{"active":true,"first_name":"Aruna","last_name":"Maharaj","race":"Asian","gender":"Female","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"030 PCT","assignment_date":"2024-05-27","id":"30pct"},"shield_no":3988,"taxid":"949238","command_history":[{"command":"019 PCT","id":"19pct"}],"shield_no_history":[1196,6502],"appt_date":"2010-07-06","lawsuits":[{"name":"Southerland, Antonio vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-10-24","disposition_date":"2015-07-27","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV06111","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Maharaj, Aruna","summary":"At approximately 4:30 p.m. on July 19, 2013, plaintiff Antonio Southerland was lawfully in the vicinity of 2881 West 24th Street in Brooklyn, NY.\nMr. Southerland, who was in his car with his two year-old daughter, had stopped in front of a barbershop. Mr. Southerland heard a police officer yell, “There he is.” Multiple police officers, including Detective Kibel and Detective Christopher Ottomanelli , forcibly pulled plaintiff from his car. Plaintiff’s daughter, terrified, screamed and cried. Mr. Southerland was placed in a police van having no idea why he was being arrested. Plaintiff possessed no contraband and committed no crime. At the precinct, the officers falsely informed employees of the Kings County District Attorney’s Office that they had observed plaintiff committing various crimes. Among the allegations against plaintiff, was that he sold Undercover Police Officer C0281 marijuana on March 8, 2013, three months prior to this arrest. Mr. Southerland never sold C0281 marijuana. Defendants also alleged that plaintiff possessed the remnant of a marijuana cigarette when he was arrested, which he did not. From the police precinct, plaintiff was taken to Brooklyn Central Booking. After over a day in custody, plaintiff was arraigned in Kings County Criminal Court. Ultimately, all charges against plaintiff were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.361914/gov.uscourts.nyed.361914.9.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13139929/southerland-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Arzu, Arnaldo vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-09-17","disposition_date":"2015-08-03","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"13CV05980","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Maharaj, Aruna","summary":"On November 12, 2011, the plaintiff was visiting his mother but was stopped by the police and issued a summons by the police. No crime was found and the plaintiff was released from custody. Similar stop-search-summon-release incidents happened repeatedly at least six times within a year on November 12, 2011, January 17, 2012, February 4, 2012, March 9, 2012, and March 30, 2012, and September 3, 2012, Specifically, on January 17, 2012, police officers rode the elevator and not let plaintiff leave. On February 4, 2012, the police pulled a gun and shoved it in the plaintiff’s face.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.416727/gov.uscourts.nysd.416727.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4522798/arzu-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Ortiz, Raymond L. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-03-18","disposition_date":"2014-03-25","payout_amount":55000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"020982/2013E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Maharaj, Aruna"},{"officer_name":"Maharaj, Aruna","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-11-27","disposition_date":"2017-07-06","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"308917/2012","name":"Middleton, Shabazz, et Al [demetri and Thaddius Winds], vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":350000},{"officer_name":"Maharaj, Aruna","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-02-21","disposition_date":"2013-12-24","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","docket":"12CV01821","name":"Griffin, Jonathan vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":100000,"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13053082/griffin-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2015-03-03","case_no":"2015-13151","penalty":"Dismissal probation (12 months), vacation days (45 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Failed to safeguard her Department issued service firearm.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Improperly  had contact with a person known to the Department, without permission or authority.","disposition":"Guilty"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21031414-daf-maharaj949238","type":"brady-giglio"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/TFFP-aruna-maharaj.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"118056","regular":"117719","overtime":"35896","other":"20625","total":"174240"},"email":"aruna.maharaj@nypd.org","id":"TFFP","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/TFFP"}