{"active":true,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Joseph","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"DTS","command":{"command":"PBBSCAS","assignment_date":"2023-03-02","id":"759"},"shield_no":4458,"taxid":"962509","complaint_ids":[202310397,202206000,201905785],"command_history":[{"command":"YTH SD","id":"471"},{"command":"070 PCT","id":"70pct"}],"appt_date":"2016-10-11","shield_no_history":[24346],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Blackman, Marie vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-06-05","disposition_date":"2020-11-17","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"509247/2020","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Joseph, Michael","summary":"On March 3, 2019, Defendant Lieutenant Epstein arrested a patron of Plaintiff Marie Blackman's restaurant on a false claim that the restaurant was selling alcohol without a license. Plaintiff Mrs. Blackman informed Defendant Lieutenant Epstein that the patron did not work for her, and charges against the patron were eventually dismissed. However, a week later, Defendant Lieutenant Epstein again showed up at Mrs. Blackman's restaurant. He claimed that because of the arrest the previous week, he had to search the restaurant. Defendant Lieutenant Epstein then found a bottle of non-alcoholic Curacao syrup and arrested Mrs. Blackman on a false claim of illegally possessing alcoholic beverages. Mrs. Blackman was then charged with a series of misdemeanors and held in custody overnight. All charges against her were eventually dismissed, but as a result of the false arrest, Mrs. Blackman was forced to close her restaurant.\n\nDefendant Lieutenant Epstein had a previous history of harassing Mrs. Blackman. He came to the restaurant about three times per week, would harass customers as they ate, and made racist comments directed at Mrs. Blackman. Before Mrs. Blackman's false arrest, Defendant Lieutenant Epstein had made over 50 visits to her restaurant.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=p_PLUS_IVrDi8BrqXkmqL6van3w==","type":"complaint"}]}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/VN3P-michael-joseph.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"108510","overtime":"34031","other":"21439","total":"163981"},"id":"VN3P","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/VN3P"}