{"active":false,"first_name":"Tzu","last_name":"Cheung","race":"Asian","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"QM SEC","assignment_date":"2021-03-11","id":"59"},"shield_no":2790,"ended_date":"2023-11-03","taxid":"932458","complaint_ids":[201803384,201607315,201506237,201115213,200916939,200908287,200905505,200816202,200814149,200813212,200712006],"command_history":[{"command":"PSA 2","id":"PSA2"},{"command":"061 PCT","id":"61pct"}],"appt_date":"2003-07-01","middle_initial":"L","lawsuits":[{"name":"Lictenstein, Aaron vs Police Department, Nyc","start_date":"2019-03-06","disposition_date":"2020-04-03","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"19CV00179","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Cheung, Tzu L.","summary":"On January 10, 2018, plaintiff was arrested at his apartment. Plaintiff had been evicted from his apartment that day. On January 5, 2018, a judge had ordered a stay of the warrant of eviction, and on January 9, 2018, plaintiff had obtained and deposited with his attorney the escrow required by the judge. The police disregarded the judge's order when plaintiff presented it to them. The arresting officer was P.O. Tzu Cheung, and the arrest was approved by Sgt. Pawel Maslinski. The other officers present were P.O. Daniel Miller, P.O. Michael Romeo, Sgt. Waly Saif, P.O. Sheldon Maxwell, P.O. Joseph Desena, and P.O. Paul Gallo.\nPlaintiff was held in jail overnight and missed work. He returned to court three times for hearings before the matter was dismissed. The officers misrepresented and falsified evidence throughout the proceedings, withheld exculpatory evidence from the DA, and acted with malice in initiating and continuing proceedings.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.427783/gov.uscourts.nyed.427783.11.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/14766830/lictenstein-v-new-york-city-police-department/"},{"name":"John, Joel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-11-12","disposition_date":"2015-03-31","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV06567","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Cheung, Tzu L.","summary":"On March 5, 2014, Joel John was pulled over and arrested allegedly for having outstanding warrants by NYPD officer Tzu Cheung and one other in Brooklyn. Plaintiff alleges he was beaten, handcuffed, and thrown into a car before being taken to the 73rd precinct on false charges. Plaintiff alleges false arrest, excessive force, excessive pre-arraignment detention, failure to intervene, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress, abuse of process, malicious prosecution.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.362810/gov.uscourts.nyed.362810.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13140073/john-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Cheung, Tzu L.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-10-24","disposition_date":"2013-11-29","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"12CV05301","name":"Scott, Maceo vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":20000,"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922799-Scott-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4322170/scott-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-05-31","case_no":"2022-25878","penalty":"Dismissal probation (12 months), forfeiture of time/leave balances, pre-trial suspension days (34 days), service retirement on completion of 20 years","charges":[{"desc":"Violation of an order of protection","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"}]},{"disposition_date":"2018-08-10","charges":[]},{"disposition_date":"2015-08-20","case_no":"2015-14039","penalty":"Vacation days (30 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Inappropriately communicated and visited the residence of a person known to the Department, for non-Department purpose.","disposition":"Guilty"}]}],"news":[{"url":"https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2022/05/nypd-officer-44-arrested-on-staten-island-for-alleged-domestic-incident.html","title":"NYPD officer, 44, arrested on Staten Island for alleged domestic incident","source":"SI Live","date":"2022-05-18"}],"id":"U48Z","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/U48Z"}