{"active":false,"first_name":"William","last_name":"Connor","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"DTS","command":{"command":"061 PCT","id":"61pct"},"shield_no":1357,"ended_date":"2015-07-07","taxid":"915489","complaint_ids":[201304627,201211341,200714567,200514832,200310321,9802903,9603658],"command_history":[{"command":"WARRSEC","id":"118"},{"command":"084 DET","id":"84det"}],"appt_date":"1995-06-30","lawsuits":[{"name":"Portelos, Francesco vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2017-02-28","disposition_date":"2018-04-23","payout_amount":45000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"17CV00872","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Connor, William J.","summary":"On March 4, 2014, Plaintiff was told by NYPD Detective William Connor that a complaint had been lodged against Plaintiff by the NYC Department of Education. For the prior two years, Plaintiff—a NYC public school teacher—had exposed fun misallocations in the NYC school system. Plaintiff had been reassigned and was facing a termination hearing. Plaintiff made a satirical blog post about “hacking the DOE payroll.” In response to the post, the Department of Education Chief Security Officer Desmond White contacted the NYPD. Plaintiff was told that if he did not surrender himself to the NYPD, he would be arrested “in front of his wife and kids.” Plaintiff surrendered himself and was placed under arrest. Plaintiff was detained for approximately 31 hours pre-arraignment. The DA then declined to prosecute and Plaintiff was released pre-arraignment.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.397401/gov.uscourts.nyed.397401.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7966789/portelos-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Portelos v. City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"Plaintiff was a teacher for the NYC Department of Education at Intermediate School 49. He became aware of misconduct conducted by the school administration and reported it. Once he reported it, he was constantly reassigned and ultimately terminated. He then wrote a satirical blog post about how to hack the Department of Education. Plaintiff then received a call from a police officer, stating that he needed to come into the precinct as a complaint had been lodged against him for the blog post. The officer stated that if he did not come in, they would obtain a warrant for his arrest. When he arrived, he was placed under arrest and subject to a search. Plaintiff was unlawfully detained for 33 hours when he was informed that the DA declined to prosecute.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5805792-S-D-N-Y-1-17-Cv-00884-GHW-1-0"}],"docket":"17CV00884","officer_name":"William J. Connor"}],"discipline":[{"case_no":"2014-12613","disposition_date":"2015-05-27","penalty":"Forfeiture of fifteen(15) vacation days","opened_date":"2014-12-11","charges":[{"desc":"Did fail and neglect to comply with said directives of NYPD supervisors","disposition":"Guilty"},{"desc":"Officer was discourteous to an NYPD Supervisor","disposition":"Guilty"}],"documents":[{"name":"Document","url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4418902-nypd-cases-335.html"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441170-bronx-notified-officers-list-edited_redacted-redacted_redacted","type":"credibility-finding"}],"id":"Y3G9","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/Y3G9"}