{"active":true,"first_name":"Vicente","last_name":"Perez","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"LT SA","command":{"command":"PBMNCRT","assignment_date":"2024-02-24","id":"770"},"taxid":"946108","complaint_ids":[202500441,202500453,202411840,202406362,202402053,202309736,202307662,202310128,202302201,201900444,201901127,201409238],"command_history":[{"command":"046 DET","id":"46det"},{"command":"033 PCT","id":"33pct"},{"command":"NARCBBX"},{"command":"032 PCT","id":"32pct"}],"appt_date":"2008-01-07","middle_initial":"E","shield_no_history":[28948,3173,2301],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Melton, Darryl vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-11-25","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"163183/2025","court":"Supreme Court - New York"},{"name":"Mercado, Samuel et al. vs City of Ny et al.","start_date":"2021-12-29","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"814604/2021E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On January 24, 2018, at approximately 1:00 a.m., inside the residential premises of 1715 Longfellow Avenue, The Bronx, New York, Plaintiffs, Mr. SAMUEL MERCADO and Ms. MARIBEL RIVERA, were illegally stopped, searched, seized, arrested and detained by defendants, police officers, detectives, sergeants, lieutenants, inspectors or other supervisory officers, employed by the NYPD.  Plaintiff, Mr. Samuel Mercado (“Mr. Mercado”), is a Black, African American, Hispanic or Latino male, and Plaintiff, Ms. Maribel Rivera (“Ms. Rivera”), is an African American, Black, Latina or Hispanic female. The defendants did not possess a judicially authorized warrant to arrest Plaintiffs and did not possess a lawfully obtained search warrant for the residential premises. Then defendants approached the Plaintiffs aggressively with their arms outstretched in a threatening and intimidating manner, and physically restraining the Plaintiffs, violently contorting their hands behind their back before tightly handcuffing them.  Plaintiffs sustained substantial physical pain and injuries to their back, necks, arms, hands and wrists as a result. \nDefendants then proceeded to search Plaintiffs’ and subjected them to strip-searches with attendant cavity inspections of their persons. Prior to Plaintiffs being arraigned in criminal court, defendants, filed a criminal court complaint against Plaintiffs in Bronx County Criminal Court, accusing Plaintiffs of committing various crimes vis-à-vis the doctrine of constructive possession, including Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third-Degree and other related charges. Plaintiffs were detained for (7) days, until their releases from physical custody on, or about, January 30, 2018. On July 26, 2018, the criminal proceedings were terminated in favor of Plaintiffs and all adverse charges were unconditionally and summarily dismissed and sealed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=0SBAMUsqdwTKqi5X99lk2w==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Vasquez, Marco vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-09-21","disposition_date":"2021-10-08","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"030630/2020E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Perez, Vicente E.","summary":"On or about July 13, 2019 at approximately 1:00 a.m. in the area of West Fordham Road and University Avenue Plaintiff was lawfully present when an unnamed PO arrived, approached, questioned, detained, and searched Plaintiff without legal justification. Plaintiff was ultimately arrested on the basis of false PO accusations. The officer and other POs (listed Defendants are Det. James R. Causa, Sgt. Vicente E. Perez, Undercover Officer 368, Det. Daniel Rivera, and John and James Doe) withheld their names and defaced a property receipt so their names could not be derived from it. Plaintiff's arrest was motivated by arrest quotas, and POs John and James Doe failed to intercede despite knowing the arrest was unlawful. Plaintiff was wrongfully detained for a period believed to exceed 24 hours. The District Attorney ultimately declined to prosecute Plaintiff due to insufficient evidence and lack of probable cause.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240904133448/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=DDtKHQ8Y/dlUEwvs6qHhAg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Johnson, J-Quan vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-09-14","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"15CV06915","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Perez, Vicente E.","summary":"Plaintiff was attending a block party and was on crutches after he underwent surgery on his Achilles tendon. Defendant Officers began dispersing the crowd and Plaintiff was crutching away when officer Powell pushed somebody into him, then slapped him.  All Officers began to assault him with their fists and batons , causing severe damage to his injury, and dragged him for a block.  Plaintiff was taken to the hospital and charged with Assault in the Second Degree.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921352-J-Quan-Johnson-v-City-Of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921353-J-Quan-Johnson-v-City-Of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4355746/j-quan-johnson-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Brooks, Andre, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-11-06","disposition_date":"2015-01-15","payout_amount":55000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV07495","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Perez, Vicente E.","summary":"On the night of August 25 and 26, 2012, Plaintiffs Brooks and Clark were lawfully present at the entrance of Hylan Park. Defendants, NYPD Officers Flores, Schantz, Imbert, Perez, Arana and Tiburcio, stopped Plaintiffs at gunpoint. Defendants directed Plaintiffs to lie on the ground, handcuffed them and arrested them. Defendants then searched plaintiffs' bodies via pat-down and searched their pockets. Plaintiffs were lying on the ground for 30 minutes. The defendant officers did not have a warrant authorizing the arrest of plaintiffs. Plaintiffs were then transported to the precinct and then subsequently to Bronx Central Booking where they were imprisoned until August 27, 2012. They were released without being charged with any crime.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.419127/gov.uscourts.nysd.419127.17.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4928387-Brooks-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4928388-Brooks-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13143044/brooks-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Perez, Vicente E.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-08-28","disposition_date":"2018-03-06","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"306368/2012","name":"Fort, Andrew vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":90000}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"payroll":{"salary":"156098","regular":"148802","overtime":"94411","other":"29183","total":"272397"},"id":"SGVK","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/SGVK"}