{"active":true,"first_name":"Joseph","last_name":"Rivera","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT DS","command":{"command":"DB CEIS","assignment_date":"2025-11-26","id":"94"},"shield_no":4639,"taxid":"943738","complaint_ids":[201707886,201509049,201409276,201306058,200800970],"command_history":[{"command":"NARCBBX"},{"command":"MN IRT"},{"command":"PBBX","id":"PBBX"},{"command":"041 PCT","id":"41pct"},{"command":"GANG BX"}],"appt_date":"2007-01-10","shield_no_history":[11957],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Hamilton, Davon vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2023-04-20","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"806176/2023","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Rivera, Joseph","summary":"On October 9, 2020, when plaintiff was walking on a street, police officers Angel Rodriguez (Sheild No. 1490), Joseph Rivera (Sheild No. 4639), and other police officers approached, stopped, searched, seized, detained, and arrested plaintiff. Plaintiff was placed in tight handcuffs and sustained lacerations, abrasions, hematomas, the loss of sensation and a diminished range of movement to his wrists, hands, and arms.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Dx4T5P6swLsOfVuo9c8mdw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Peralta, Elvis vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-08-20","disposition_date":"2023-08-25","payout_amount":6000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"19CV07565","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Rivera, Joseph","summary":"On July 13, 2017, Plaintiff was inside an apartment belonging to his significant other when Defendant officers including Daniel Castillo, Robert Gallitelli, Joseph Rivera, & Brian Green broke through the front door. These officers were in possession of a search warrant that had been obtained through false information -- Castillo, Gallitelli, Rivera, & Green had falsely informed the DAO & judicial officer that a confidential informant had provided them with credible information to justify the warrant (that Plaintiff was selling heroin from that location). The Defendant officers entered the apartment with their guns drawn, shoved Plaintiff to the floor, and handcuffed Plaintiff with excessive tightness, causing bruising. They searched Plaintiff, yielding nothing, and searched the residence, finding two oxycodone pills that the apartment's legal resident had obtained via medical prescription -- a fact of which they were immediately informed by the apartment's resident, who showed them the prescription. Despite this, Plaintiff was arrested for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance and held in the precinct for 8 hours before being released & issued a Desk Appearance Ticket. The aforementioned Defendants falsely informed the DAO that the two oxycodone pills were in Plaintiff's possession in order to initiate prosecution. Plaintiff accepted an ACD on November 2, 2017, and the charge was dismissed on May 1, 2018. Plaintiff believes that these actions against him were taken in retaliation for his then-pending lawsuit against the NYPD & Defendant Valentin (Index No. 306154-2014) and specifically to prevent Plaintiff \"from attending his scheduled court appearance for the day of his arrest and cause a bench warrant to be issued\".","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.521001/gov.uscourts.nysd.521001.20.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16052587/peralta-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Aponte, Milagros vs City of New York et al.","start_date":"2019-03-18","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"020728/2019E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Rivera, Joseph","summary":"On October 19, 2017, police officers Scott Mullen, Joseph Rivera, and John Does 1-10 falsely arrested Milagros Aponte at her home at 1016A Kelly St. Apt#2 of Bronx. The officers, despite not possessing any justifiable cause, entered her home, searched her home and people there, and arrested Aponte. The officers provided misleading and false information and maliciously prosecuted her, and other officers, despite being able to intervene, did not do so. All charges against her were ultimately dismissed. As a result, Aponte suffered from emotional distress, embarrassment, humiliation, and loss of earning.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=qej3P/ZVH788pdn2PzGeCw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Perez, Anabel as Png of Guzman, Giovanni Lee vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-02-05","disposition_date":"2018-01-12","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV08102","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Rivera, Joseph","summary":"Plaintiff was walking with his girlfriend when defendant officer Calero ran up to him, assaulted him, and handcuffed him.  Plaintiff was taken to the 41st Precinct and then eventually released without charges.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.448648/gov.uscourts.nysd.448648.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7271676/guzman-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Ridley, Thomas vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-08-26","disposition_date":"2016-07-19","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"303648/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Rivera, Joseph"},{"name":"Davis, Divine vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-12-17","disposition_date":"2015-12-15","payout_amount":32500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"306328/2014","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Rivera, Joseph"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2011-10-06","case_no":"2010-808","penalty":"Vacation days (10 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Failed to review a witness statement injury to member of the Department  form for accuracy prior to signing said documents, as required.","disposition":"Guilty"}]}],"payroll":{"salary":"120744","regular":"120313","overtime":"43604","other":"19305","total":"183222"},"id":"TKR7","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/TKR7"}