{"active":true,"first_name":"Mathew","last_name":"Byrnes","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"CPT","command":{"command":"DBXSZ23","assignment_date":"2026-05-19","id":"909"},"taxid":"945539","complaint_ids":[201910189,201107460],"command_history":[{"command":"DBBX"},{"command":"NARCBMN","id":"250"},{"command":"DBMN","id":"390"},{"command":"034 PCT","id":"34pct"},{"command":"024 PCT","id":"24pct"},{"command":"023 PCT","id":"23pct"},{"command":"PBMN","id":"PBMN"}],"appt_date":"2008-01-07","shield_no_history":[13678,2238],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Brown, Shasha vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-04-23","disposition_date":"2017-01-20","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV03162","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Byrnes, Mathew","summary":"On June 3, 2012, Plaintiff took a yellow taxi to his mother's house. Upon arrival, the taxi's credit card machine was malfunctioning so Plaintiff asked him to help with the machine or take Plaintiff to an ATM so he could withdraw cash to pay for the ride. The taxi driver took Plaintiff to a NYPD precinct. When the NYPD officers ran Plaintiff's credit card through the taxi's credit card machine, the transaction was approved. When Plaintiff went to leave the precinct POs Ricketts and John Does began to yell and handcuffed Plaintiff behind his back. They charged Plaintiff with Resisting Arrest and Harassment in the Second Degree. They confined Plaintiff in a holding cell. They filed false and misleading police reports and sent them to the DAs office, including that Plaintiff pulled on the POs wrists and shirts and tried to grab PO Ricketts' shield. They also said Plaintiff pulled his arms close to his body and refused to turn around to avoid being arrested. Plaintiff spent 24 hours in custody before being released following arraignment. On March 13, 2015, all charges were adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.441345/gov.uscourts.nysd.441345.11.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4576741/brown-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Brown v. The City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","plaintiff_race":"Black or African American","summary":"After Plaintiff's credit card would not swipe in the taxi, the driver drove him to a nearby precinct where he was handcuffed and charged with Resisting Arrest and Harassment in the Second Degree, which were ACD'd","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920716-Brown-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"15CV03162","officer_name":"Mathew Byrnes"}],"payroll":{"salary":"194689","regular":"192367","overtime":"0","other":"29174","total":"221540"},"news":[{"url":"https://nypost.com/2026/04/11/us-news/racist-posts-in-nypd-units-chat-group-feul-hispanic-officers-lawsuit/","title":"Vile AI photos of KKK-hooded cops and cuffed gorillas passed around by elite NYPD unit - sparking discrimination suit","source":"New York Post","date":"2026-04-11"}],"id":"WKMX","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/WKMX"}