{"active":true,"first_name":"Eric","last_name":"Bernard","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DTS","command":{"command":"PBXS","assignment_date":"2026-05-19","id":"PBXS"},"shield_no":7010,"taxid":"958308","complaint_ids":[202401766,202302519,202300450,202200439,202100858,202004243,202003552,202004819,201903385,201806759,201704323,201703129,201603787,201602498],"command_history":[{"command":"046 PCT","id":"46pct"},{"command":"PBBX","id":"PBBX"}],"appt_date":"2015-07-08","age":33,"middle_initial":"M","shield_no_history":[19619],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Santiago, Irma & Minor Child L., S. vs City of Ny, et al.","disposition_date":"2026-01-12","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Administrative Closing","docket":"023799/2017E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx"},{"name":"Cuello, Jesus vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2025-03-03","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"804826/2025E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx"},{"name":"Wilson, Robert, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-12-01","disposition_date":"2023-11-02","payout_amount":500000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"817943/2022E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On February 4, 2022, plaintiffs were touched, grabbed, handcuffed, seized and arrested by the defendants and accused of having committed a crime.  Defendants took the plaintiffs to a precinct and had their fingerprints and photographs taken in accordance with police procedures for the arrest of criminals.  The defendants held the plaintiffs on various criminal charges at various police stations, correctional facilities and at a courthouse in the Bronx.  The defendants caused criminal complaints to be issued against the individual plaintiffs, which were later dismissed.  While in custody, the defendants intentionally touched, pushed,\nassaulted, battered, violated, strip searched, humiliated, photographed and handcuffed the plaintiffs, which suffered great and permanent bodily injury so that they was rendered sick, sore, lame and disabled.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=3NagQQ85UCI5Ks5D2PID_PLUS_w==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Velasquez, Armando vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-06-29","disposition_date":"2025-02-04","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"808843/2021E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On May 21, 2021, the Plaintiff was illegally targeted, because of his race, religion, national origin or other improper characteristics by NYPD Defendants Quatrale, Bernard, Walter and ten unnamed NYPD officers (Jane/John Doe 1-10). The Plaintiff was lawfully present in the vicinity of 41 Richman Plaza in the Bronx when the Defendants approached the Plaintiff, and without identifying themselves, slammed him against a wall. The Plaintiff was then subjected to an illegal frisk search. The Defendants then violently contorted the Plaintiff's arms behind his back and handcuffed him tightly. The Defendants then slammed the Plaintiff's head against an NYPD vehicle, causing the Plaintiff to fall to the ground. Once on the ground, the Defendants began kicking the Plaintiff in the head, causing him to lose consciousness. The Plaintiff was then transported to the local precinct. \nAt the precinct, the Plaintiff was subjected to vulgar and vicious racial epithets by the Defendants, who called him a \"fucking n*gger\" while brutally assaulting him. The Plaintiff was strip searched. \nDefendant Quatrale signed a criminal complaint against the Plaintiff, in which he knowingly affirmed the truth of fabricated allegations against the the Plaintiff, namely that he had trespassed and burglarized his own apartment and dwelling. \nThe charges against the Plaintiff were ultimately dismissed and sealed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=4z6n7TtTpiY9rNg1Ketq0Q==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Jaime, Danny vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-06-28","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"027249/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Bernard, Eric M."}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-01-10","recommendation":"Other","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to activate their body worn camera."},{"desc":"Failed to make required entries in Department logs."},{"desc":"Failed to prepare required reports."}]},{"disposition_date":"2022-11-26","recommendation":"Charges and Specifications","allegations":[{"desc":"Made misleading or inaccurate statements during a civilian complaint review board interview."},{"desc":"Violated patrol rules."},{"desc":"Wrongful search of a person's property."},{"desc":"Wrongfully stopped an individual known to the Department."}]},{"recommendation":"Other","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to activate their body worn camera."}]},{"recommendation":"Training","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongfully frisked an individual known to the Department."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22085978-seh_958308","type":"employment-history"}],"payroll":{"salary":"119429","regular":"115199","overtime":"53275","other":"18193","total":"186667"},"id":"SK2M","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/SK2M"}