{"active":false,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Palam","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"MTN DET","assignment_date":"2014-04-02","id":"MTNdet"},"shield_no":3256,"ended_date":"2023-10-03","taxid":"928918","complaint_ids":[201214286,200614725,200601381],"command_history":[{"command":"MTN PCT","id":"MTNpct"}],"appt_date":"2001-07-02","middle_initial":"S","shield_no_history":[31465],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Jean-Philippe, Jeffrey vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-10-09","disposition_date":"2017-04-01","payout_amount":16000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV07266","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Palam, Michael","summary":"Plaintiff was falsely arrested for Grand Larceny in the 3rd degree, Crim Pos of Stolen Property in the 3rd degree, Crim Pos of a Forged Instrument in the 2nd degree, and Att. Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree. The case was dismissed after Plaintiff spent 507 days in custody.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.447446/gov.uscourts.nysd.447446.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13346934/jean-phillippe-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Hayes, Pearl Admin. of Blake, Arthur, Decd. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-03-30","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"152801/2015","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Palam, Michael","summary":"On March 25,2014 at approximately 10:57 a.m., Plaintiff was walking out of a store at 464 9th Avenue, New York, NY, with a bag that he had found on a bench when Defendants Palam, Kierman, and Zeufle arrested Plaintiff. Defendants Palam, Kierman, and Zeufle got on top of Plaintiff, was handcuffed while on the ground, and during the course of the handcuffing twisted his arm with great and excessive and needless physical force, with the result that the defendants caused plaintiff to sustain a severe right shoulder injury, consisting of a rotator cuff tear, and tear of his infraspinarus tendon and other personal injuries to other parts of his body.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ADu7htA/tfb2eQVb5Yd6Gw==","type":"complaint"}]}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/T2MP-michael-palam.jpg","id":"T2MP","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/T2MP"}