{"active":true,"first_name":"Salvatore","last_name":"Provenzano","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"PO","command":{"command":"PBXN ZOO","assignment_date":"2024-12-23","id":"931"},"shield_no":4319,"taxid":"943699","complaint_ids":[202201281,202007903,202001669,201906543,201902539,201807429],"command_history":[{"command":"PBBX","id":"PBBX"},{"command":"QM SEC","id":"59"},{"command":"020 PCT","id":"20pct"}],"appt_date":"2007-01-10","middle_initial":"J","lawsuits":[{"name":"Rijper-Greenidge, Miles vs Mcguire, Michael, et al.","start_date":"2024-01-18","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"23CV09702","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"On August 10, 2023, Plaintiff went with his brother to assist in a meeting with an old business partner which involved the repayment of money. Upon arrival, Plaintiff and his brother were assaulted by a group of men who worked for the old business partner. Plaintiff and his brother suffered physical injuries which were visibly obvious. Plaintiff's brother called the police. Defendants Police Officer Michael McGuire, PO Salvatorre Provenzano, PO Carl Rordamel, PO Matthew Miller, PO Jillian Flannagan, PO Tjortjoglou, and Police Officers Doe 1-9 arrived at the scene. \n\nDespite seeing the ripped clothing and paint on Plaintiff and his brother, the Defendants (seeing a situation between two black men - Plaintiff and his brother - and a group of white men - the attackers) decided to escalate and use extreme force on Plaintiff and his brother. Defendants pointed at least two tasers at Plaintiff and his brother. Defendant Rordamel pointed a handgun at Plaintiff and his brother. Without justification, Defendant McGuire deployed his taser on Plaintiff's brother, and continued to shock him for over ten seconds. Because of the paint, there was a channel for the taser charge to spread, which officers are trained not to fire a taser under those circumstances. Despite the need for medical attention, Defendant officers advised paramedics to treat the attackers first, despite the fact they had suffered no injuries. \n\nPlaintiff asked Defendants for water, one of the Defendant officers gave Plaintiff a plastic bottle that the officer told Plaintiff he took out of the trash and filled with water. Plaintiff then committed in the cell and was taken to the hospital where he was forced to stand with shackles on his wrists and ankles for 9 hours, which led to severe bruising. At one point, Defendant Miller denied Plaintiff access to medical attention when he repeatedly asked for a doctor.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.609617/gov.uscourts.nysd.609617.15.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67952977/rijper-greenidge-v-mcguire/"},{"name":"Greenidge, Lucas Rijper vs Mcguire, Michael, et al.","start_date":"2023-10-26","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"23CV06980","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67675775/greenidge-v-mcguire/"},{"name":"Cheikhaoui, Kamal vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-10-20","disposition_date":"2025-10-06","payout_amount":199000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"22CV08855","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"On October 19, 2021, the plaintiff, Kamal Cheikhaoui, was shopping in a store when he was physically assaulted by a store security guard, who also took the plaintiff's property and had the store's staff call the police. (That same security guard had acted aggressively toward the plaintiff in that same store months prior.) \nWhen the police arrived, defendants Officers Yelena Ast and Rawdi Ali and Lieutenant Nakwan Brathwaite did not allow the plaintiff to file a report against the security guard, possibly due to the fact that the security guard was a former NYPD officer. As the plaintiff was attempting to exit the store, and in response to his saying he would file complaints against those three officers for refusing to take his report, one of the police officers present punched him in the back of the head, and then another - believed to be defendant Officer Russell Bast - sprayed him with pepper spray. He was then handcuffed and put into a police car, during which process he was forcefully grabbed in the head. The NYPD did not properly decontaminate him from the pepper spray until hours later, after first making him attempt to remove it himself with toilet water. After two hours, they brought him to a hospital emergency room for decontamination and to be examined due to other injuries. On October 20, the plaintiff was arraigned, charged for resisting arrest and trespass, and released on his own recognizance. The charges were dismissed on November 29, 2021.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.587937/gov.uscourts.nysd.587937.35.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65546345/cheikhaoui-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Ahmad, Munir vs City of New York","start_date":"2019-06-17","disposition_date":"2019-10-07","payout_amount":175000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"155759/2019","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Provenzano, Salvatore","summary":"On September 7, 2018, plaintiff was operating a yellow taxi when the defendant officers stopped him and falsely accused him of being on his phone. Plaintiff attempted to record the interaction but defendants knocked the phone out of his hand, tried to forcibly remove him from the vehicle and hit him on the back of his head with a flashlight. Plaintiff was falsely arrested and charged. He was acquitted on all charges.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=6ggFsGxo5ERHgbsX3AamZQ==","type":"complaint"}]}],"discipline":[{"disposition_date":"2024-08-27","recommendation":"Charges and Specifications","allegations":[{"desc":"Wrongfully used physical force.\r\nattempted assault.\r\naggravated harassment."}]},{"disposition_date":"2023-09-16","case_no":"2023-28002","penalty":"B - Command Discipline, vacation days (3 days)","recommendation":"Command Discipline - B","allegations":[{"desc":"Violated patrol rules - failed to provide his name"},{"desc":"Violated patrol rules - failed to provide his shield number"},{"desc":"Wrongfully discourteous to an individual known to the Department."}]}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/YEZX-salvatore-provenzano.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"109352","regular":"111703","overtime":"1748","other":"23342","total":"136793"},"news":[{"url":"https://gothamist.com/news/trial-begins-for-nypd-officer-accused-of-punching-man-at-uws-apple-store","title":"Trial begins for NYPD officer accused of punching man at UWS Apple store","source":"Gothamist","date":"2024-04-16"}],"id":"YEZX","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/YEZX"}