal justification or probable cause.  Nothing illegal was found in the search. Further Plaintiff had not committed any crimes and Defendants had no reasonable suspicion of probable cause to believe that Plaintiff had committed a crime. Nevertheless, plaintiff was unlawfully handcuffed and unlawfully arrested plaintiff.  Plaintiff was transported by the defendant police officers to the 75th precinct against his will, where he was photographed, searched, fingerprinted and then placed in a holding cell. Thereafter, the defendant police officers conducted an invasive and unlawful\nstrip search of plaintiff without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. Specifically, plaintiff was forced to take off all of his clothes and shake each\npiece of clothing out. Plaintiff was then ordered to turn around, and with his back facing the defendant police officers, plaintiff was forced to bend over and spread his buttocks and lift his genitals. After several hours in unlawful custody, plaintiff was transported from the 75th Precinct to Brooklyn County Central Booking. \n\nThe defendants provided the District Attorney’s Office with false information about the facts that allegedly led them to believe that plaintiff committed a crime. Based upon the false information provided to the District Attorney’s Office by the defendant police officers, a prosecution was initiated against plaintiff. On July 6, 2018, at approximately 3:00 pm, after being unlawfully detained for approximately 40 hours, plaintiff was arraigned. Plaintiff was charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree, amongst other charges. Thereafter, plaintiff was forced to appear in Court on two further occasions before all charges were dismissed and sealed on December 27, 2018.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240804232401/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=isAslJsBgu2oDHakCPyjCw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Johnson, Winston vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-04-25","disposition_date":"2020-09-16","payout_amount":60000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"508963/2019","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"McCurry, Matthew J.","summary":"On or about June 16, 2018, Winston Johnson was at his home in Brooklyn, New York, when officers from the NYPD, including Officers Ramil Casimir, John Siroka, Daniel Gerardi, Mathew McCurry, and Detective Andre Ohara, entered his home to arrest his son based on an outstanding i-card from a previous incident. Johnson, who was not involved in that incident, was startled by the officers' arrival. Wearing only his boxers, Johnson answered the door and was immediately rushed by the officers, who used excessive force, hitting him about his head and body.\n\nJohnson was then handcuffed, denied the opportunity to put on clothes, and taken to the 75th Precinct before being transported to Brookdale Hospital for treatment of his injuries. He sustained physical injuries, including a torn ligament in his shoulder and a torn tendon in his knee. Johnson was charged with obstruction of governmental administration and resisting arrest, though these charges were dismissed on November 30, 2018.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=zPxo_PLUS_vzQdHZ0G8wpibPrMg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"officer_name":"McCurry, Matthew J.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2017-09-06","disposition_date":"2022-03-23","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","docket":"516617/2017","name":"Saleh, Saad, and Awadh, Mohamed Kassim Mohamed Adm/est of Mohamed, Saber vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":550000}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2024-05-03","case_no":"2023-29013","penalty":"Training","recommendation":"Training","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongful entry of a premises."},{"desc":"Wrongfully frisked an individual known to the Department."},{"desc":"Wrongfully stopped an individual known to the Department."}]},{"disposition_date":"2022-07-21","case_no":"2022-26491","recommendation":"Other","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to activate their body worn camera."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24779211-958897_05072024_2024033pdf","date":"2024-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","type":"trial-decision"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21025616-mccurry-8c6d51f40f4f4745b8599b55433f94a4f1c1ffa2","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21066577-mccurry-958897-03-20-20","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22086002-seh_958897","type":"employment-history"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/SE6D-matthew-mccurry.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"108510","overtime":"55710","other":"25963","total":"190183"},"id":"SE6D","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/SE6D"}