{"active":false,"first_name":"Christopher","last_name":"Ward","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"LT","command":{"command":"MELD","assignment_date":"2022-10-13","id":"MELD"},"ended_date":"2026-04-01","taxid":"934299","complaint_ids":[201311208,201706298,201707503,201605717,201408719,201402594,201401740,201400676,201306406,201303060,201302901,201211241,201210481,201311834,201006692,200905624,200805446,200713309,200705598,200510253],"command_history":[{"command":"NARCBQS","id":"132"},{"command":"INT OAS","id":"237"},{"command":"075 PCT","id":"75pct"},{"command":"NARCBBN","id":"92"},{"command":"113 PCT","id":"113pct"},{"command":"NARCBBS","id":"172"}],"appt_date":"2004-01-30","middle_initial":"E","shield_no_history":[23376,5165,2117],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Torres, Tyrin & Bradley, Daquan vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-12-06","disposition_date":"2017-09-27","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"16CV06719","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ward, Christopher E.","summary":"On March 11, 2015, at or between approximately 8:30 and 9:00 PM, Plaintiff Tyrin Torres and Plaintiff Daquan Bradley were present in a vehicle near Mermaid Avenue and West 16 Street in Brooklyn. The plaintiffs were pulled from their vehicle and promptly arrested by Defendant Officers Siokas, Ward, and Jonny, and possibly one John Doe. While plaintiffs were in custody, one of the defendants said to plaintiffs that he had seen them assault and rob someone. This was false. A show-up identification procedure was conducted near the scene of the arrest in which the plaintiffs, and one other person, were displayed to a man named Wilfredo Vasquez, who was the victim of the assault and robbery. Vasquez did not identify either of the plaintiffs as one of the men who attacked or robbed him, although he did positively identify a third person whom defendants had also seized. Despite the negative identification of either plaintiff, the defendants transported plaintiffs to a local NYPD service area where their arrests were processed. While the plaintiffs were imprisoned, Siokas completed arrest paperwork in which he falsely stated that Vasquez had identified the plaintiffs as individuals who had robbed and assaulted him, and Siokas knew at the time that this was false and that the allegations would be forwarded to the DA's office. DUring a subsequent interview with the King's County DA, he said he personally witnessed the plaintiffs \"kicking and punching [Vasquez] about the face\" and that Vasquez had identified plaintiffs as the assailants. Plaintiffs were charged with multiple counts of robbery, assault, and other charges. The DA's did not present the case to the grand jury. During the prosecution, Siokas referred course and told the DAs that he had not actually seen the plaintiffs engage in the crime. Vasquez continued to deny that plaintiffs were the perpetrators. All charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.394406/gov.uscourts.nyed.394406.12.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4609853/torres-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Vega, Anthony vs Detective Greiner, Christopher, et al.","start_date":"2016-12-05","disposition_date":"2017-04-11","payout_amount":27500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV05585","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Ward, Christopher E.","summary":"On July 23, 2015, plaintiff Vega was walking when officers in plain clothes stopped him without cause and began to search him without permission, including putting their hands into his pants pockets. An officer removed a prescription bottle of a lawfully prescribed medication and thew it to the ground, crushing it with his foot. plaintiff tried to show paperwork proving he was prescribed the medication, but officers ignored him. Officers then tightly handcuffed him and took him to the precinct. Plaintiff requested they loosen the handcuffs but officers refused. Without his medication, plaintiff, who had a preexisting medical condition, experienced pain and swelling in his hands. Officers refused to get him medical treatment. \nAt the precinct, officers falsely told the DA they saw plaintiff in the criminal possession of a controlled substance. Plaintiff was then taken to central booking, and his condition deteriorated. Visibly ill, he was finally given medical attention but was returned to central booking after. On July 28, he was finally arraigned. At his arraignment, he showed the paperwork that he had tried to show officers during his arrest and all charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.375801/gov.uscourts.nyed.375801.19.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4520578/vega-v-greiner/"},{"name":"Johnson, Ronald vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-07-07","disposition_date":"2017-11-28","payout_amount":1100000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"703775/2014","court":"Supreme Court - Queens","officer_name":"Ward, Christopher E.","summary":"On or about January 17, 2014, Defendants Police Officers Michael Carleo, Robert Deferrari, Jose Vasquezmiranda, John/Jane Does 4-10, and Sergeant Christopher Ward, as overseen officially by Defendant Commissioner William J. Bratton and Deputy Inspector Miltiadis Marmara, approached Plaintiff with loaded firearms, outstretched limbs, and other objects which they used to physically seize, strike, kick, and restrain Plaintiff as they wrongfully arrested him and took him to the precinct. The 113th Precinct was a particularly aggressive precinct for searching and/or seizing individuals without probable cause and using excessive force at the time.  \n\nAt the station, Defendants Carleo, Deferrari, Vasquezmiranda, and Ward beat and brutalized Plaintiff so severely that his injuries required emergency surgery. Defendants John/Jane Does 4-10 failed to intervene. Plaintiff's confinement continued for 3 days at the hospital, and then for 20 hours back at the police station and central booking as they continued to maliciously prosecute Plaintiff by providing false information. \n\nPlaintiff has suffered severe physical pain, emotional pain, disability, loss of enjoyment of life, and emotional and physical distress.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=vGnZTquxL0kDYrw37uwZTw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"officer_name":"Ward, Christopher E.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-12-18","disposition_date":"2014-08-14","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","docket":"023497/2012","name":"Colon, Dario vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":20000}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2011-06-28","case_no":"2010-1967","penalty":"Vacation days (5 days)","charges":[{"desc":"While on duty, did fail and neglect to memorialize his activity in his activity log.","disposition":"Pleaded Guilty"}]}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22119422-924463_11212012_2012004pdf","date":"2012-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","type":"trial-decision"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/YB7R-christopher-ward.jpg","id":"YB7R","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/YB7R"}