{"active":false,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Hewitt","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"PSA 1","assignment_date":"2023-12-11","id":"PSA1"},"shield_no":20518,"ended_date":"2024-02-01","taxid":"930348","complaint_ids":[201501311,201203699,201114501,200717409],"command_history":[{"command":"SPL TRN"},{"command":"MELD","id":"MELD"}],"appt_date":"2002-07-01","middle_initial":"L","lawsuits":[{"name":"Thomas, Christopher vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-05-03","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"506597/2016","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Hewitt, Michael L.","summary":"On May 17, 2015, while lawfully present at 574 Warren Street in Brooklyn, NY, Plaintiff Christopher Thomas was assaulted and then wrongfully arrested and detained by Defendant NYPD officers MICHAEL HEWITT (Shield 20518), \"JOHN\" PEREZ (Shield 2060) and six unidentified officers. The complaint does not describe the events that led to this encounter nor state the length of Plaintiff's detention. Plaintiff received injuries that required medical attention. All charges against Plaintiff were ultimately dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Al5mArHMY2J4/j63_PLUS_mZkKA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Stokes, Salim vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-02-04","disposition_date":"2017-01-19","payout_amount":10000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV00413","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Hewitt, Michael L.","summary":"Plaintiff was exiting a building when Defendant Officers stopped him, asked him for ID, arrested him, and charged him with 140.10, 140.05, and 140.15, which were ACD'd. The same incident occurred on January 15,2015 and again on May 19, 2015.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921991-Stokes-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.380702.20.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4325203/stokes-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"id":"TRAZ","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/TRAZ"}