{"active":true,"first_name":"Jose","last_name":"Tejada","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"PSA 8","assignment_date":"2024-05-06","id":"PSA8"},"shield_no":4056,"taxid":"960018","complaint_ids":[202008000,202106373,201903682,201707277],"command_history":[{"command":"PSA 7","id":"PSA7"}],"appt_date":"2015-10-07","age":38,"middle_initial":"M","shield_no_history":[6150,5342],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Knight, Tahje vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-06-29","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"810019/2023E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"For years, NYPD officers of the 40th Precinct and Public Service Area unlawfully targeted Plaintiff and attempted to prosecute Plaintiff without probable cause. \n\nOn, March 12, 2021, plaintiff Tahje Knight was lawfully in the vicinity of East 125th Street in the Bronx when he was unlawfully approached, frisked, arrested and detained by defendant officers James Weck, Eric Dym, Michael Visintin, Jayther Liriano, Michael Kontorovich, Jose Tejada, and Nestor Amarantepolanco. When defendant officers stopped and frisked plaintiff and obtained no contraband, instead of releasing plaintiff, plaintiff was cuffed and detained to search for evidence of a crime.  \n\nPlaintiff was then falsely charged by defendant officer Weck of Disorderly Conduct, for running towards plaintiff in a violent manner when body camera footage shows that plaintiff stood completely still with his hands in the air as officers approached him. \n\nThe District Attorney's office declined to prosecute the bogus charge. \n\nOn June 5, 2021, defendant officers of the 40th Precinct including but not limited to defendant officers Hijazi and Juciano pulled over Plaintiff, asked him to step out of his vehicle, and arrested him. Defendant Sgt. Santos responded to the scene and did nothing to prevent the unlawful arrest or detention of Plaintiff. The officers did not look up Plaintiff’s driving record for at least two hours after the\narrest, at which time they used the information to charge Plaintiff with a traffic infraction without conducting any testing on the substance found in the vehicle to\nconfirm its contents, and maliciously charged Plaintiff without probable cause that the substance was, in fact, unlawful. Defendants held Plaintiff for over 24 hours before sending him to arraignment for the improper purpose of gathering evidence to cover up the unlawful stop.\nAll charges arising from this unlawful stop were dismissed in their entirety on the\nnearly two months later, on July 29, 2023. \n\nOn November 11, 2022, Does 1 and 2, both described as\nHispanic males, came to Plaintiff’s Bronx home, entered his bedroom while\nhe was asleep, shined their flashlights in his eyes, and claimed to have a warrant for his arrest. No such warrant ever existed.  At some point, Plaintiff learned that he was suspected of participating in a robbery. But after some time, Plaintiff was told that the case against him was “dismissed.” The Doe Defendants held Plaintiff for an additional 1–2 hours, again without probable cause, claiming that that there was a second warrant that needed to be “cleared” before Plaintiff could leave. Again, no such warrant ever existed. When the Doe Officers found nothing, they let Plaintiff go without any ticket, summons, or other paperwork, and Plaintiff never heard anything of the supposed warrants or potential charges again.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=_PLUS_Quw2bFJy4Pbh7AcAnhU7w==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Hardy, Aaron vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-02-22","disposition_date":"2022-08-12","payout_amount":4000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"22CV01334","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"On April 16, 2019, plaintiff was walking when he was stopped by Lt. Eric Dym and Sgt. Natalie Bautista who demanded to search plaintiff. They took him to the precinct and searched him there, revealing nothing illicit. They issued plaintiff with a summons ticket alleging he'd engaged in disorderly conduct. The summons ticket was dismissed on June 10, 2019. \n\nOn April 27, 2019, plaintiff observe Lt. Dym, Sgt. Bautista, Officer Jose Tejada, and Officer Lorvin Fernandez stop another individual. Plaintiff began filming the officers but was not interfering with them. Lt. Dym and Sgt. Bautista approached plaintiff and threatened to arrest him for filming them. Lt. Dym ordered plaintiff to put the phone down. Dym and Bautista then arrested plaintiff. Officers Fernandez and Tejada were present and observed the incident and did not intervene. Plaintiff was taken to a precinct and issued a summons ticket for disorderly conduct. The summons was dismissed on June 14, 2019.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.575129/gov.uscourts.nysd.575129.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63010928/hardy-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Gonzalez, Joeharrison vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-02-24","disposition_date":"2024-11-15","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"802370/2021E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On or about November 23, 2019, Police Officer Jose Tejada and another officer stopped, handcuffed and arrested Plaintiff while he was walking down the street. Plaintiff was not involved in any criminal or unlawful activity and did not possess a weapon. All the matters were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240630125011/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ABctOmnbU82LTsmdVHWmHQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Parris, James vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-12-29","disposition_date":"2021-07-08","payout_amount":75000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"20CV10847","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Tejada, Jose M.","summary":"On December 14, 2019, Plaintiff was stopped by two plainclothes police officers while two other officers observed. These officers were some subset of: NYPD Officer Carlos Gomez, Officer Kelvis Rodriguez (resigned), Officer James Weck, Officer Jose Tejada, Lieutenant Eric Dym, and Police Sergeant Natalie Bautista. The officers unlawfully searched him. Plaintiff became nervous and spit on the ground, and he was then tightly handcuffed and arrested by the officers. Officers also unlawfully accessed Plaintiff's sealed arrest history.  At the precinct, an officer took Plaintiff's candy. Plaintiff was also strip-searched in a cell. Plaintiff was ultimately charged with littering and with spitting on the sidewalk; the summonses were signed by Officer Carlos Gomez. Plaintiff later received a text message telling him that the summonses were resolved.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.551106/gov.uscourts.nysd.551106.13.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/19958877/parris-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Stewart, Zenji W. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-03-07","disposition_date":"2020-11-09","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"022343/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Tejada, Jose M.","summary":"On or about December 27, 2017, Plaintiff Stewart was wrongfully and falsely arrested, detained, and imprisoned without any legal justification by NYPD Officers Jose Tejada and Fray Severinojimenez. The officers filed or caused a criminal court complaint to the filed for the purpose of falsely accusing the plaintiff of violations of the criminal laws of the State of New York. On December 28, 2017, the charges were dismissed in favor of the plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240923171045/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=PgsXNicDS8Jfy0/6NXeMXg==&__cf_chl_rt_tk=KpFwx5fe1lgJvDdXDafh2aUC2I.PhBGlexnbgkrbOEQ-1727111445-0.0.1.1-5716","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"L., C., M.E. an Infany By Mng Lozano, Maria vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-04-13","disposition_date":"2018-11-07","payout_amount":80000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"023361/2018E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Tejada, Jose M.","summary":"On September 5, 2017, in front of 750 East 149th street, defendant police officers Tejada and other unnamed officers, without warrant or cause, improperly arrested the plaintiff (a minor) with excessive force. As a result, the plaintiff child was severely injured and was treated by medical professionals - incurring medical expenses.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=CpDrDeuJC8rQYWppCygQcg==","type":"complaint"}]}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-02-27","case_no":"2022-24827","recommendation":"Other","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to activate their body worn camera."}]},{"disposition_date":"2023-02-26","case_no":"2022-25745","recommendation":"Command Discipline - B","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules."}]},{"disposition_date":"2023-02-26","case_no":"2022-25745","recommendation":"Training","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22086049-seh_960018","type":"employment-history"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/SR4P-jose-tejada.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"118056","regular":"117719","overtime":"47651","other":"17399","total":"182770"},"id":"SR4P","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/SR4P"}