General Information

Name Dana S. Nielsen
OpenOversight ID 46247
Unique Internal Identifier 167579773608350
Department Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office
Race White
Gender Male
Birth Year (Age) Data Missing
First Employment Date 2016-01-01
Number of known incidents 1
Currently on the force Yes

Assignment History

Department Job Title Badge No. Unit Start Date End Date
Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office Deputy Sheriff First Class 579 Courts 2016-01-14
Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office Deputy Sheriff 1st Class (SRO) 579 Patrol Unknown

Salary

Annual Salary Overtime & Other Pay Total Pay Year
$72,795.53 FY2023
$69,825.00 2022
$69,825.18 FY2022

Incidents

Incident Parker-v-Loren-et-al

Date May 21, 2012
Time 09:55 PM
Report # Parker-v-Loren-et-al
Department Fredericksburg Police
Officers Ryan C. Merrell , Dana S. Nielsen
Description

"I'm waiting in parking lot area of the town homes, and an officer arrives," a court complaint (Parker v. Loren et al. Case No. 1:13-cv-00927-AJT-MSN, Document 1, filed 7/31/2013) filed by Antonio D. Parker naming Aimee Scott Loren #333, C. C. Dobson #348, Dana Nielsen, Ryan Merrell, and the Fredericksburg Police Department, and others, reads.

"Officer [John] Doe #338 [Caucasian] male age 25-30 [height] 5"10 weight 185. He didn't ask me any questions or give any commands he deployed his [TASER]. In this area the police are very [aggressive]. He was on edge[, and] he deliberately shot me with his department-issued weapon and panic[k]ed, I had my hands up.

'I asked him why he would draw a weapon on me[,] I didn't do anything[,] he quoted [sic], 'Shut up or I'll f*g tazer [sic] you again.' He cuffed me [and] threw me in the back seat of his cruiser and [abruptly] left the scene... I was not allowed to leave the patrol car [and] I never talked to [the] magistrate. The plaintiff received 16 years for this," Antonio Parker, who is Black, wrote in his complaint filed with Virginia Eastern District Court.

Address Fredericksburg, VA