August 10, 2021
TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office today released information regarding New Jersey law enforcement officers who were subject to major discipline between June 15, 2020 and December 31, 2020. The information is being released in compliance with Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive 2021-6, which former Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal two months ago issued in light of this summer’s New Jersey Supreme Court decision authorizing the public release of certain police disciplinary information on a going-forward basis.
Under AG Directive 2021-6, all New Jersey law enforcement agencies are required to publish online and provide to the Attorney General’s Office the names of any officers who were subject to “major discipline”—that is, terminated, demoted, or suspended for more than five days—during the relevant reporting period. Going forward, agencies will be required to release this information on an annual basis, shortly after the end of the calendar year.
The information being released today is available online at njoag.gov/majordiscipline
Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck made the following statement regarding the release of today’s information:
“Today, New Jersey takes an important step forward, joining the majority of U.S. states that disclose the identities of law enforcement officers found responsible for engaging in serious disciplinary violations. We are releasing this information not to shame or embarrass individual officers, but to provide the same type of transparency and accountability in policing that New Jersey mandates in other essential professions.
“The vast majority of New Jersey’s law enforcement officers serve the public with honor and integrity, doing the right thing day-in and day-out for the communities they serve, so I take no joy in putting this information out. But we are doing this because it is an important and necessary step to build greater public trust while promoting professionalism in law enforcement.”
AG Directive 2021-6 required all New Jersey law enforcement agencies to submit to the Attorney General their first “Major Discipline Reporting Form,” which covered discipline imposed between June 15, 2020 and December 31, 2020. “Major discipline” is defined as terminations, reductions in rank, or suspension of more than five days. Below is a listing of the reported major discipline for the second half of 2020. In the future, law enforcement agencies will report major discipline on January 31 for the preceding calendar year.
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