{"active":true,"first_name":"Thomas","last_name":"Lazarus","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"D-E T/F","assignment_date":"2024-10-02","id":"158"},"shield_no":6837,"taxid":"946509","complaint_ids":[201307434],"command_history":[{"command":"001 DET","id":"1det"},{"command":"MTS PCT","id":"MTSpct"}],"appt_date":"2008-01-17","middle_initial":"J","shield_no_history":[25032],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Leifer, Perry vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-02-19","disposition_date":"2017-06-08","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"150832/2016","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Lazarus, Thomas","summary":"On November 20, 2013, Plaintiff was shopping with a stroller at Macy's in Herald Square, New York, NY. She had clothing draped over the stroller, under the stroller, and in an open Macy's tote bag she carried. She took the elevator to the less-crowded 5th floor of the store and sat down in public to go through the clothing she had picked out to determine what she was going to buy. She took out the clothing from the tote bag and from under the stroller and never came close to an exit door. A Macy's loss prevention employee approached Plaintiff and accused her of stealing. Plaintiff was arrested by NYPD Officer Thomas Lazarus and charged with grand larceny. She did not steal nor was she going to steal. Plaintiff had a long history of shopping at Macy's with her credit card and had returns with receipts on her person. She was incarcerated for approximately 30 hours in jail and was ROR'd at arraignment, attending four subsequent court appearances before the case was dismissed on motion of the prosecutor. She is a teacher, speech-giver, and religious figure in her community, and during her arrest, she was spotted by a member of her community who reported the arrest to her employer. She was forced to leave her job, which was devastating to her and her family and will affect her reputation in the community forever.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=avIqACIy7ssfT1qLLlZkJg==","type":"complaint"}]}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/VNFK-thomas-lazarus.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115753","overtime":"45148","other":"24039","total":"184940"},"id":"VNFK","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/VNFK"}