{"active":false,"first_name":"Gerard","last_name":"Bouwmans","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"POM","command":{"command":"077 PCT","id":"77pct"},"shield_no":2102,"ended_date":"2016-02-01","taxid":"948688","complaint_ids":[201410028,201400194,201300717,201201839,201100955],"command_history":[{"command":"PBBN","id":"PBBN"}],"appt_date":"2010-07-06","lawsuits":[{"name":"Thompson, Larry vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-04-22","disposition_date":"2024-08-21","payout_amount":300000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV07349","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Bouwmans, Gerard A.","summary":"On January 15, 2014 at 11 PM, Police Officers Pagiel Clark, Paul Montefusco, Gerard Bouwmans, Phillip Romano, Warren Rodney, Seargant Anthony Bertram, and additional John/Jane Does attempted to enter Plaintiff's apartment without a warrant. They handcuffed him without warning and with excessive force and held him face down in his apartment. They moved Plaintiff to the precinct, where he was denied medical treatment for 8 hours. He was transported to the hospital and then kept in the precinct for 8 more hours, then spent another 10 hours in Central Booking. Plaintiff was charged with obstructing governmental administration in 2nd degree and resisting arrest, later dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922492-Thompson-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.364275/gov.uscourts.nyed.364275.34.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323968/thompson-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Bouwmans, Gerard A.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2014-04-08","disposition_date":"2014-10-24","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","docket":"004937/2014","name":"Hinds, Kemar, et Al vs Bouwmans, Gerard, et al.","payout_amount":70000}],"id":"V443","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/V443"}