{"active":true,"first_name":"Johnpaul","last_name":"Catano","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DT3","command":{"command":"DET BUR","assignment_date":"2026-01-15","id":"245"},"shield_no":210,"taxid":"945159","complaint_ids":[202500909,202408531,202101013,201901995,201015037],"command_history":[{"command":"079 PCT","id":"79pct"},{"command":"NARCBBN","id":"92"},{"command":"044 PCT","id":"44pct"},{"command":"TB DT03","id":"TB3"}],"appt_date":"2007-07-18","shield_no_history":[20210],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Corrick, Sean vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-02-15","disposition_date":"2020-04-21","payout_amount":12500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"503110/2019","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Catano, John Paul","summary":"On February 20, 2016, plaintiff was lawfully present inside a residential building in Brooklyn when defendant POs Catano and John Does 1-3 entered the premises and, without a warrant or probable cause, arrested plaintiff, even though plaintiff had not committed any crime and no contraband or any other illegal item was found on him or in his surroundings. Plaintiff was then charged with crimes he did not commit based on a criminal complaint that defendant POs knew contained false allegations.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=HDS4TdNuRLp9QnyrMwVJJw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Fuller, Ronald vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-06-20","disposition_date":"2017-10-13","payout_amount":10000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV02509","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Catano, John Paul","summary":"Plaintiff was walking down the street when he was approached and grabbed, and leg swept by Defendant Officer White who said he fit the description of a robbery suspect. Plaintiff was handcuffed,  taken to the 83rd Precinct, strip-searched, and charges with criminal charges that were alter dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922793-Fuller-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.385611/gov.uscourts.nyed.385611.31.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4325505/fuller-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Gelzer, Dequan vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-11-18","disposition_date":"2017-03-07","payout_amount":22000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV06118","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Catano, John Paul","summary":"Defendant Officers knocked down the front door to an apartment where friends were celebrating a birthday, took Plaintiff to a backroom and strip searched him. Plaintiff was taken to the 75th Precinct and charged with 220.03, 220.50(2), 220.50(3), 221.15, and 221.05, which were ACD'd","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921238-Gelzer-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.376993.19.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921237-Gelzer-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921239-Gelzer-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324903/gelzer-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Delgado, Angel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-05-15","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"006042/2015","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","officer_name":"Catano, John Paul"},{"name":"James, Jermain, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-03-24","disposition_date":"2017-10-10","payout_amount":149000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV01161","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Catano, John Paul","summary":"Defendant Officers entered Plaintiff' Carolyn's residence and used excessive force. Five plaintiffs were strip searched inside of the apartment and arrested for drug related charges.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922435-James-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.367022.23.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4324174/james-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Catano, John Paul","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2013-05-22","disposition_date":"2013-06-13","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"12CV05693","name":"Jones, Timothy vs Police Officer Catano, Paul, et al.","payout_amount":25000,"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12958033/jones-v-john-and-jane-doe-1-through-10/"}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2023-03-28","case_no":"2022-26452","penalty":"Training","recommendation":"Training","allegations":[{"desc":"Failed to take police action/render police services."},{"desc":"Wrongful entry of a premises."}]},{"disposition_date":"2019-04-02","case_no":"2018-19299","penalty":"Dismissal probation (12 months), vacation days (30 days)","charges":[{"desc":"Consumed an alcoholic beverage while on duty.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Failed or neglected to make required entries in his activity log as required.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Failed to render all necessary police service by failing to take action after another member of the service had been struck by another person in his presence.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Failed to report said allegation to the Internal Affairs Bureau as required.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Impeded a Department investigation by not identifying himself to investigating member of the service.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Wrongfully drove a Department vehicle or allowed a Department vehicle to be used for a non Department purpose or a non city purpose.","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Wrongfully was absent from said assignment without permission or police necessity, and or wrongfully engaged in activities unrelated to official Department business.","disposition":"Guilty"}],"documents":[{"name":"Employment History Summary","url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22085544-seh_945159","type":"employment-history"}]}],"payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115753","overtime":"68913","other":"18693","total":"203359"},"id":"X39X","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/X39X"}