Daniel C. Blake

Badge #7518, Black Male
Police Officer at US Open Tennis Detail since August 2026
Also served at FIFA World Cup, Police Service Area 7, Housing Borough Bronx/Queens Impact Response Team, Patrol Borough Queens North
Service started July 2015, made $191,000 last year, Tax #958313

Lawsuit Settlements:
$23,000   Montague, Ryhem vs City of New York, et al., 2017 BCSC BCSC 029953/2017E
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Discipline

Case: 2024-29751
Closed: 2/19/2024
Case Details:
  1. Off-duty employment without permission.
Penalty: B - Command Discipline, vacation days (2 days)
Recommendation: Command Discipline - C


Lawsuits

Montague, Ryhem vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 029953/2017E, Supreme Court - Bronx, November 8, 2017, ended April 19, 2019
$23,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about August 16, 2016, Plaintiff was lawfully present on the sidewalk when he was approached by several Defendant NYPD officers. Plaintiff was improperly stopped, questioned, searched, detained, arrested, and confined without legal cause or justification by several Defendant NYPD officers, including P.O.s Mariela Ortega, Daniel Blake, and other unknown officers. The defendant officers then began to illegally search Plaintiff without any evidence, reached into Plaintiff's front pocket, and confiscated a legal pocket knife. Plaintiff was arrested for possession of an illegal knife, despite the knife in question being a legal one.