{"active":false,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Falk","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"LT CD","command":{"command":"DB CRD","assignment_date":"2022-03-07","id":"319"},"ended_date":"2025-11-03","taxid":"923809","complaint_ids":[201110455,201103214,201200928],"command_history":[{"command":"067 DET","id":"67det"},{"command":"071 PCT","id":"71pct"}],"appt_date":"1999-07-07","age":49,"middle_initial":"A","shield_no_history":[9061,608],"lawsuits":[{"name":"D., M., Infant By Mng Magarino, Melissa vs Police Officer Dupont, et al.","start_date":"2017-10-06","disposition_date":"2025-03-20","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"713410/2017","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","officer_name":"Falk, Michael","summary":"On September 25, 2016, while present at a shopping mall located at 8000 Cooper Avenue, Glendale, NY, thirteen year old infant Plaintiff D M was unlawfully stopped, searched, detained, handcuffed and arrested by NYPD Officer DUPONT, LT. MICHAEL FAULK, and two unidentified officers of the 104th Precinct. The complaint does not state the length of Plaintiff's detention and only alleges emotional and reputation damages.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=j8ozwv8Ye7TRp9mUDXmiww==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Shearin, Tunisia as Png of Shearin, Yasin vs City of New York","start_date":"2015-08-18","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"510035/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Falk, Michael","summary":"On December 23, 2014 sixteen-year-old Plaintiff Yasin Shearin voluntarily appeared at the 73rd Precinct to Det. David Centeno and SGt. Michael Falk, who arrested Plaintiff for posting on Facebook \"Let's kill the cops\" with an emoji of a Police Officer and a gun. Plaintiff's arrest was highly covered and his bail was set at $50, 000. Plaintiff was wrongfully held at Riker's Island. On or about December 29, 2014 a grand jury declined to indict Plaintiff and Plaintiff was released on December 30, 2014  in the middle of the early morning without proper clothing. Plaintiff Yasin Shearin suffered public humiliation, embarrassment, mental anguish, severe personal injuries, severe emotional trauma requiring treatment, and was unable to complete school as a result of this incident. Plaintiff's mother Plaintiff Tunisia Shearin also suffered extreme humiliation, loss of earnings, and was forced to spend money on legal fees as a result of this incident.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=b50SBy_PLUS_hJVuEADAjpu_PLUS_ezg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Harrington, Samuel, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-05-29","disposition_date":"2014-02-02","payout_amount":10000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV02694","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Falk, Michael","summary":"On June 7, 2012, on a street in Brooklyn, Plaintiffs Duane Henry and Samuel Harrington were subject to unlawful police action -- the former unlawful confiscation of his phone, the latter false arrest -- by Defendant NYPD Officers Frank Bulzoni, Leonel Ramos, Michael Falk, and James Chung in retaliation for Plaintiffs' involvement in the videotaping of a beating of a civilian by NYPD officers. After Plaintiff Henry had his phone confiscated subsequent to his filming the beating, his friend Plaintiff Harrington, who had also filmed the beating, went to the precinct to recover Henry's phone, whereupon Defendant Officer Chung arrested Harrington mistaking him for Henry. In the course of the arrest, Harrington suffered bruising to his wrists from tight handcuffs and was subject to a strip search by one of the Defendant Officers. Harrington was held for 20 hours at the precinct and was charged with several crimes, including disorderly conduct. Neither with respect to Henry's phone confiscation nor with respect to Harrignton's arrest did other Officers intervene to protect either Plaintiffs' rights.  On June 9, 2012, the charges against Harrington were dismissed. After Harrington's release, both his phone and Henry's were returned to their respective owners.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.342464/gov.uscourts.nyed.342464.7.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13049544/harrington-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"id":"VR3B","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/VR3B"}