{"active":true,"first_name":"Walter","last_name":"Warkenthien","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DT2","command":{"command":"T.A.R.U","assignment_date":"2020-12-15","id":"TARU"},"shield_no":3560,"taxid":"953559","complaint_ids":[201801933,201505558,201408776,201400277],"command_history":[{"command":"PBQS","id":"PBQS"},{"command":"113 PCT","id":"113pct"},{"command":"023 DET","id":"23det"}],"appt_date":"2012-07-11","age":36,"middle_initial":"T","shield_no_history":[7820],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Bookman, David vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2024-10-04","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"158910/2024","court":"Supreme Court - New York","summary":"On June 30, 2020 Plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of an intersection when Det. Walter Warkenthien and other officers falsely accused him of crimes before grabbing and tasing Plaintiff. POs were motivated in part by Plaintiff's race. Plaintiff was illegally and forcefully searched, including in intimate areas, without legal justification. POs then violently contorted Plaintiff's arms and affixed his wrists with excessively-tight handcuffs, causing Plaintiff bruising, swelling, significant pain, and discomfort. POs ignored Plaintiff's requests to loosen the handcuffs. POs transported Plaintiff to the 24th Precinct where he was illegally interrogated without the presence of counsel and without being Mirandized. Plaintiff remained in custody, including at Rikers Island, until his arraignment on or about November 18, 2021, a total of approximately 17 months. POs initiated a malicious prosecution against Plaintiff on the basis of fabricated allegations. All charges were dismissed on or about June 28, 2023. Plaintiff suffered deprivation of rights, physical injury, physical pain, emotional trauma, fear, embarrassment, humiliation, emotional distress, frustration, extreme inconvenience, anxiety, loss of liberty, and harm to reputation as a result of this incident.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=2MO61p5D8K4LdrNxGFch9Q==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Rankine, Dean vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-09-16","disposition_date":"2017-05-17","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV04855","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Warkenthien, Walter T.","summary":"Plaintiff was dj'ing at a backyard barbecue when Defendant Officers approached him, asked him for his ID, and then threw him on the ground as he was reaching in his pocket.  Officers assaulted him, arrested him, brought him to the 113th Precinct and then the hospital, and charged him with 120.05, 195.05, 205.30, and 265.01. Plaintiff pled guilty to disorderly conduct.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.390649.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4521234/rankine-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21615344-daf-warkenthien953559","type":"brady-giglio"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/X6YZ-walter-warkenthien.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"119980","regular":"115753","overtime":"55505","other":"19792","total":"191051"},"id":"X6YZ","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/X6YZ"}