{"active":false,"first_name":"Carlos","last_name":"Velasquez","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"PA UPTU","id":"398"},"shield_no":70,"ended_date":"2026-02-02","taxid":"939648","command_history":[{"command":"T.A.R.U","id":"TARU"},{"command":"DCO DT"},{"command":"TARU DRONE"},{"command":"DFRU"},{"command":"MELD","id":"MELD"},{"command":"075 PCT","id":"75pct"}],"middle_initial":"H","shield_no_history":[28637,57],"appt_date":"2005-07-11","lawsuits":[{"name":"Smith, Roger vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2021-03-11","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"033859/2020E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Velasquez, Carlos"},{"officer_name":"Velasquez, Carlos","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2021-03-11","disposition_date":"2022-08-08","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"800865/2021","name":"Smith, Roger vs City of New York, et al.","county":"['Bronx']","summary":"On February 26, 2019, Plaintiff was inside of a Department of Homeless Services Facility, Plaintiff, who was a resident of the shelter was lawfully present in the building and was speaking with an employee seated at the front-desk station when Defendant Officers John and Jane Doe 1-5 approached Plaintiff from behind and without cause, warning, or provocation utilized a taser/stun gun upon Plaintiff multiple times. Defendant Officers Malachi McKenith and Carlos Velasquez arrived at the scene and used a chokehold upon Plaintiff causing them to be fearful for their life and safety. Defendant McKenith handcuffed Plaintiff and transported Plaintiff to Lincoln Hospital, where they were unlawfully detained for several hours, and was unlawfully searched. The force used by Defendant Officers caused Plaintiff personal, physical, and emotional injuries for which they later sought medical treatment.","incident_location":"Inside residence","allegations":["Abuse of process","Excessive force/assault and battery","Failure to intervene","False arrest/False imprisonment","Unlawful stop and/or search"],"types_force":["Non-weapon physical force","Taser/Stun gun/Conducted electrical weapon (CEW)"],"defendant_types":["NYPD"],"documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240618215036/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ErG6QCxoHxcWV5Ch686Ciw==","type":"complaint"}],"payout_amount":50000},{"name":"Bender, Sherry vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-07-29","disposition_date":"2015-09-04","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"14CV04386","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Velasquez, Carlos","summary":"On June 17, 2011, Sherry Bender was traveling home after receiving an emergency root canal when she was stopped by police officers in the subway in Manhattan and arrested as a result of a license lookup performed by the NYPD. Plaintiff alleges false arrest, excessive force, IIED, NIED< abuse of process, malicious prosecution, and unlawful search/seizure.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.428509/gov.uscourts.nysd.428509.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/5511505/bender-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"id":"TV4V","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/TV4V"}