{"active":true,"first_name":"Erik","last_name":"Sherar","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"DB FCTF","assignment_date":"2026-03-30","id":"260"},"shield_no":3308,"taxid":"942538","complaint_ids":[201209587,200813882,200817525],"command_history":[{"command":"043 PCT","id":"43pct"},{"command":"NARCBBX"}],"appt_date":"2006-07-10","middle_initial":"G","shield_no_history":[28633],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Martinez, Jose vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-10-31","disposition_date":"2014-05-07","payout_amount":50000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV07736","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Sherar, Erik G.","summary":"On January 18, 2013, plaintiff JOSE MARTINEZ was lawfully in front of premises 935 Ogden Avenue, Bronx, New York. Defendant NYPD officers unlawfully and without reasonable suspicion or probable cause approached plaintiff and arrested him. The plaintiff was taken to the 44th Precinct, and subsequently to Central Booking Bronx County, City and State of New York, where he was arraigned on January 19, 2013, on charges of Criminal Possession of a Controlled substance and released on his own recognizance. \n\nOn July 2, 2013, all charges were dismissed. As a result of the foregoing, plaintiff, sustained emotional distress, embarrassment, and humiliation, and deprivation of his constitutional rights.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.419461.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4352916/martinez-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Lopez, Reina, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-06-14","disposition_date":"2014-01-07","payout_amount":85000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"302799/2013","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Sherar, Erik G."},{"officer_name":"Sherar, Erik G.","disposition":"Order/Judgment (Verdict)","start_date":"2012-11-28","disposition_date":"2015-06-16","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"022879/2012","name":"Medina, Maria, et Al vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":0},{"officer_name":"Sherar, Erik G.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-08-16","disposition_date":"2016-06-02","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"305146/2012","name":"Green, Paulette and Green, Dayon vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":35000},{"name":"Hough v. The City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","summary":"Plaintiff, a black male, was walking down the street when plainclothes officers stopped him, threw him against their unmarked car, and brought him to the precinct where he was strip-searched.  No drugs were found but Plaintiff was falsely accused of  220.39 criminal sale of a controlled substance; 222.06(1) criminal possession of a controlled substance; and 220.03 criminal possession of a controlled substance. Charges were eventually dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5378193-Hough-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"13CV07611","officer_name":"Erik G. Sherar","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4352884/hough-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115753","overtime":"43065","other":"22766","total":"181584"},"id":"THPK","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/THPK"}