{"active":false,"first_name":"Lawrence","last_name":"Hammond","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"LT","command":{"command":"NARCBBN","id":"92"},"ended_date":"2015-11-04","taxid":"883298","complaint_ids":[201105848,201101155,201005116,200512422,200411632,200203148,9002079],"command_history":[{"command":"NARCBBS","id":"172"},{"command":"VE BSSI"},{"command":"VE BK/N"}],"appt_date":"1984-07-16","lawsuits":[{"name":"Mcgee, Daniel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-04-21","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"515656/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Hammond, Lawrence M.","summary":"On or about December 27, 2012, Plaintiff visited the 3 floor single family home of Plaintiff's deceased father's girlfriend (Thomas) who Plaintiff knew well, which is located at 244 Saint Marks Avenue in Brooklyn. Plaintiff ran errands for Thomas and visited her. While at her house, Plaintiff fell asleep on the couch and was woken at 11 am when Defendant, NYPD officer woke him up by forcefully pulling him off the couch. Plaintiff was handcuffed, unlawfully seized, frisked and searched and put under arrest without probable cause. The tenants in Thomas's home were targets of a police investigation into the sale of controlled substances from that location. Defendant Police officers broke down Thomas's front door while executing a search warrant at the location which related to Thomas's tenants on different floors. Plaintiff told officers that he just was visiting and he showed them his home address. Defendants falsely arrested Plaintiff without probable cause and also arrested 7 other people in the home. Defendants took Plaintiff to the 77th precinct where he was strip searched. Plaintiff was then taken to Kings County Central Booking.  Plaintiff was arraigned in Kings County Criminal Court on December 28, 2012 at approximately 8:30 pm where a criminal prosecution was initiated against him by defendant police officers without probable cause after defendants gave false and fabricated evidence and information to the Kings County District Attorney's Office and in the accusatory instrument.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=QAZRMxB94/OWJ8A3vbvsuw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Smith, Natasha, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-10-08","disposition_date":"2015-02-10","payout_amount":140002,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV05841","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Hammond, Lawrence M.","summary":"All Plaintiffs were sleeping in the residence of Plaintiffs 1 and 2 when defendant officers forcibly entered the premises. The officers were searching for a resident who had lived in the apartment prior to Plaintiffs 1 and 2. Police officer Carson was responsible for procuring the search warrant. Plaintiffs were all searched and handcuffed. The premises were searched, and the plaintiff were then sent to a NYPD station house. While the DA declined to prosecute plaintiff 3, defendant Officer Carson criminal possession of a controlled substance, one misdemeanor count of using drug paraphernalia, and one non-criminal charge of unlawful possession of marijuana under NY Penal Law ß 221.05, punishable only by fine. Defendants also called ACS to remove the plaintiffs' children, and ACS proceeded with neglect charges. Eventually all drug and family court charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920247-Smith-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323760/smith-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Glover, Buddy vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-09-19","disposition_date":"2015-07-29","payout_amount":10000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV05460","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Hammond, Lawrence M.","summary":"Plaintiff was sleeping at his friend's house when defendant officers entered the apartment. Plaintiff was then placed under arrest and was taken to the precinct. The DA declined to prosecute the case later.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920235-Glover-v-City-of-New-York","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920234-Glover-v-City-of-New-York"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323707/glover-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Bender v. Heneghan et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","payout_amount":3500,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5379177-Bender-v-Heneghan-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4928018-Bender-v-Heneghan-et-al"}],"docket":"07CV04816","officer_name":"Lawrence M. Hammond"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"news":[{"title":"Conflicting Conclusions Drawn After Officers Enter a Brooklyn Apartment","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/nyregion/conflicting-conclusions-drawn-after-officers-enter-a-brooklyn-home.html","source":"New York Times","date":"2016-04-12"}],"id":"V9H6","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/V9H6"}