General Information

Name Joseph R. Hassett
OpenOversight ID 84091
Department [NY] Buffalo Police Department
Race White
Gender Male
Birth Year (Age) Data Missing
First Employment Date 2009-07-31
Number of known incidents 4
Currently on the force Yes

Assignment History

Job Title Badge No. Unit Start Date End Date
Police Officer P2664 Unknown

Salary

Annual Salary Overtime Total Pay Year
$87,580.00 FY2020

Incidents

Incident 41

Date Mar 18, 2017
Department Buffalo Police Department
Officers Joseph R. Hassett
Description

Buffalo Police officer Joseph Hassett was recorded on camera assaulting Timothy Stanton Jr. on March 18, 2017. Stanton was taken to ECMC for a head injury and a cut on his forehead that required stitches. The Erie County District Attorney's Office and the Buffalo Police Department both said they didn't learn about the incident until video of the confrontation was requested by Stanton's attorney. Hassett was charged with two counts of third-degree assault, official misconduct, offering a false instrument for filing and making a punishable false written statement in connection to an incident that happened in March 2017.

Prosecutors argued this was excessive use of force, but the Judge disagreed, dismissing all criminal charges. BPD Internal Affairs opened an investigation on May 26, 2017 and officially suspended Officer Hassett on May 30, 2017, according to Commissioner Daniel Derenda. Hassett was suspended for 30 days without pay.

Address Buffalo, NY
 

Incident 230

Date Sep 01, 2012
Department Buffalo Police Department
Officers Joseph R. Hassett
Description

Officer Joseph Hassett maliciously and intentionally assaulted Adam Hamideh without provocation during a September 2012 arrest near 1425 Clinton St.

Hamideh said he was he was painfully and seriously injured from the repeated blows and also suffered a shock to his nerves and nervous system and may have permanent defects.

Address Clinton Street
Buffalo, NY
 

Incident 231

Date Sep 09, 2014
Department Buffalo Police Department
Officers Joseph R. Hassett , John F. Beyer
Description

In September 2014, Hassett and his partner, John Beyer, apprehended 26-year-old Keith Worthy at a gas station at the corner of South Park Avenue and Louisiana Street. The officers then took Worthy and his car into the nearby Commodore Perry housing projects, according to sources who have viewed the investigations that followed.

The officers charged Worthy with trespassing on public housing property, according to the incident report. They also charged Worthy with leaving his car — which had been at a gas pump before they arrested him and moved it — unattended and blocking a roadway.

Outcome

All the charges against Worthy eventually were dropped.

The Internal Affairs investigation into the incident took four years to resolve. The finding: The complaint was “not sustained.” Neither officer was punished.

Address Buffalo, NY
 

Incident 234

Date Nov 21, 2013
Department Buffalo Police Department
Officers Joseph R. Hassett , Corey R. Krug
Description

Police officers Corey Krug and Joseph Hassett assaulted and detained Rickey Spencer for a violation of NYS V&T Law 1236 Lamps and Other Equipment on Bicycles in that he did not have a light or reflector on his bicycle. Spencer required surgery on his arm due to the assault.

Address E. Ferry Street
Buffalo, NY

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