{"active":false,"first_name":"Scott","last_name":"Patterson","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"DT2","command":{"command":"DBBX OP"},"shield_no":3151,"ended_date":"2020-11-03","taxid":"911348","command_history":[{"command":"TD DT33"}],"complaint_ids":[9504050],"appt_date":"1992-06-30","lawsuits":[{"name":"Sauri-Cruz, Rene, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-07-11","disposition_date":"2026-03-10","payout_amount":1025000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"810349/2023E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On August 09, 2017, Defendant 1 (Sauri-Cruz) was unlawfully arrested by Officer Santiago. Defendant 1 was stopped by the officers, and arrested without cause, for refusing to answer questions. Defendants acted on unverified information, accusing Defendant 1 of being a shooter.\n\nOn August 28, 2017, Defendant 2 (Barreto) was unlawfully arrested by Officer Santiago. Defendant 2 is a prisoner of Rikers, and was arrested without cause on unverified information, accusing Defendant 2 of being an accomplice to Defendant 1's shooting. \n\nOfficers transmitted false and misleading statements to prosecutors, additionally Defendant 1 also failed to memorialize key conversations. Plaintiffs refused numerous plea offers from prosecutors. Additionally the case file was reported lost, resulting in an acquittal of both Plaintiffs.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=5/bRTQAFuYt_PLUS_9liGVsCtQA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Erby, Camrod vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-11-01","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"815298/2022E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","summary":"On October 28, 2018, at approximately 4:27 a.m., Steffon Collins was brought to NYC Health + Hospital's Jacobi Medical Center following a gunshot wound. Collins informed immediate police officers, and medical staff that he was unable to identify his shooter. At the time of his admission to Jacobi Medical Center, Collins had a positive blood alcohol level of 0.164 at the time of his admission. Collins would later identify '2Gee' as the shooter to a medical staffer and Defendant-NYPD Detective James A. McBrown. Defendant-McBrown and defendant-NYPD officers Adela Rodriguez,  Scott Patterson, Patrick Sullivan, Michael Fahy, subsequently pursued plaintiff in connection with the shooting. Neither DNA nor surveillance placed plaintiff at the scene of the shooting. On October 28, 2018, at approximately 7:50 p.m., defendant-McBrown performed a suggestive identification, and showed Collins a single photograph to Collins of a suspect. The photograph was of the plaintiff. \n\nOn October 30, 2018, plaintiff was charged with numerous crimes, including attempted murder, attempted assault, and criminal possession of a weapon. Plaintiff was held in custody at the NYC Department of Corrections at Rikers Island. On November 13, 2018, a probable cause hearing was conducted; plaintiff requested to appear. No witnesses appeared. On November 13, 2018, a State Board of Parole Preliminary Violation Hearing issued a declaration finding that the Department of Department of Corrections and Community Supervision did not find probable cause to support the charges against plaintiff, and declared \"the warrant is lifted\". Plaintiff was entitled to be released from incarceration but remained detained. On June 11, 2020, plaintiff was released from the Department of Corrections at Rikers Island. On January 5, 2022, Assistant District Attorney Rachel Taverna submitted a recommendation for dismissal of the indictment against plaintiff. On March 1, 2022, all charges stemming from the indictment were dismissed in favor of the plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=5ThtZgz9GZRZg7iTV40mrg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Suares, Olivia vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-09-10","disposition_date":"2022-09-09","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"19CV05832","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Patterson, Scott","summary":"On March 23, 2018 plaintiff was asleep in her home at 4:30 AM. Police knocked on the door and plaintiff's daughter opened the door. Police barged in explaining someone had been shot the floor below them, although no one had heard any shots. Then NYPD officer Chabert brought plaintiff and her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend in for questioning to the police station. Plaintiff and her daughter were allowed to leave the police station after 2 hours but then the daughter's boyfriend was arrested for shooting a gun causing an injury to someone in the floor below it. Plaintiff was forced to sign a permission to search form before she could enter her apartment - she was forced under duress. Charges were later dropped against plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.518041/gov.uscourts.nysd.518041.54.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/15817021/suares-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"id":"TRDH","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/TRDH"}