{"active":true,"first_name":"Dominic","last_name":"Darrigo","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"PBSI","assignment_date":"2026-07-20","id":"PBSI"},"shield_no":2081,"taxid":"965019","complaint_ids":[202405211,202404099,202205991,202203471,202202635,202201817,202201556,202107569],"command_history":[{"command":"PBSICRT","id":"774"},{"command":"076 PCT","id":"76pct"},{"command":"121 PCT","id":"121pct"},{"command":"060 PCT","id":"60pct"}],"appt_date":"2018-01-10","middle_initial":"P","shield_no_history":[6831],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Cotton, Kalimah vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-04-20","disposition_date":"2024-12-12","payout_amount":12500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"150726/2023","court":"Supreme Court - Richmond","summary":"On April 22, 2022, when plaintiff was on the street, police officers Michael Petrino (Sheild No. 4818), Dominic Darrigo (Sheild No. 6831) and other police officers arrested, publicly searched, used force to plaintiff. Before the encounter, plaintiff was walking her mother’s dog and her dog with her boyfriend towards her mother’s house after dinner. The police officers suddenly approached them, and arrested plaintiff. The officers refused to answer the plaintiff’s request asking for the reason for the arrest. Defendant Officer Darrigo responded that: “I think she wants to be in handcuffs” Polices officers invasively publicly searched her: the officers put their hands in her pockets and searched the waist area of her pants, all while twisting her hands behind her back. Her mother’s dog was taken by police officers and refused to tell plaintiff or plaintiff’s boyfriend the whereabouts of the dog. Plaintiff’s mother was unable to retrieve their dog.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=oAOZD5rJ55Ry/O6n4GW0ag==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Melendez, Miguel vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-02-17","disposition_date":"2026-05-20","payout_amount":60000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"503735/2022","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","summary":"On March 21, 2021, Miguel Melendez (Plaintiff) was approached and was assaulted and battered by PO Albert Germosen and John Does (Defendants). The assault and battery consisted of being abused with a taser and/or other conductive energy device, grabbed, slammed to the ground, kicked and was forcefully placed in handcuffs. Plaintiff was then placed in a police vehicle where he was taken to the 76th Precinct and was held in a holding cell, and then later transported to a hospital for the treatment of his injuries while in custody. On the next day, plaintiff transported back to the precinct and there until the day after when he was taken to the central booking where he was later released and was issued summons for criminal charges.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=3qVpZsgFob3AXjUgpBUqnA==","type":"complaint"}]}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2024-01-16","penalty":"Training, vacation days (18 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Wrongful threat of force.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"},{"desc":"Wrongfully discourteous to an individual known to the Department.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"},{"desc":"Wrongfully frisked an individual known to the Department.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"},{"desc":"Wrongfully searched an individual known to the Department.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"},{"desc":"Wrongfully threatened to arrest an individual known to the Department.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"}]},{"disposition_date":"2023-12-02","case_no":"2023-29035","penalty":"B - Command Discipline, vacation days (1 day)","recommendation":"Command Discipline - B","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules."},{"desc":"Wrongfully discourteous to an individual known to the Department."}]}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/VT9B-dominic-darrigo.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"118056","regular":"117719","overtime":"31842","other":"19266","total":"168828"},"id":"VT9B","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/VT9B"}