{"active":true,"first_name":"Michelle","last_name":"Brandman","race":"White","gender":"Female","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"061 PCT","assignment_date":"2023-06-28","id":"61pct"},"shield_no":1611,"taxid":"962268","complaint_ids":[202501386,202402575,202309572,202104602,202001779,201909337,201906346,201902006],"command_history":[{"command":"068 PCT","id":"68pct"}],"appt_date":"2016-10-11","middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[20232],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Poulakakos, Peter vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-05-27","disposition_date":"2023-01-26","payout_amount":27500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"507548/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Brandman, Michelle","summary":"On October 15, 2019, Peter Poulakakos (Plaintiff) was lawfully driving home from work at ~30mph when stopped by Police Officer Michelle Brandman and Police Officers John Doe 1-10 (\"Defendant Officers\"). \n\nThe Plaintiff complied with all requests but was told to step out of the vehicle and turn around by the Defendant Officers. The Plaintiff was unlawfully handcuffed and falsely arrested plaintiff without probable cause, or any legal justification. The Plaintiff was searched, and no contraband or anything illegal was found on him. He was transported to the 68th Precinct for processing without being told the reason. Plaintiff was then transported to Kings County Central Bookings where he was forced to lay next to urine for the night. \n\nDefendant Officer John Doe drove the Plaintiff's Ferrari extremely recklessly, without permission, almost crashing it on the way back to the precinct.\n\nThe Defendant Officers provided the DA's Office with false, misleading and/or incomplete information that Plaintiff committed the crime of Excessive\nSpeed. On October 16, 2019, after approximately 24 hours in unlawful custody,\nthe Plaintiff was arraigned and unlawfully charged with crimes he did not commit.  The Plaintiff was denied the right to due process and a fair trial in violation of the Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Some of the Defendants observed the violation of the Plaintiff’s rights and did nothing to prevent unjustifiable searching, seizing, falsely arresting and imprisoning, denying the right to due process and a fair trial, and maliciously prosecuting. He missed two days of work as a result of the unlawful arrest and sustained physical, psychological and emotional trauma.\n\nThe City of New York negligently hired, retained, trained and supervised the Defendants, who were unfit for the performance of police duties. \n\nPlaintiff retained a private lawyer and on November 20, 2020, all charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/save/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=wxw7aYuf0zCD5y93_PLUS_iHWNw==","type":"complaint"}]}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-02-13","case_no":"2022-27380","penalty":"B - Command Discipline, vacation days (1 day)","recommendation":"Command Discipline - B","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules."},{"desc":"Wrongfully frisked an individual known to the Department."}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21057399-brandman-962268-08-06-20-1","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22086199-seh_962268","type":"employment-history"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/UC3X-michelle-brandman.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"105606","regular":"105305","overtime":"25936","other":"19091","total":"150331"},"id":"UC3X","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/UC3X"}