{"active":true,"first_name":"Johnpaul","last_name":"Giacona","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"LT","command":{"command":"DVU ZONE 3","assignment_date":"2026-07-17","id":"964"},"taxid":"952778","complaint_ids":[201502847],"command_history":[{"command":"DB DVU","id":"887"},{"command":"121 PCT","id":"121pct"},{"command":"IAB","id":"IAB"},{"command":"122 PCT","id":"122pct"},{"command":"010 PCT","id":"10pct"}],"appt_date":"2012-07-11","age":39,"middle_initial":"N","shield_no_history":[9996,2521],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Williams, Michael vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-01-16","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"161417/2017E","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Giacona, Johnpaul N.","summary":"On November 21, 2015, plaintiff was lawfully at 9th Ave and W. 17th St, NY, NY, when defendants responded to the location. Plaintiff was lawfully at said location. Two officers got out of an unmarked vehicle. One of the officers demanded Plaintiff raise his hand. Plaintiff complied and was struck in the face and slammed onto the unmarked vehicle by an officer. Prior to being taken into the 10th Precinct, defendants slammed Plaintiff's head into a wall. Plaintiff remained at the 10th Precinct for four hours, then taken to Central Booking, where he remained for seven hours. Plaintiff was taken to Criminal Court, after which he was sent to Riker's Island Correctional Facility, where he remained for a week. On January 4, 2017, plaintiff's criminal action was dismissed by request of the ADA.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ZGO_PLUS_wsu8WQHIPkKYMIVrxA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Antic, Pero vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-05-02","disposition_date":"2018-08-09","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"16CV02425","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Giacona, Johnpaul N.","summary":"Plaintiff was outside a club ordering a car when Defendant Officers used excessive force against him and his friend (fellow NBA player Thabo Sefolosha). Plaintiff was arrested and charged with dis con and OGA, which were later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922449-Antic-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.455571.18.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4356855/antic-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Sefolosha, Thabo vs P.O. Giacona, John Paul, et al.","start_date":"2016-04-07","disposition_date":"2017-04-07","payout_amount":4000000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV02564","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Giacona, Johnpaul N.","summary":"Plaintiff was outside a club after a stabbing, which he had nothing to do with, when Defendant Officer Giacona began harassing him. When Plaintiff went to give money to a needy person, he was jumped on and arrested using excessive force.  Plaintiff was arrested and charged with dis con, resisting arrest, and OGA, which were later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23690347-sefolosha-complaint","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5378774-Sefolosha-v-Giacona-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4356890/sefolosha-v-giacona/"},{"officer_name":"Giacona, Johnpaul N.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2015-10-19","disposition_date":"2015-12-18","court":"Civil Court - Queens","docket":"016904/2015","name":"Evan Cab Corp. vs Police Department, Nyc, et al.","payout_amount":5253.5}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"payroll":{"salary":"141943","regular":"136877","overtime":"38202","other":"18743","total":"193822"},"news":[{"url":"https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-city-paid-an-nba-star-millions-after-an-nypd-officer-broke-his-leg.-the-officer-paid-little-price","title":"New York City Paid an NBA Star Millions After an NYPD Officer Broke His Leg. The Officer Paid Little Price.","source":"ProPublica","date":"2021-01-12"},{"title":"Civilian Review Board Criticizes Arrest of Thabo Sefolosha","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/nyregion/civilian-review-board-criticizes-arrest-of-thabo-sefolosha.html","source":"New York Times","date":"2015-11-23"},{"title":"NBA player accused of mocking 'midget' cop after club stabbing","url":"https://nypost.com/2015/10/07/nba-player-accused-of-mocking-midget-cop-after-club-stabbing/","source":"New York Post","date":"2015-10-07"},{"title":"NBPA investigating police tactics used in arrest of Thabo Sefolosha, Pero Antic","url":"http://www.thescore.com/news/742424","source":"The Score","date":"2015-04-10"},{"title":"Police report details in arrest of Hawks players","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/sports/basketball/police-report-details-in-arrest-of-hawks-players/nkp6y/","source":"AJC","date":"2015-04-08"}],"id":"USQD","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/USQD"}