Joseph Gonzalez

Badge #983, Hispanic Male
Detective Specialist at Counterterrorism Division since December 2022, active
Service started July 2005, made $149,000 last year, Tax #938594

Lawsuit settlements:
$27,500   Durant, Felton vs O'malley, Megan, et al., 2019 KCSC KCSC 507813/2019
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Discipline

Case: 2021-24305
Closed: 1/29/2022
Case Details:
  1. Failed to activate their body worn camera.
Recommendation: Training


Lawsuits

Named in 2 known lawsuits, $27,500 total settlements.

G., D., an Infant, By and Through His Mother and Legal Guardian, Susankar, Devika, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 21CV02073, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, April 20, 2021
Complaint
Description: On October 31, 2018, Plaintiffs DG, Anthony Ellis, & Travis McMeans (ages 13-15) were trick-or-treating with friends when multiple police cars arrived from both directions, stopping near the group. Numerous officers exited their vehicles and pointed their guns at the group of children. Anthony ran east, before being tackled by Defendant POM Shingru Wang, who then handcuffed the child with excessive tightness. DG ran east as well, until Defendant Lt. John Dasaro pointed his gun at him, told him to stop, and handcuffed him. Using a knife, Defendant Wang cut off DG's backpack. Anthony & DG were interrogated and frisked against a wall by Defendants Lt. Dasaro, Sgt. Michael Kutney, & POM Christopher DiGiola. Defenda...

Durant, Felton vs O'malley, Megan, et al.
Case # 507813/2019, Supreme Court - Kings, May 13, 2019, ended December 2, 2019
$27,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 31, 2018, at approximately 9:00 PM, in the vicinity of 797 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY, NYPD police officers, including Megan O'Malley and Joseph Gonzales, approached Felton Durant without any reasonable suspicion and threw him against a wall. O'Malley called a racial slur and put her hands in his pants to touch his penis. The police then began punching Durant in the face and head, and he did not resist. They then handcuffed him with excessively tight handcuffs, arrested him, and took him to the 76th precinct where he was fingerprinted, photographed, and unlawfully detained. The police officers falasely stated to the DA's office that the plaintiff had committed a crime. On November 1 (the complaint h...