{"active":true,"first_name":"Dmaine","last_name":"Freeland","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"DTS","command":{"command":"PB CAD","assignment_date":"2024-10-30","id":"108"},"shield_no":4615,"taxid":"941208","complaint_ids":[202001601,201905713,201902498,201403918,201206620,201205420,201106950,201106739,201001400],"command_history":[{"command":"109 PCT","id":"109pct"},{"command":"NARCBBN","id":"92"}],"appt_date":"2006-07-10","age":50,"middle_initial":"R","shield_no_history":[27612],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Baptiste, Marlene, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-11-08","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"528449/2021","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On November 20, 2019, inside  1322 Sterling Place, Apt. IL, Plaintiffs Megan and Marlene were inside the apartment while Plaintiff Hoyle was elsewhere.  Defendants unlawfully entered said location and illegally searched the apartment by rushing the door, without consent or a warrant. Defendants then detained unlawfully and questioned Plaintiffs Marlene and Megan as to the whereabouts of Plaintiff Mr. Hoyle. Defendants then physically restrained both Plaintiffs with metal handcuffs forcefully in an excessively tight fashion. Defendants did not have probable cause or reasonable suspicion to detain either Plaintiff. Defendants, then subjected Plaintiff Megan to illegal interrogation tactics unless she did not comply with the Defendants and call Plaintiff Hoyle. As a result of her illegal detainment by Defendants, Plaintiff Marlene was caused to have a panic attack and was rushed to the hospital. Plaintiffs Marlene and Megan were detained for over 3 hours. \n\nPlaintiff Hoyle returned to the apartment approximately 3 hours after the defendants entered the apartment. Defendants then physically restrained Plaintiff Mr. Hoyle by handcuffing him in an excessively tight fashion. Defendants did not observe Plaintiff Mr. Hoyle commit a crime or observe him in possession of any contraband. Defendants lacked any probable cause or reasonable suspicion to arrest Plaintiff  Hoyle. Defendants then fabricated the observations to justify their illegal search and seizure of Plaintiff Mr. Hoyle, including the possession of a skimmer device and controlled substance that they falsely purported to have observed in plain view. Defendants then removed Plaintiff Hoyle to the 77th precinct by forcing him into a police vehicle. Defendants then proceeded to criminally process Plaintiff Mr. Hoyle, which included fingerprinting, retina scans, and various invasive bodily searches. Defendants then sent the fabricated evidence to Prosecutors. Defendants proceeded to suppress exculpatory evidence from prosecutors. After Plaintiff Mr. Hoyle's arraignment, he was compelled to return to court multiple times to contest egregiously false criminal charges alleged against him. Plaintiff Hoyle was released after 2 days of detention. The charges against him were dropped on January 7, 2020.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240718190535/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=YfDMQBf92eDF1YBK8ovNXA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Harry, Rilton vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-07-02","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"512955/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On June 28, 2019, Rilton Harry was enjoying dinner with his family at their Brooklyn apartment located at 1455 Saint John's Place when several NYPD officers, including Detective Dmaine Freeland, unlawfully entered without a search or arrest warrant. Despite not finding any drugs in his possession, they proceeded to arrest Harry, applying tight handcuffs that caused him significant pain and discomfort. He was wrongfully detained for about 30 hours before all charges against him were dismissed on January 30, 2020. The lawsuit claims various violations of civil rights, including unlawful search and seizure, false arrest, and excessive force.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ZCZrvbQnzUsNOtsWUtut7A==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Chapman, Marvey vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-02-09","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"502957/2021","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On February 24, 2018, Plaintiff was at a friend's apartment when POs Morales, Desimone, Roach, Freeland, Wright, Cordero, Thevenin, Santana, and Grant, along with four unknown POs, executed a no-knock search warrant for another individual (the \"target\") and entered the apartment. The POs pointed their weapons at Plaintiff and the other occupants, then searched and arrested Plaintiff without probable cause or legal justification. The POs alleged that during their raid they recovered illegal drugs from the target, but they did not recover any illegal drugs, weapons, or contraband from the Plaintiff.\n\nThe POs  intentionally and falsely alleged that Plaintiff possessed the drugs recovered from the target. The POs provided the District Attorney with false information, causing Plaintiff to be criminally prosecuted without probable cause--they told the District Attorney that Plaintiff was closer to the contraband when the apartment was raided. The charge against Plaintiff was ultimately dismissed and sealed in its entirety on December 4, 2018.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=kyP0_PLUS_P6OyXY16I0kKfI5Pg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Velez, Frankie vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-12-22","disposition_date":"2022-09-28","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"525017/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Freeland, D'Maine R.","summary":"On January 31, 2019, at approximately 11:00 a.m., plaintiff was lawfully\npresent in the vicinity of Prospect Place and Buffalo Avenue, where defendant officers unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched, and falsely\narrested plaintiff without legal justification. Plaintiff was unlawfully arrested and handcuffed by the defendant officers without legal justification  The defendant police officers transported plaintiff to the 77th Precinct, where plaintiff was unlawfully photographed, fingerprinted, and detained in a holding cell. Thereafter, the defendant police officers conducted an invasive and unlawful strip search of plaintiff.  Specifically, the defendant police officers stripped plaintiff of all of his clothes, spread his buttocks, and searched his buttocks. After many hours in unlawful custody, plaintiff was unlawfully transported to Central Booking and placed in a holding cell. \n\nThe defendant police officers maliciously initiated the prosecution against plaintiff by providing the DA's Office with false information. Further, the defendants signed and executed a criminal court complaint that contained false information. On February 1, 2019, plaintiff was arraigned in Brooklyn County Criminal Court, charged with crimes that the defendant officers had no basis to allege that he committed, and was plaintiff was released on his own recognizance. Plaintiff was charged with Criminal Diversion of Prescription Medications and Prescriptions in the Fourth Degree. Plaintiff was forced to appear in Court on 8 occasions before all charges were dismissed on September 16, 2019.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240729175207/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=FmhZk50lufchWqbLibeTrA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Fulcher, James vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-07-11","disposition_date":"2019-07-29","payout_amount":50000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"513397/2017","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Freeland, D'Maine R.","summary":"On January 20th, 2015, Plaintiff was in front of his residence when he was arrested by Defendant Officers. Defendant Detective Freeland then instigated malicious prosecution against Plaintiff. The charges were dismissed in favor of the Plaintiff on September 30th, 2016.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=suRQDA4Lc4ODCyQnyaV60w==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Gelzer, Dequan vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-11-18","disposition_date":"2017-03-07","payout_amount":22000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV06118","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Freeland, D'Maine R.","summary":"Defendant Officers knocked down the front door to an apartment where friends were celebrating a birthday, took Plaintiff to a backroom and strip searched him. Plaintiff was taken to the 75th Precinct and charged with 220.03, 220.50(2), 220.50(3), 221.15, and 221.05, which were ACD'd","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921238-Gelzer-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.376993.19.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921237-Gelzer-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921239-Gelzer-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324903/gelzer-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Mckenzie, Sicrena, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-05-05","disposition_date":"2018-01-30","payout_amount":100000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"005645/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Freeland, D'Maine R."},{"name":"Alston, Roland Terence vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-03-26","disposition_date":"2019-01-02","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"007526/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Freeland, D'Maine R."},{"name":"James, Jermain, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-03-24","disposition_date":"2017-10-10","payout_amount":149000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV01161","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Freeland, D'Maine R.","summary":"Defendant Officers entered Plaintiff' Carolyn's residence and used excessive force. Five plaintiffs were strip searched inside of the apartment and arrested for drug related charges.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922435-James-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.367022.23.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324174/james-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Williams, Tyrone vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-03-10","disposition_date":"2016-02-01","payout_amount":12500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV01098","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Freeland, D'Maine R.","summary":"Plaintiff was arrested by defendants despite the fact they had no probable cause to believe that plaintiff committed any crimes .  Defendants fabricated evidence and statements to cover up their unlawful acts.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920500-Williams-v-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13242113/williams-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Loadholt, Cora vs P.O. Freeland, Dmaine, et al.","start_date":"2014-12-01","disposition_date":"2015-05-20","payout_amount":27000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV06904","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Freeland, D'Maine R.","summary":"On April 19, 2014, Plaintiff was unlawfully arrested by Defendant NYPD officers Freeland and Colon in Brooklyn. After being told she could not stand in the hallway, Defendant Freeland forcefully pushed Plaintiff against a wall and handcuffed her without probable cause. Despite Plaintiff's compliance, she was taken to the 75th precinct, falsely charged with Obstructing Governmental Administration based on the fabricated statements made by Defendants. She was held in custody for 23 hours, and her case was dismissed after multiple appearances in court because the prosecutor failed to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.363419/gov.uscourts.nyed.363419.11.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13140179/loadholt-v-freeland/"},{"name":"Burroughs, Gerald J. X vs Pom Freeland, Dmaine R.","start_date":"2013-07-24","disposition_date":"2013-12-10","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"13CV03609","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Freeland, D'Maine R.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.344129/gov.uscourts.nyed.344129.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4322696/burroughs-x-v-dorn/"},{"officer_name":"Freeland, D'Maine R.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2009-10-21","disposition_date":"2015-06-04","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","docket":"028128/2009","name":"Wong, Kuen-Chau and Xu, Xiu- Jun vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":175000},{"name":"Freeman v. The City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","payout_amount":10000,"disposition":"Settlement","summary":"Plaintiff was at her neighbors apartment when Defendant Officers forcibly entered, arrested everyone inside, tightly handcuffed Plaintiff, and groped and searched her.  Plaintiff was brought to the 77th precinct, searched again, and charged with PL 220.03 'Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree', which was ACD'd","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922516-Freeman-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"15CV06097","officer_name":"Dmaine R. Freeland","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324897/freeman-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28589912-941208_07102026_2026033pdf/","date":"2026-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","type":"trial-decision"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21023328-freeland-fe0007b0364f368b4f18bc98e98d6f0c7c4690e0","type":"brady-giglio"}],"payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115753","overtime":"49382","other":"22521","total":"187657"},"id":"SHD7","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/SHD7"}